Robert Joseph1, Rachel Kester2, Colleen O'Brien2, Hsiang Huang2. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA. Electronic address: RJoseph@challiance.org. 2. Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Integrating behavioral health care into the primary care setting is increasingly recognized as an effective way to manage mental illness and substance use disorders on a population level in the United States. The term "integrated care," however, is used in many ways and encompasses several different models. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this article is to provide a conceptual framework to understand the landscape of models of integrated care and to use this framework to contrast the roles of behavioral health providers in integrated settings with those in traditional behavioral health delivery models. We will also review some of the advantages and limitations of integrated care for health care delivery systems, patients, and primary care providers.
BACKGROUND: Integrating behavioral health care into the primary care setting is increasingly recognized as an effective way to manage mental illness and substance use disorders on a population level in the United States. The term "integrated care," however, is used in many ways and encompasses several different models. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this article is to provide a conceptual framework to understand the landscape of models of integrated care and to use this framework to contrast the roles of behavioral health providers in integrated settings with those in traditional behavioral health delivery models. We will also review some of the advantages and limitations of integrated care for health care delivery systems, patients, and primary care providers.
Authors: Maria C Prom; Victoria Canelos; Pedro J Fernandez; Katherine Gergen Barnett; Cindy M Gordon; Christine A Pace; Lauren C Ng Journal: J Behav Health Serv Res Date: 2020-11-25 Impact factor: 1.475