Young adults gather for their therapy session. Under collaborative models, counseling centers allow community providers office space on campus to facilitate specialized programs, such as IOP’s.

Nearly half of Americans live in an area without adequate mental health services. More than 85% of these so-called Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas are located in rural communities. This ...

For years, mental healthcare and primary care were independent of each other. If you visited a primary healthcare provider with mental illness symptoms, they'd refer you to a mental healthcare ...

Existing conventional treatments and the current model of care do not adequately address the complex challenges of mental illness Available conventional treatments and the dominant model of mental ...

For many years, primary care providers had no direct or explicit mechanism to be reimbursed for services specifically provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries under the collaborative care model ...

A collaborative service model between a managed care organization and an affordable housing provider reduced acute care use and costs. Objectives: This study evaluated a collaborative service model ...