Integrated Behavioral Health
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Dilip R. Patel; Nicole Fledderman; Jocelyn DeLeon
- Source
- Pediatric Clinics of North America. 68:511-518
- Subject
- Practice setting
business.industry
Primary care
Mental health
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
030225 pediatrics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Health care
Mental health care
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0031-3955
Most children and adolescents with behavioral and mental health concerns first present to their pediatricians. Although pediatricians are fully cognizant of the importance of addressing behavioral and mental health concerns, they often find it difficult to deliver such care effectively and efficiently within a typical practice setting. Integration of medical and behavioral health care has emerged as a model to deliver such care. In the pediatric primary care practice, integrated behavioral health has been shown to be a cost-effective way to deliver high-quality care. This article describes basic definitions and contexts of integrated pediatric behavioral health.