Development, Implementation, and Sustainment of Multicultural Peer-Consultation Teams in Distinct Mental Health Settings: An Implementation-Focused Comparative Case Study

Multicultural peer-consultation teams represent one promising approach to supporting mental health providers by providing consultation that is multiculturally conscious and integrates front-and-center concepts related to diversity in identities and lived experiences (i.e., multiculturalism), intersectionality, inclusivity, health equity, antiracism, and anti-oppression. Herein, we take an implementation science-informed approach to describing the development, implementation, and sustainment of multicultural peer-consultation teams in two professional settings-a Veterans Affairs hospital and a psychology department training clinic. We operationalize the core and adaptable components of this model. Last, we reflect on our collective lessons learned and offer recommendations based on our efforts to create teams across mental health care settings. Thus, the present article may function as an implementation blueprint of sorts that others can follow as they consider ways that they can create similar teams at their institutions. Public Significance Statement With increased recognition of widening health inequities disproportionately impacting communities that have been systematically excluded and/or harmed by the mental health field, there is a crucial need for educational approaches that empower and equip clinicians with the knowledge and skills to provide care that is multiculturally conscious, inclusive, equitable, antiracist, and anti-oppressive. Multicultural peer-consultation teams represent one approach aligned with these goals. This article describes the multicultural peer-consultation model and reports on its implementation across distinct mental health care settings, with the aim of continued wide-scale dissemination to ultimately make a sustained public health impact.