Integrating Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Lessons from Interdisciplinary Collaboration in School Mental Health

Integrating behavioral health care into pediatric primary care (PPC) settings can increase access to behavioral health promotion services and treatment. Efficient models for integrated PPC are emerging. Recent reviews call for integrated PPC research to better identify efficient teaming and processes, particularly in areas of building integrated PPC team member capacity and adopting practices that promote "upstream" behavioral wellness specific to community needs. Research in integrating behavioral health in schools has identified key practices relevant to these gaps in integrated primary care (IPC) research. This article discusses possibilities to apply findings from integrated school behavioral health research to IPC settings.