title: The Chronic Care Model for behavioral health care.
abstract: This paper describes the successful application of the Chronic Care Model (CCM) at Touchstone innovaré, a large mental health agency serving a population of persons with a serious psychiatric condition. Based on our experience with the CCM, it is proposed that it could be applied in behavioral health care in the same manner as it is in physical health care. It is our contention that "chronic condition" should be the key phrase, and that there should not be a distinction in the application of a treatment model, whether the chronic condition is behavioral or physical.
authors.affiliation: Touchstone innovaré, 5250 Blakely Drive, Belmont, MI 49306, USA. thomas.blakely@wmich.edu
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Blakely
authors.forename: Gregory M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Dziadosz
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D017146:Models, Organizational