Integrated Behavioral Health and Counseling Gender and Sexual Minority Populations

abstract

Counselors are increasingly expected to operate within an integrated behavioral health framework across systems of care. This critical literature review provides an overview of the integrated behavioral health paradigm, including the practice of interprofessional collaboration, with specific application to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ), and other gender and sexual minority issues. Implications for practice and research are discussed, along with a focus on concrete recommendations for application practicing interprofessionally with and on behalf of LGBTQ clients.

Keywords:

• Comorbidity
• integrated behavioral health
• interprofessional collaboration
• LGBTQ issues
• wellness

Additional information

Funding

This project was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number 1 G02HP30581-01-00 (PI Jeff Moe, Co-PI Kaprea Johnson), grant title: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training for Professionals and Paraprofessionals (BWHET). Zero (0) % of the grant was funded by non-governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should an endorsement be inferred by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.