Integrated Primary Care

Integrated primary care requires clinicians to integrate theories, models, and evidence into practical, collaborative behavioral health practice.

This book offers a concise, clinically focused overview of integrated primary care (IPC) in which theories and models of IPC are reviewed alongside evidence of its effectiveness. The authors provide practical guidance on the implementation of IPC in various settings including strategies to form collaborative relationships with members of primary care teams. They propose key competencies and evidence-based clinical skills necessary to function in IPC settings and present useful resources and worksheets for patient care, all while relaying depictions of routine days for behavioral health providers in IPC. This volume is crucial for behavioral health providers who seek insight and direction on how to best operate in various IPC environments.

Barbara Cubic, PhD, West Virginia School of Medicine, Morgantown, Department of Family Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.

Ruben Tinajero, PhD, West Virginia School of Medicine, Morgantown, Department of Family Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.