title: Overcoming challenges to integrating behavioral health into primary care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Health Insurance Plan, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolbasovsky
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: 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