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Providing Whole-Person Care: Integrating Behavioral Health Into Primary Care

Description
Discusses how a patient-centered medical home in rural North Carolina is integrating primary care with mental health treatment to meet the core health needs of patients, while recognizing the need for making referrals to specialty care for more severe mental illness. Also discusses the benefits of telebehavioral health.
Author(s)
Jan Sweet Freeman
Citation
North Carolina Medical Journal, 1(76), 24-28
Date
01/2015
Type
Document
Tagged as
Behavioral health · Integrated service delivery · Medical homes · Mental health conditions · Primary care · North Carolina