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 bulk of mental health services for people with depression are provided in primary care
settings. Primary care providers prescribe 79 percent of antidepressant medications and see …

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 …

CONTEXT: To improve the quality of depression management, collaborative care models
have been developed from the Chronic Care Model over the past 20 years. Collaborative …

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 …

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 The collaborative care model is a systematic approach to the treatment of
depression and anxiety in primary care settings that involves the integration of care …

“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 …

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

Background Depression is common in primary care but is suboptimally managed.
Collaborative care, that is, structured care involving a greater role of nonmedical specialists …