Monthly Archives: May 2013

Integrated Care Vs. Co-Location: Or, “Integrated Care: No day at the beach!”

Perhaps one of the best measures that the integrated primary behavioral health care model is gaining wider acceptance is through a simple Google search. Typing in “integrated care” yields 82 million results, while a finer tuned search on “primary behavioral … Continue reading

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Saying “Yes,” the BHC’s the Best Tool: Or “Yes, I am not asking you to lunch ever again.”

At the core of a fully functioning integrated care team is a well-trained behavioral specialist. Some may call this position a Behavioral Health Consultant  (or Counselor, BHC), a Behaviorist, a Behavior Interventionist, or any other variety of titles. Sometimes there … Continue reading

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