The integration of primary care and mental health services has developed significantly over the last 15 years. Service delivery models have been developed and tested, the literature base has grown and now thousands of mental health professionals self-identify as working in some form of integrated care setting. Here we will review the latest developments in […]
Psychology has taken a multicultural turn. We understand the social context in which we work as a “salad bowl,” not a “melting pot” (D’Innocenzo & Sirefman, 1992; Sue, Bingham, Porche-Burke, & Vasquez, 1999). Since 2002, we have embodied our commitment in APA’s Guidelines on multicultural education, training, research, practice, and organizational change for psychologists (American Psychological Association, […]
Just about every article or conference on health care reform these days treats “integration” and “ending silos” as essential requirements for improving the U.S. health care system. In this article, I have no intention of diverging from the general cheerleading. However, I think it is important that we be clear about what is involved in […]
Approximately 20% of children in the United States experience significant mental, emotional, or behavioral concerns, yet there is often a lack of access to necessary mental or behavioral health services and supports to adequately address them (Costello, Mustillo, Erkanli, Keeler, Angold, 2003; New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003). Furthermore, as many as one in […]
At 10:00 AM on October, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States began its new Term (technically the “October 2014 Term”), at the call of “Oyez,” by the Marshall of the Court. The Term promised to bring especially important cases involving the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and same-sex marriage. Those cases garnered the greatest […]