Behavioral Health Homes For People With Mental Health & Substance Use Conditions: The Core Clinical Features

May 1, 2012
In May 2012, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Integrated Health Solutions released a proposed set of core clinical features of a behavioral health home (i.e., a behavioral health agency that serves as a health home for people with mental health and substance use disorders). It provides context to the development of the health home option and its relationship to the person-centered medical home; outlines established principles of effective care and the chronic care model for serving people with chronic illnesses; applies the chronic care model as the framework for . . .