Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Step-by-Step Guidance for Assessment and Intervention

This volume on the integration of behavioral health services into primary care emphasizes the 5A model of assessment and intervention (assess, advise, agree, assist, arrange), helping health care professionals treat such conditions as sleep disorders, generalized anxiety disorders, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, sexual problems and weight issues. Hunter (clinical health psychology, Office of Health Affairs, Department of Defense), Goodie (family medicine, Uniformed Services U. of the Health Sciences), Oordt (clinical psychology, private practice) and Dobmeyer (clinical health psychology, Wright-Patterson Medical Center) have designed this book as a desktop reference by arranging the information according to specific disorders and then listing key physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral and environmental factors that need to be considered. Primary care adaptations are then outlined with strict adherence to the 5A format. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)