title: Strategies to Support the Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care: What Have We Learned Thus Far?
abstract: The articles in this supplement contain a wealth of practical information regarding the integration of behavioral health and primary care. This type of integration effort is complex and greatly benefits from support from outside organizations, as well as collaboration with other practices attempting similar work. This editorial extracts from these articles some of the key lessons learned regarding the integration of behavioral health and primary care for practices and for organizations that support practice transformation.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora. perry.dickinson@ucdenver.edu.
authors.forename: W Perry
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Dickinson
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States
keywords: Behavioral Medicine; Delivery of Health Care; Integrated; Mental Health; Primary Health Care; Quality of Health Care