title: Integrating mental health into the Oregon Health Plan.
abstract: Public mental health has long struggled to be accepted as a part of health care. Its interface with social services and its broad spectrum of professionals make a clear definition of public mental health's boundaries difficult, fueling policymakers' skepticism about such acceptance. The Oregon Health Plan was the result of a process that explicitly included mental health but recognized that the tools for doing so need to be carefully developed.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health Sciences University, USA.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Penner
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009922:Oregon; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States