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Integrating Mental Health Into Primary Care, Lori Hopwood, April Schmidt
Integrating Mental Health Into Primary Care, Lori Hopwood, April Schmidt
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this project was to examine the effects of a newly integrated collaborative mental health care model. The primary goal of the integrated behavioral health program was designed to increase the ability of primary care providers to provide mental health services with the support and expertise of a consulting psychiatrist and behavioral health specialist. Additional goals were to improve access to care and improve mental health outcomes.
AIMS: The aim of this project was to evaluate a new way of integrating mental health services in a rural health, primary care practice in central Illinois.
METHODS: Measures …