Advancing Care Together by Integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Health

摘要

Separating the care of people with emotional and behavioral problems into physical and mental compartments and organizing 2 systems of care to meet their needs has been known to be a mistake for decades.1?–3 Progress on actually changing clinical practice to integrate care has been slow, not so much because of neglect, but because it is hard, often challenged by history, clashing cultures, and institutionalized barriers.4,5