Resource Library

Applying the Integrated Care Approach: Skills for the PCP

Developed in conjunction with the AIMS Center, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) offers a 2-hour course outlining essential skills for a primary care provider within a Collaborative Care program. The course aims to help PCPs 1) understand the Collaborative Care model and develop skills to work with a psychiatric consultant and 2) strengthen behavioral health skills for a primary care setting.

This course is free and participants are eligible to earn Continuing Medical Education credits. 

Primary Care Provider Role Handout

Primary care providers identify and engage patients in collaborative care, make diagnoses, and treat patients. This handout describes the role of the PCP in more detail. 

Updated 9/30/2020

Helping Clinic Staff Talk with Patients about the PHQ-9

This tool is designed to help clinic support staff with answers to common questions they may hear from patients to help increase their comfort talking with patients about the PHQ-9 depression screener.

Care Management Tracking System (CMTS)

The Care Management Tracking System (CMTS) is a web-based registry that facilitates a shared care plan to collaboratively treat common medical and behavioral health conditions.

Caseload Size Guidance for BH Care Managers

These guidelines will help behavioral health care managers approximate the size of their caseload based on the complexity of the clinic's population.

Team Member Self-Assessment

A worksheet that allows each member of a care team to think about what Collaborative Care roles they currently practice. Part of our Team Building and Workflow Guide.

The Collaborative Care Model: An Approach for Integrating Physical and Mental Health Care in Medicaid Health Homes

A brief highlighting Collaborative Care as one approach to implementing integrated care under the Medicaid health homes authority.

Integrated Care: Creating Effective Mental and Primary Health Care Teams

Large-Scale Dissemination of Collaborative Care and Implications for Psychiatry

This paper by David J. Katzelnick, MD and Mark. D. Williams, MD explores large-scale dissemination of the Collaborative Care model. The authors agree that there is enough of an evidence base proving that the model works and that the problem lies in the implementation science and dissemination knowledge base.

CIT Lead Role Description

The Clinic Implementation Team Lead facilitates implementation and leads the Clinic Implementation Team (CIT). The CIT is created when a medical practice is planning to implement Collaborative Care. This document outlines the CIT Leads' key responsibilities, as well as the personal and professional characteristics that are most desirable in this role. 

Last updated: 4/3/20

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