Behavioral health care includes care for patients around mental health and substance
abuse conditions, health behavior change, life stresses and crises, and stress-related …

The integration of behavioral health (BH) and primary care services has been the subject of
considerable attention for almost a decade. Such work has been motivated by the …

Discusses the need for an integration of behavioral health and primary care. First, the
reasons why mental disorders and psychosocial problems are perceived as different from …

Individuals with alcohol and drug use problems may receive health care from medical,
mental health, and substance abuse providers, or a combination of all three. Systems of care …

Background: Integrating behavioral health and primary care is beneficial to patients and
health systems. However, for integration to be widely adopted, studies demonstrating its …

“The report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health emphasizes that
mental health and physical health problems are interrelated components of overall health …

The Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an innovative, improved, and evolving
approach to providing primary care that has gained broad acceptance in the United States …

Integrating Primary Care into Behavioral Health Settings: What Works Page 1 Integrating
Primary Care into Behavioral Health Settings: What Works for Individuals with Serious …

The historic passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March 2010 offers
the potential to address long-standing deficits in quality and integration of services at the …

Integrating care for physical health and behavioural health (mental health and addictions)
has been a longstanding challenge, although research supports the clinical and cost …