Continuous psychiatric consultation for individuals and families across practice settings multiplies scarce specialist expertise and raises care quality, while providing novel practice model validation.

With demonstrated viability, consultation can be valuable beyond individual cases to inform possible solutions to systemic failures.

Consultation with care systems can assist with clarifying aligned incentives across sectors and collaborative funding sources (private, public, philanthropic) to create sustainable services like mental health supported housing, integrated crisis response teams, and long‑term community supports for people with SMI.