Add to ORKGIndividuals with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) suff er from higher rates of co-morbid medical illness, are twice as likely to develop diabetes, hypertension and obesity and have a life expectancy that is on average 25 years less than the general population. Factors reducing mortality in this population include healthy diet, regular exercise, smoking cessation, and access to primary care. Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) is a SAMHSA funded service grant to implement a model of improving access to and engagement with primary care and wellness resources for the adult outpatient population at Worcester’s Community Healthlink (CHL) in Massachusetts. CHL is partnering with the Family Health Center of Worcester...
Despite the compelling logic for integrating care for people with serious mental illness, there is a...
Our segregated medical and mental health care system misses opportunities for early detection of phy...
BackgroundChronic diseases that drive morbidity, mortality, and health care costs are largely influe...
INTRODUCTION: Efficacy trials have shown that primary care co-located in the mental health setting i...
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this project was to examine the effects of a newly integrated collaborati...
The poster describes the importance of integrating behavioral health care in PCMH, and cites nationa...
Introduction: Approximately 9.6 million people in the United States are diagnosed with Severe Mental...
Background: Incorporating behavioral health care into patient centered medical homes is critical for...
BackgroundIntegrated care for comorbid depression and chronic medical disease improved physical and ...
Despite the growing trend of integrating primary care and mental health services, little research ha...
People with serious mental illness (SMI) are more likely to have poorer health and poorer health beh...
New Hampshire residents face challenges with behavioral and physical health conditions and the inter...
Behavioral health disorders, comprising mental illness and behavioral health disorders, are common a...
BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases that drive morbidity, mortality, and health care costs are largely infl...
A detailed review of the teaching assistance (TA) and shared learning (SL) in the area of behavioral...
Despite the compelling logic for integrating care for people with serious mental illness, there is a...
Our segregated medical and mental health care system misses opportunities for early detection of phy...
BackgroundChronic diseases that drive morbidity, mortality, and health care costs are largely influe...
INTRODUCTION: Efficacy trials have shown that primary care co-located in the mental health setting i...
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this project was to examine the effects of a newly integrated collaborati...
The poster describes the importance of integrating behavioral health care in PCMH, and cites nationa...
Introduction: Approximately 9.6 million people in the United States are diagnosed with Severe Mental...
Background: Incorporating behavioral health care into patient centered medical homes is critical for...
BackgroundIntegrated care for comorbid depression and chronic medical disease improved physical and ...
Despite the growing trend of integrating primary care and mental health services, little research ha...
People with serious mental illness (SMI) are more likely to have poorer health and poorer health beh...
New Hampshire residents face challenges with behavioral and physical health conditions and the inter...
Behavioral health disorders, comprising mental illness and behavioral health disorders, are common a...
BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases that drive morbidity, mortality, and health care costs are largely infl...
A detailed review of the teaching assistance (TA) and shared learning (SL) in the area of behavioral...
Despite the compelling logic for integrating care for people with serious mental illness, there is a...
Our segregated medical and mental health care system misses opportunities for early detection of phy...
BackgroundChronic diseases that drive morbidity, mortality, and health care costs are largely influe...