Journal
FAMILIES SYSTEMS & HEALTH
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 348-355Publisher
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/a0021866
Keywords
primary care; comprehensive care; patient-centered medical home; collaborative care; behavioral healthcare
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Comprehensiveness and continuity of care are key elements of primary care system redesign. Comprehensiveness encompasses evaluating the whole person and dealing with the full range of physical, mental, and behavioral healthcare issue; and continuity is based on building healing relationships over time. This article suggests that a focus on comprehensiveness and continuity implies that responding to mental health, behavioral health, and substance use must be core elements of the patient-centered medical home. A list of necessary next steps toward achieving comprehensive and integrated care is recommended.
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