Psychologists in Integrated Health Care

A video series highlighting how psychologists can work side-by-side with other health professionals to improve patients’ overall well-being.

Get Informed, Get Involved, Get Integrated

The Psychologists in Integrated Health Care video series is designed to promote awareness of how integrated care works and benefits society. Integrating mental health services in primary care practices:

  • Improves access to mental health care.
  • Reduces stigma.
  • Addresses psychosocial factors that worsen health outcomes across the lifespan.

This series provides a behind-the-scenes look at how psychologists in integrated health contribute to improved patient satisfaction and better health by working collaboratively with physicians, patients and families. As leaders, psychologists stimulate health care teams to treat an individual in context — not just as a sum of their symptoms — and appreciate the mind-body connection.

Psychologists in Integrated Health Care

Introduction

These integrated behavioral health practices around the country feature psychologists and physicians working together in pediatric, obstetric/gynecological and family practice settings around the country.

Pediatric Primary Care

Innovative psychologists are working closely with pediatricians on-site to make it easier for patients to access mental health services and contribute to improvements in health outcomes of our nation’s youth.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Incorporating psychologists into OB/GYN departments can help women as they face challenges as new or expectant mothers.

Family Medicine

Psychologists integrated into these practices work with family physicians and patients to address a wide variety of behavioral concerns for better disease management.

Super-Utilizer Team Care

Super-utilizer teams are interdisciplinary, interprofessional teams which include Psychologists focused on intensely coordinated care for frequently hospitalized individuals. This segment features how integrated psychologists working alongside physicians, social workers and pharmacists, learn from each other as they engage in patient-centered care. 

Geriatrics

Healthcare for older adults in the U.S. highlights the unique intersection of physical and psychosocial challenges for aging individuals. As part of an integrated team, psychologists contribute to whole-person care in geriatric settings.

Interprofessional Team Care for Well-being

Integrated healthcare includes incorporating behavioral healthcare into primary care settings and promoting collaboration between professionals from multiple disciplines. In an interprofessional team, psychologists provide comprehensive care by collaborating with other disciplines to meet the behavioral, physical, and psychosocial needs for patient well-being.