TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel Approach to Integrating Mental Health Care into a Primary Care Setting
T2 - Development, Implementation, and Outcomes
AU - Vohs, Jenifer L.
AU - Shi, Molin
AU - Holmes, Emily G.
AU - Butler, Melissa
AU - Landsberger, Sarah A.
AU - Gao, Sujuan
AU - Ouyang, Fanqian
AU - Teal, Evgenia
AU - Merkitch, Kristen
AU - Kronenberger, William
N1 - Funding Information:
The CHOICE program was developed as a joint venture between an academic medical school department of psychiatry and the affiliated university health care system. While the need for such a service had long been recognized, fulfilling this need had been elusive. The CHOICE program was initially funded by a hospital system based grant and, once its value had been demonstrated, was supported by the healthcare system through the nearly three-year duration of the present study period.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - It is now widely accepted that there is a growing discrepancy between demand and access to adequate treatment for behavioral or mental health conditions in the United States. This results in immense personal, societal, and economic costs. One rapidly growing method of addressing this discrepancy is to integrate mental health services into the primary care setting, which has become the de facto service provider for these conditions. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation of a novel integrated care program in a large mid-western university-based healthcare system, drawn from the collaborative care model, and describe the benefits in terms of both health care utilization and depression outcomes. Limitations and proposed future directions are discussed.
AB - It is now widely accepted that there is a growing discrepancy between demand and access to adequate treatment for behavioral or mental health conditions in the United States. This results in immense personal, societal, and economic costs. One rapidly growing method of addressing this discrepancy is to integrate mental health services into the primary care setting, which has become the de facto service provider for these conditions. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation of a novel integrated care program in a large mid-western university-based healthcare system, drawn from the collaborative care model, and describe the benefits in terms of both health care utilization and depression outcomes. Limitations and proposed future directions are discussed.
KW - Collaborative care
KW - Health care utilization
KW - Integrated primary care
KW - Program development
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U2 - 10.1007/s10880-022-09882-9
DO - 10.1007/s10880-022-09882-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 35543900
AN - SCOPUS:85129797947
SN - 1068-9583
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
ER -