Care setting overview
Integrated Behavioral Health
BH-IBHEarly identification and treatment of common psychiatric conditions while addressing the two-way relationship among mental health, physical health, medications, lifestyle, and social context.
- Care model
- Primary care–behavioral health integration
- Typical pace
- Brief assessment, focused intervention, consultation, and warm handoff
- Population
- Patients receiving mental and physical healthcare within a coordinated general medical setting
Common presentations
- Depression, anxiety, insomnia, and trauma-related symptoms
- Substance use, medication adherence, and health behavior concerns
- Psychiatric symptoms complicated by medical illness, pregnancy, pain, or metabolic risk
PMHNP priorities
- Rule out medical and medication-related contributors
- Create brief, feasible, measurement-informed plans
- Close the loop among primary care, behavioral health, and specialty services
Care team
Primary care clinicians, PMHNPs, behavioral health clinicians, pharmacists, nurses, care managers, dietitians, and social workers