BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown that integrated behavioral health services for
older adults in primary care improves health outcomes. No study, however, has asked the …

OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine whether integrated mental health services or
enhanced referral to specialty mental health clinics results in greater engagement in mental …

Objective: This study, entitled Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental
Health for the Elderly, examined six-month outcomes for older primary care patients with …

“The report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health emphasizes that
mental health and physical health problems are interrelated components of overall health …

Patient presentation in primary care ranges from psychosocial considerations to physical
and mental health concerns including serious mental illness. To best prepare for addressing …

Background: Integrating behavioral health and primary care is beneficial to patients and
health systems. However, for integration to be widely adopted, studies demonstrating its …

Objective This study examines whether older adult primary care patients are satisfied with
two intervention models designed to ameliorate their behavioral health problems. Methods A …

Although the benefits of integrating behavioral health (BH) services into primary care are
well established (World Health Organization and World Organization of Family Doctors,; …

Integrating mental health care in the primary care setting has been identified in the literature
as a model for increasing access to mental health services and has been associated with …

Objective The authors reviewed the implications of the latest generation of health services
research studies on primary care practice system changes for depression management …