title: The development of joint principles: integrating behavioral health care into the patient-centered medical home.
abstract: This article describes the development of the Joint Principles of The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) by the Working Party Group on Integrated Behavioral Healthcare. The Joint Principles establish the primacy of integrated behavioral health care as a core principle of the PCMH.
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*