Mountain Family column: Primary care and behavioral health — a growing partnership for whole-person care

Mountain Family column: Primary care and behavioral health — a growing partnership for whole-person care

When I first joined Mountain Family Health Centers almost ten years ago, it was part of a broader effort to integrate mental health clinicians into primary medical care teams. The need was clear: according to the CDC, more than one in five primary care visits in 2020 involved a behavioral health concern – ranging from anxiety and depression to parenting stress and sleep issues. At the same time, research was increasingly highlighting the connect…