Overcoming challenges to integrating behavioral health into primary care.
Integrating behavioral healthcare into the primary care setting is associated with many benefits; however, plans to integrate care must address several challenges. This article identifies the challenges of integrating behavioral health specialists into primary care and describes strategies used to overcome these challenges.
Kolbasovsky
Andrew
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Health Insurance Plan, New York, NY, USA.
Reich
Leonard
L
D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D009518:New York; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011320:Primary Health Care