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  • Volume 15
  • Number 3
  • July 2017

From the Guest Editor

Reviews

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages244–248

Primary care clinics are increasingly implementing collaborative care models to care for patients with psychiatric illnesses in primary care. The evidence base for the effectiveness of collaborative care has largely been derived from the care of patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20170005

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages249–256

Traditional models of health care delivery are inadequate for addressing all the needs of the child and adolescent population that has mental illness. The integrated care model seeks to partner pediatric mental health specialists with primary providers to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20170013

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages257–263

The objective of this article is to inform psychiatrists and other mental health professionals and primary care providers about the role of telepsychiatry in facilitating integrated care models, particularly in remote primary care practices. A narrative ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20170007

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages264–270

The functional and financial effects of untreated psychiatric disorders within primary care have led to the development of novel service delivery models to improve access to high-quality, evidence-based mental health treatments. Cognitive-behavioral ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20170010

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages271–278

Medical progress has greatly extended the life span of individuals living in the United States, yet certain groups have lagged behind in achieving wellness and longevity. Prominent among these are individuals with serious mental illness. Because of this, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20170011

Clinical Synthesis

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages279–283

Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. It often coexists with other chronic conditions, contributing to poor self-management and subsequent poor health outcomes, increased service utilization and cost of care, and poor quality of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20170008

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages284–291

Chronic pain affects up to 20% of the population and costs as much as $635 billion per year in the United States alone. The management of chronic pain is fragmented among medical providers of varying specialties, and evidence-based treatments are often ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20170014

Ask the Expert

21st-Century Psychiatrist

Communication Commentary

Ethics Commentary

Safety Commentary

Patient Management Exercise

Bibliography

Abstracts

Influential Publications

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages333–346

Background: Studies evaluating collaborative care for anxiety disorders are recently emerging. A systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the effect of collaborative care for adult patients with anxiety disorders in primary care is therefore ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.15303

Publication date: 01 July 2017

Pages347–353

There are multiple barriers to accessing high quality, evidence-based behavioral health care for children and adolescents, including stigma, family beliefs, and the signficant paucity of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Although equal access continues ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.150302

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