Behavioral Health as Primary Care: Beyond Efficacy to Effectiveness: A Report of the Third Reno Conference on the Integration of Behavioral Health in ... (Healthcare Utilization and Cost Series) - Hardcover

O'Donohue, William T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1878978454 ISBN 13: 9781878978455

Publisher: New Harbinger, 2010

Synopsis

Integrated care defined as the better coordination of behavioral health services with medical services, holds much promise in addressing the above problems. One of the key advantages to this healthcare delivery system is that it can reduce demand for healthcare by providing patients with the healthcare they actually need. There is significant clinical research all pointing to one fact: many patients (perhaps even the majority) receiving traditional primary care or specialty care medicine also need behavioral care. But the question arises: How does one move from the divided healthcare delivery system of today to an integrated care system in such a way that the benefits of making this change are achieved?

To address this question we assembled a distinguished group of national experts to describe the process of integrating behavioral health with primary care. This volume, the result of a national conference sponsored by The Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Foundation and the University of Nevada, Reno, assists practitioners, researchers, administrators, and decision makers in understanding the practical issues surrounding how to integrate behavioral healthcare with medical/surgical care.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicholas Cummings, PhD, is distinguished professor emeritus of clinical psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and president of the Cummings Foundation for Behavioral Health.

Kyle Ferguson, is pursuing a PhD in psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received a master's degree in behavior analysis from Southern Illinois University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Alberta.

William T. O'Donohue, PhD, is Nicholas Cummings Professor of Organized Behavioral Healthcare Delivery, adjunct professor of philosophy, and adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Nevada, Reno.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Harbinger
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1878978454
• ISBN 13: 9781878978455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 188