Integrated behavioral health care revolves around collaboration between primary care and behavioral health professionals in a shared setting.
A pediatrician, psychiatrist, and social worker, for example, all share pertinent information about a patient in order to ensure that no health considerations or solutions are overlooked, no symptoms are misconstrued, no time or effort is wasted, and no pain points are left unaddressed.Though this approach has produced improved outcomes for patients and clinicians, it is still largely underutilized.
Following a recent ADHD Experts webinar titled “Integrated Care for Children with ADHD: How to Form a Cross-Functional Care Team,” ADDitude editors provided answers (and relevant resources) to commonly asked questions on collaborative care.
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