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The Integrated Well-Child Visit: Behavioral Health Treatment Engagement in Pediatric Primary Care

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Prevention of behavioral health problems is integral to promoting worldwide health. Alarmingly, many behavioral health problems occur early in life, significantly disrupting normal developmental processes. Most people that require intervention never engage in care and symptoms worsen over time. This chapter articulates a viable solution—integration of behavioral health prevention and treatment into primary care well-child health maintenance visits. Readers are provided with an empirically based argument for this novel practice as well as a formulation of how this approach may improve lifetime treatment engagement.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street/Mail Stop 298, Reno, NV, 89557, USA

    Cassandra Snipes Ph.D. & William O’Donohue Ph.D.

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    William O'Donohue

  2. School of Professional Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

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  3. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA

    Cassandra Snipes

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Snipes, C., O’Donohue, W. (2017). The Integrated Well-Child Visit: Behavioral Health Treatment Engagement in Pediatric Primary Care. In: O'Donohue, W., James, L., Snipes, C. (eds) Practical Strategies and Tools to Promote Treatment Engagement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49206-3_8

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