Behavioral Consultation and Primary Care: A Guide to Integrating Services

“In this 2^nd edition, Robinson and Reiter give us an updated blueprint for full integration of behavioral health and primary care in practice. They review the compelling rationale, but their real contribution is telling us exactly HOW to think about it and how to do it. This latest book is a must for anyone interested in population health and the nuts and bolts of full integration through using the Primary Care Behavioral Health Consultation model.”

Susan H McDaniel Ph.D., 2016
President, American Psychological Association
Professor, University of Rochester Medical Center

The best-selling guide to integrating behavioral health services into primary care is now updated, expanded and better than ever!

Integration is exploding in growth, and it is moving inexorably toward the model outlined here. To keep pace, this revised text is a must for primary care clinicians and administrators. It is also essential reading for graduate classes in a variety of disciplines, including social work, psychology, and medicine.

This updated edition includes:

· A refined presentation of the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model
· The latest terms, trends and innovations in primary care
· Comprehensive strategies and resource lists for hiring and training new Behavioral Health Consultants (BHC)
· Step-by-step guidance for implementing the PCBH model
· A plethora of evolved practice tools, including new Core Competency Tools for BHCs and primary care providers
· Sample interventions for behaviorally influenced problems
· The use of “Third Wave” behavior therapies in primary care
· Detailed program evaluation instructions and tools
· The latest on financing integrated care
· An entire chapter on understanding and addressing the prescription drug abuse epidemic
· Experienced guidance on ethical issues in the PCBH model
· Improved patient education handouts

With all of the changes in health care, the potential for the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model to improve primary care—and the health of the population—is greater than ever.

This book should be the first read for anyone interested in realizing the potential of integration.

Patricia Robinson Ph.D. is currently principal and consultant for the Mountainview Consulting Group Inc., a firm specializing in providing consultation, program implementation and training services for health care systems seeking to integrate behavioral health and primary medical services and/or develop effective methods for collecting and using clinical outcome data. Dr. Robinson obtained her Ph.D. in Psychology from Texas Womans University in 1979. Dr. Robinson worked in a student health setting at Kansas State University several years before joining the Mercer Island School District in 1981, where she served as Director of Childfind. During her employment at Mercer Island, Dr. Robinson developed school-based group treatment programs for behaviorally disabled adolescents and socially isolated elementary students.

Jeff Reiter, Ph.D., ABPP. is a Clinical Psychologist with an ABPP in Behavioral Psychology. Co-director of Primary Care Behavioral Health Services for HealthPoint Community Health Centers, Seattle, WA, Dr. Reiter is the co-author of the book, Behavioral Consultation and Primary Care: A Guide to Integrating Services. Dr. Reiter spent eight years as a psychologist in the U.S. Air Force. In 2008, he was one of three consultants contracted by the U.S. Air Force to help implement integrated care services throughout their bases worldwide. His work in primary care recently earned him an APA Presidential Award for Innovative Practice, one of twelve given annually.