This article investigates the gap in access to and quality of mental health care in the United
States. This work first discusses how minority populations are most affected by the treatment …

Importance Interprofessional collaborative practice (ICP), the collaboration of health workers
from different professional backgrounds with patients, families, caregivers, and communities …

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 …

The presence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in people with diabetes may be up to
three times more common than in the general population. People with diabetes and major …

Although a significant number of patients with diabetes suffer from depression or diabetes-
related distress, majority of them remain undiagnosed and untreated. This treatment gap …

Importance Collaborative chronic care models (CCMs) have extensive randomized clinical
trial evidence for effectiveness in serious mental illnesses, but little evidence exists …

Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that the collaborative care model for
depression in primary care is more effective than usual care, but little is known about the …

Primary care nurse practitioners are in a visible and critical position to screen, diagnose, and
treat common mental health conditions. Integrated care models occur on a continuum from …

Background Psychiatric disorders, such as depression, are very common in cardiac patients
and are independently linked to adverse cardiac outcomes, including mortality …

Background Care coordination is a hallmark of most healthcare reform models in the United
States. Though definitions of care coordination have proliferated over the last decade, the …