title: Statement of the American Psychological Association in response to the "joint principles: integrating behavioral health care into the patient-centered medical home".
abstract: Comments on the article "Joint principles: Integrating behavioral health care into the patient-centered medical home" (see record 2014-24217-011), presented by the Working Party Group on Integrated Behavioral Healthcare. The American Psychological Association (APA) shares concerns about the lack of reference to behavioral health care in the original 2007 Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home for which this new document is intended to supplement but not replace. The decision to support the supplemental Joint Principles was not an easy one for APA, as there is one area of significant concern. That concern is related to the use of the term "physician-directed medical practice"
authors: Executive Office, American Psychological Association.
authors: Norman B
authors: NB
authors: Anderson
authors: Education Directorate, American Psychological Association.
authors: Cynthia D
authors: CD
authors: Belar
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
authors: Barbara A
authors: BA
authors: Cubic
authors: Executive Office, American Psychological Association.
authors: Ellen G
authors: EG
authors: Garrison
authors: Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, Florida State University.
authors: Suzanne Bennett
authors: SB
authors: Johnson
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine.
authors: Nadine J
authors: NJ
authors: Kaslow
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*