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Integrating mental health into primary care within the Veterans Health Administration.
Fam Syst Health. 2010 Jun; 28(2):83-90.FS

Abstract

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been undertaking a major transformational program of integrating collaborative mental health resources into primary care settings. Key components of the program include colocated collaborative care provided by mental health professionals; care management; and blended programs that combine elements of these two components, whose functions are highly complementary to each other. The program has grown since 2007 from an initiative implementing pilot programs at participating facilities, to a routine expectation of primary care within all VHA medical centers and large community-based outpatient clinics. The national program office supports this VHA initiative in multiple ways, including technical assistance to sites, program and policy development, dissemination of informational tools to facilitate continuous quality improvement, education and training, and partnerships with other existing and emerging VHA programs such as postdeployment health clinics and the patient-centered medical home.

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Post EP
Veterans Affairs Central Office, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Edward.Post@va.gov
Metzger M
No affiliation info available
Dumas P
No affiliation info available
Lehmann L
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MeSH

Cooperative BehaviorDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedHumansInservice TrainingInterinstitutional RelationsMental DisordersMental Health ServicesPrimary Health CareUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

20695668

Citation

Post, Edward P., et al. "Integrating Mental Health Into Primary Care Within the Veterans Health Administration." Families, Systems & Health : the Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare, vol. 28, no. 2, 2010, pp. 83-90.
Post EP, Metzger M, Dumas P, et al. Integrating mental health into primary care within the Veterans Health Administration. Fam Syst Health. 2010;28(2):83-90.
Post, E. P., Metzger, M., Dumas, P., & Lehmann, L. (2010). Integrating mental health into primary care within the Veterans Health Administration. Families, Systems & Health : the Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare, 28(2), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020130
Post EP, et al. Integrating Mental Health Into Primary Care Within the Veterans Health Administration. Fam Syst Health. 2010;28(2):83-90. PubMed PMID: 20695668.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Integrating mental health into primary care within the Veterans Health Administration. AU - Post,Edward P, AU - Metzger,Maureen, AU - Dumas,Patricia, AU - Lehmann,Laurent, PY - 2010/8/11/entrez PY - 2010/8/11/pubmed PY - 2010/10/13/medline SP - 83 EP - 90 JF - Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare JO - Fam Syst Health VL - 28 IS - 2 N2 - The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been undertaking a major transformational program of integrating collaborative mental health resources into primary care settings. Key components of the program include colocated collaborative care provided by mental health professionals; care management; and blended programs that combine elements of these two components, whose functions are highly complementary to each other. The program has grown since 2007 from an initiative implementing pilot programs at participating facilities, to a routine expectation of primary care within all VHA medical centers and large community-based outpatient clinics. The national program office supports this VHA initiative in multiple ways, including technical assistance to sites, program and policy development, dissemination of informational tools to facilitate continuous quality improvement, education and training, and partnerships with other existing and emerging VHA programs such as postdeployment health clinics and the patient-centered medical home. SN - 1091-7527 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/20695668/Integrating_mental_health_into_primary_care_within_the_Veterans_Health_Administration_ L2 - http://content.apa.org/journals/fsh/28/2/83 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -