Integrated Behavioral Health Care: A Guide to Effective Intervention

by William T. O'Donohue

Integrated behavioral health care is a health-care service delivery system in which behavioral health care is coordinated with primary medical care. Unlike older approaches to patient care in which mental health professionals worked separately from medical professionals, integrated care recognizes that many patients present to medical professionals with behavioral problems. For example, diabetics or persons suffering from chronic pain may experience...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591023254
• ISBN13: 9781591023258
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Humanities Press Intl
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.5"