Integrated health care includes joint, outpatient delivery of medical and behavioral health
services. Traditional patient satisfaction measures might fail to capture the discrete delivery …

Purpose: The integration of mental health specialists into primary care has been widely
advocated to deliver evidence-based mental health care to a defined population while …

Background Healthcare systems are working to move towards more integrated, patient-
centered care. This study describes the development and testing of a multidimensional self …

Background Integrated care has the potential to ease the increasing pressures faced by
health and social care systems, however, challenges around measuring the benefits for …

Objectives Despite the established clinical and cost-effectiveness of integrated care (IC)
models for patients with comorbid mental and physical illness, little is known about whether …

The purpose of this study was to examine patient and provider experiences of integrated
behavioral health care at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). Using a mixed …

Integrated behavioral health and primary care is a patient-centered approach designed to
address a person's physical, emotional, and social healthcare needs. Increasingly, practices …

Background Recognition that integrated services can lead to more efficient and effective
care has made the principle of integration a priority for health systems worldwide for the last …

Background Chronic illnesses are prevalent in general medical and psychiatric practices,
causing significant disease burden to care givers and providers. Systems of care that treat …

Objective: Although the effectiveness of integrated mental health care has been
demonstrated, its implementation in real-world settings is highly variable, may not conform to …