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Basics of Behavior Change in Primary Care

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This chapter describes the mission of primary care and current initiatives aimed at improving primary care. Readers learn about the strategies recommended by the Patient Centered Medical Home model and review research related to its effectiveness. Readers are also introduced to the Primary Care Behavioral Health model, a model for increasing delivery of behavioral health services in Primary Care that is associated with positive patient and implementation outcomes. The PCBH model brings a Behavioral Health Clinician to the primary care team and multiple studies show its promise as an effective population health approach to behavioral health service delivery. Later sections list out the challenges to improving access to behavioral health services in PC. The chapter concludes with a Checklist of recommended strategies for readers to use to improve primary care behavioral health services in their home communities.

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Abbreviations

BHC:

Behavioral Health Clinician

BHC-A:

Behavioral Health Clinician-Assistant

CBT:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Dt:

Dietician

ED:

Emergency Department

EHR:

Electronic Health Record

NCQA:

National Committee on Quality Assurance

PC:

Primary Care

PCBH:

Primary Care Behavioral Health model

PCC:

Primary Care Clinician

PCMH:

Patient Centered Medical Home

PT:

Physical Therapist

US:

United States

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Robinson, P.J. (2019). Primary Care. In: Basics of Behavior Change in Primary Care. SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32050-8_1

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