Many people suffer from depression and anxiety. These problems can make people feel sad, scared and even suicidal, and can affect their work, their relationships and their quality of life. Depression and anxiety can occur because of personal, financial, social or...
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AIMS Center: What is Collaborative Care?
An overview of Collaborative Care from the University of Washington AIMS Center where the model was first developed.
County-level estimates of mental health professional shortage in the United States
Published in Psychiatric Services. This study examined shortages of mental health professionals at the county level across the United States. A goal was to motivate discussion of the data improvements and practice standards required to develop an adequate mental...
Collaborative Care for Depression and Anxiety Problems
Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Collaborative care is associated with significant improvement in depression and anxiety outcomes compared with usual care, and represents a useful addition to clinical pathways for adult patients with depression...
Get Trained in the Collaborative Care Model (APA)
The American Psychiatry Association offers specialized training in the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) for treating providers, psychiatric consultants and behavioral health care managers. Click to review their course offerings.
Learn about the Collaborative Care Model (APA)
Over the past decade, the integration of behavioral health and general medical services has been shown to improve patient outcomes, save money, and reduce stigma related to mental health. Significant research spanning three decades has identified one model – the...
Daniel’s Story: An Introduction to Collaborative Care (video)
Learn about Collaborative Care through the eyes of Daniel, a patient whose care team changed his life.
Large-Scale Dissemination of Collaborative Care and Implications for Psychiatry
The evidence is overwhelming that a collaborative care approach to common mental illnesses is superior to usual care. Why isn’t this model widely available? The authors of this column argue that the problem is not a lack of evidence or documentation of a better...
Integrated Care: Creating Effective Mental and Primary Health Care Teams
Primary Health Care Teams provides the first comprehensive guide for teams to integrate effective mental health care into primary care clinics. Edited by a team of UW Medicine mental health experts, it includes practical information, skills, and clinical approaches...
A Randomized Trial of Collaborative Depression Care in Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics: Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Treatment Response
Published in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Collaborative depression care adapted to obstetrics-gynecology settings had a greater impact on depression outcomes for socially disadvantaged women with no insurance or with public coverage compared with women with...