Integrating Mental Health Into Primary Care Within the Veterans Health Administration

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Post, Edward P ^a,b   Metzger, Maureen ^a   Dumas, Patricia ^c   Lehmann, Laurent ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Central Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated care; Mental health; Primary care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; MENTAL DISORDERS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77955811801     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020130     Document Type: Article

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