Commentary by the American College of Physicians on the "joint principles: integrating behavioral health care into the patient-centered medical home"

Abstract

Comments on the article "Joint principles: Integrating behavioral health care into the patient-centered medical home" (see record 2014-24217-011). The American College of Physicians (ACP) supports the intent of these "Joint Principles" for behavioral health care and agrees that the incorporation of behavioral health care within the patient-centered medical home model is incomplete. ACP believes that these principles should be labeled as guidelines, rather than Joint Principles. ACP is also concerned with the use of overgeneralizations within the document that do not include a cited evidence base.