Integrating Mental Health Treatment Into the Patient Centered Medical Home

June 1, 2000 In June 2010, the Agency for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a paper identifying the conceptual similarities in and differences between the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and current strategies used to deliver mental health treatment in primary care. Questions raised and addressed include: 1)Are the Evidence-Based Strategies Used to Deliver Mental Health Treatment in Primary Care Consistent With the Core Components of the PCMH?; 2) How Can the PCMH Meet the Needs of Diverse Patient Populations With Complex Mental Health and Related Problems?; and 3) What Policy and Programmatic Actions Are . . .