Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Co-Located, Collaborative Care: An Operations Manual

In March 2011, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Center for Integrated Care released an update to its 2005 manual designed to provide operational support to successful and sustainable Co-located, Collaborative Care (CCC) Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI). The manual provides a detailed description of co-located, collaborative care behavioral health services integrated within primary care and some tools to support its implementation. The manual is designed for administrators such as careline managers, supervisors, integrated behavioral health providers, primary care providers, and others who have responsibility for managing the implementation and operations of PC-MHI programs. The primary . . .