Acknowledgements -- Dedications -- Foreword. Partnerships Between Academic Medical Centers and Community-Based Organizations Enhance the Mission and Impact of Each -- Preface -- Introduction. Beginning with a Single Step -- Narrative 1. The Stanford-Santa Clara County Methamphetamine Task Force -- Narrative 2. Building Relationships with At-Risk Populations: A Community Engagement Approach for Longitudinal Research -- Narrative 3. The Center for Youth Wellness: A Community-based Approach to Holistic Health Care in San Francisco -- Narrative 4. The Cambodian Lotus Thrives under a California Sun: Partnership between a Mental Health Clinic and a Khmer Buddhist Temple -- Narrative 5. Kombis, Brothels and Violence Against Women: Building Global Health Partnerships to Address Women's Health and Empowerment -- Narrative 6. Creating a National Native Telebehavioral Health Network: The IHS Telebehavioral Health Center of Excellence -- Narrative 7. The Program of Assertive Community Treatment and the University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry -- Narrative 8. Laughing at the Rain -- Narrative 9. From the Ivory Tower to the Real World: Translating an Evidence-Based Intervention for Latino Dementia Family Caregivers into a Community Setting -- Narrative 10. Implementing a Peer Support Program for Veterans: Seeking new models for the provision of community based outpatient services for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders -- Narrative 11. A Journey of Mutual Growth: Mental Health Awareness in the Muslim Community -- Narrative 12. The Intercultural Psychiatric Program at Oregon Health and Science University -- Narrative 13. Engaging Schools in Mental Health Partnerships -- Narrative 14. The Earthquake -- Narrative 15. Voices of Experience: Questions and Answers.