Article: Integration of mental and behavioral health services info primary care settings
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Report co-written by Northwestern Health Sciences University researcher Mary Forte. The article was published as topic number 3 in Research Prioritization Topic Briefs, Topics 1-6 by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (pcori) in January 2014.
Abstract
Health care at the interface of medical and mental health in the United States is problematic. The goals of mental and behavioral health service integration into primary care settings are to reduce the fragmentation and inadequate care of mental health problems in primary care patients and to improve the care of medical issues complicated by mental health problems.