Is Integration The Problem Or Solution? A Look At How Consumers Get Behavioral Health Treatment Services And What It Means For The Field

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Analysis The more things change, the more they stay the same. This witticism describes the delivery of behavioral health services over the past fifteen years. On one hand, managed behavioral health programs (MBHPs) have continued to gain ground in adding large numbers of individuals enrolled in behavioral health services programs in both the commercial and public sector markets. On the other hand, physicians, excluding psychiatrists, continue to provide the majority of care for individuals with a behavioral health condition. In fact, there may be an increased shifting of care . . .