A Continuum-Based Framework as a Practice Assessment Tool for Integration of General Health in Behavioral Health Care.

Ekaterina SmaliRachel M Talley Matthew L GoldmanHarold Alan PincusDavid WoodlockHenry Chung

Published in: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) (2021)

The clinics could use the framework as a practice assessment of integration efforts with minimal guidance and identify several evidence-based integration interventions. Some GHI interventions were seen as strengths and as opportunities for further advancement. Longitudinal evaluation among a larger number of and more geographically diverse behavioral health clinics seeking to advance their GHI practices will improve the GHI framework's generalizability and potential for dissemination.

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