National Integration of Mental Health Providers in VA Home-Based Primary Care: An Innovative Model for Mental Health Care Delivery With Older Adults | Zendy

Bradley E. Karlin | Zendy; Michele J. Karel | Zendy

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National Integration of Mental Health Providers in VA Home-Based Primary Care: An Innovative Model for Mental Health Care Delivery With Older Adults

Author(s) -

Bradley E. Karlin,

Michele J. Karel

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnt142

Subject(s) - mental health , veterans affairs , nursing , service provider , integrated care , medicine , coping (psychology) , population , health care , anxiety , service delivery framework , psychology , service (business) , psychiatry , environmental health , economic growth , economics , economy

To promote mental health (MH) service access and quality for veterans with complex and chronic medical, social, and behavioral conditions, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has integrated a full-time MH provider into each VA home-based primary care (HBPC) team. The goal of the current evaluation is to examine the nature and extent to which MH care processes and practices have been integrated into HBPC nationally.

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