Web Resources Relating to Integrated Primary Care
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has a new report on the Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care.
The Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Initiative. This website is a gold mine of well researched studies, case examples, tools for practice and materials for consumers, clinicians and administrators.
The World Health Organization wants everyone to know about Integrated Primary Care. See Integrating Mental Health into Primary Care: A Global Perspective.
The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors prepared a technical manual called Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care Services: Opportunities and Challenges for State Mental Health Authorities. Also for State authorities is Barbara Mauer's webinar called No Wrong Door.
Did you know about the VA Center for Integrated Primary Care?
The Navy manual for optimization of behavioral health in primary care.
The Air Force has committed to integrating behavioral health into all its health facilities. They have published a Practice Manual for Behavioral Health in Primary Care, plus Appendixes 1 and 2.
Resources for integrated care in Rural settings.
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems has a statement of the health effects of behavioral health care.
Report of a Surgeon General's Working Meeting On the Integration of Mental Health Services and Primary Health Care , issued 2001.
Journals with a substantial focus on Integrated Primary Care
Families, Systems and Health: The Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare..
The International Journal of Integrated Care.
The Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
Collections of On-Line Resources
Collaborative Family Healthcare Association The only national multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to furthering collaborative care.
The National Council for Community Behavioral HealthCare offers a site for Behavioral Health/Primary Care Integration Resources for Behavioral Healthcare Providers.
The HOGG Foundation in Texas gives a compelling justification for why it is putting its money into Integrated Care.
American Psychological Association, Division of Health Psychology Online Resources links.
Mountainview Consulting is Kirk Strosahl and Patricia Robinson's site. There are a lot of great resources here.
Richter Library, University of Miami - Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine on the Internet
In Canada, there is an organization promoting mental health in primary care called Shared Care.
The Maine Rural Health Research Center has several papers on the subject.
Roger Kathol's Cartesion Solutions is a good start for people who want information about the financial and operational side of IPC.
Society
for Behavioral Medicine - The Mission of the Society of Behavioral
Medicine is to foster the development and application of knowledge concerning
the interrelationships of health, illness and behavior.
Integrated care is also being promoted by the Administration on Aging.
Or, go to the Google search page, type in "integrated primary care" or "behavioral health in primary care" and see all the hits you get.
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