ABSTRACT
Psychiatric disorders are prevalent and associated with several medical comorbidities. Health care disparities have recently been attributed to the presence of having a psychiatric disorder. A growing body of evidence has suggested that integrated or collaborative care models of primary care and mental health services delivery may lead to improved medical and psychiatric outcomes among patients with psychiatric disorders. Whereas models have been described to address anxiety disorders (especially panic disorder) and at-risk alcohol use and abuse, this chapter will focus on several models of health services delivery that address psychiatric outcomes in the primary care setting, with particular focus on depressive disorders and diabetes mellitus (DM) due to their frequent co-occurrence.
