As managed care evolves, the movement toward the integration of behavioral Healthcare services into primary medical practices has begun to gain momentum. Primary care providers, in general, are not professionally equipped to identify and monitor mental health and substance abuse problems. Thus, behavioral health care professionals have a new opportunity to make the skills and training they bring to primary care practitioners part of the solution of the health care crisis. Only recently has the value of the services they have been performing for decades and the need to make them available through formal programs been recognized.
Addressing opportunity, value, and need, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the application of psychological screening and assessment instruments in primary care settings. Providing an indispensable reference for psychologists and trainees, as well as for primary care providers who may want to add to their professional armamentarium the... [More...] [Edit review] [Delete review]