Advancing Mental Health and Primary Care collaboration in the Public Sector

Integration of mental health and primary care should be applauded, the editors say, but careful scrutiny of such collaboration is needed. Integration of these services is complex, and generally still superficial. This monograph includes views of mental health-primary care collaboration from the perspectives of the mental health provider, the primary care provider, the integrated system, and the carved-out system. Two topics critical in such collaboration— gate keeping and authorization, and confidentiality— are also covered.