Strategies To Support The Integration Of Mental Health Into Pediatric Primary Care

In August 2009, the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) released an issue paper that provides an overview of research advances and policy trends that support integration of mental health into primary care and explores various strategies primary care providers and health plans can employ to achieve more coordinated and integrated mental health care in the pediatric primary care setting. While focused on the pediatric practice, much of the discussion is also relevant to others who provide primary care services to children, including family practitioners. The paper delineates the potential benefits of an integrated approach as well as the . . .