Establishing psychological services in a community-based, health care setting: A 3-year case study.

Health care practitioners are being challenged to reorganize service delivery and psychology providers are emerging as important participants in shaping the development of primary health care practices. The article outlines the 3-year process of a community/academic/health care center partnership to develop a new model for providing interdisciplinary health care services. The authors describe the process of integrating psychological services into an interdisciplinary, primary care community-based health care center, outline specific planning strategies, and identify the roadblocks and barriers encountered.