Tens of millions of adults in the U.S. suffer from depression and anxiety. Yet the barriers to entry in mental health care—including holes in insurance coverage, a shortage of behavioral health ...

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 ...

Programs that match caregivers with patient navigators yield better outcomes than Alzheimer's drug – but combining the two may be best. A Medicare-covered program that offers support and medical ...

To improve patient depression outcomes, therapeutic treatment strategy should be intensified and receive more resources. Components of collaborative care that most efficaciously reduce depressive ...

Explore how the Collaborative Care Model enhances mental health access in this episode featuring Anna Bobb, MPH, executive director of the Path Forward coalition. A recent national analysis ...

Collaborative care integrates mental health support into a patient's primary care provider's office. The program is short-term, typically lasting four to six sessions, focusing on current challenges.

A new study based on data from more than 7,000 patients found collaborative care models in hospitals are tied to shorter hospital stays and other improved outcomes. Researchers say it is the first ...

Physician leadership is ideal in collaborative care teams, this CMO says. At Northwell Health, clinical teams function most effectively when they are physician-led, with multidisciplinary team members ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concert Health, the leading Collaborative Care platform, and the Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center in the University of Washington Department of ...

In Prescott Valley, helping someone in crisis is a team effort, as police officers and mental health professionals work side by side to connect residents with the care they need.