TY - JOUR
KW - Behavior, Addictive
KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated/organization & administration
KW - Family Health
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Ontario
KW - Organizational Case Studies
KW - Patient Care Team
KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration
AU - N. Kates
AU - C. McPherson-Doe
AU - L. George
A1 - 
AB - For 16 years, the Hamilton Family Health Team Mental Health Program has successfully integrated mental health counselors, addiction specialists, child mental health professionals, and psychiatrists into 81 offices of 150 family physicians in Hamilton, Ontario. Maximising the potential of a "shared care" model requires changes within the primary care setting, to support the addition of mental health and addiction professionals, active involvement of primary care staff in managing mental health problems of patients, and collaborative practice. This coordinated effort allow mental health treatment through onsite support from a mental health team and supplants the need to refer most patients to the mental health setting. This article reviews the evolution of the program and the changes made by practices with key lessons learnt.
BT - The Journal of ambulatory care management
C5 - General Literature
CP - 2
CY - United States
DO - 10.1097/JAC.0b013e31820f6435
IS - 2
JF - The Journal of ambulatory care management
N2 - For 16 years, the Hamilton Family Health Team Mental Health Program has successfully integrated mental health counselors, addiction specialists, child mental health professionals, and psychiatrists into 81 offices of 150 family physicians in Hamilton, Ontario. Maximising the potential of a "shared care" model requires changes within the primary care setting, to support the addition of mental health and addiction professionals, active involvement of primary care staff in managing mental health problems of patients, and collaborative practice. This coordinated effort allow mental health treatment through onsite support from a mental health team and supplants the need to refer most patients to the mental health setting. This article reviews the evolution of the program and the changes made by practices with key lessons learnt.
PP - United States
PY - 2011
SN - 1550-3267; 0148-9917
SP - 174
EP - 182
EP - 
T1 - Integrating mental health services within primary care settings: The Hamilton Family Health Team
T2 - The Journal of ambulatory care management
TI - Integrating mental health services within primary care settings: The Hamilton Family Health Team
U1 - General Literature
U2 - 21415615
U3 - 10.1097/JAC.0b013e31820f6435
VL - 34
VO - 1550-3267; 0148-9917
Y1 - 2011
ER -