Collaborative care models (CCMs) provide a pragmatic strategy to deliver integrated mental
health and medical care for persons with mental health conditions served in primary care …

Abstract The Collaborative Care model is a systematic strategy for treating behavioral health
conditions in primary care through the integration of care managers and psychiatric …

Mental disorders account for 25% of all health-related disability worldwide. More patients
receive treatment for mental disorders in the primary care sector than in the mental health …

Objective: Collaborative chronic care models (CCMs) improve outcome in chronic medical
illnesses and depression treated in primary care settings. The effect of such models across …

Background Collaborative care interventions for psychiatric disorders combine several
components integrated into the medical setting:(1) systematic psychiatric assessment,(2) …

In the past two decades a great deal of research has demonstrated improved quality of care
when mental health care is integrated into primary care. To date, most of the literature has …

Objective This evaluation assessed the opinions and experiences of primary care providers
and their support staff before and after implementation of expanded on-site mental health …

Background Mental-physical multi-morbidities pose challenges for primary care services that
traditionally focus on single diseases. Collaborative care models encourage inter …

The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) accelerated the development and
implementation of innovative models along the range of opportunities for integration, from …

Background While integrated primary healthcare for the management of depression has
been well researched, appropriate models of primary care for people with severe and …