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Peter J. Cunningham Beyond Parity: Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives On Access To Mental Health Care Health Affairs, May/June 2009; 28(3): w490-w501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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Access To Mental Health Care: Solutions

Deborah Giordano   ( 29 April 2009 )

Access To Mental Health Care: Solutions 29 April 2009
Deborah Giordano, APRN-BC Intermountain Healthcare Send comment to journal: Re: Access To Mental Health Care: Solutions debby.giordano{at}imail.org Deborah Giordano	At Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, where I work, we have a mental health integration program that places mental health providers, psychiatrists, psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners, psycholgists, and care managers in the clinics. This has made a tremendous difference in the provider's ability to secure mental health access at a primary care site. Most of the sites do not have psychiatrists, but most have psych/mh NPs, psychologists, and care managers. As with all situations, insurance is often a barrier. Mental health parity would solve many problems for the patient and the provider.