The State and Future of the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model of Service Delivery Workforce
Abstract
The growth of the Primary Care Behavioral Health model (PCBH) nationally has highlighted and created a workforce development challenge given that most mental health professionals are not trained for primary care specialization. This work provides a review of the current efforts to retrain mental health professionals to fulfill roles as Behavioral Health Consultants (BHCs) including certificate programs, technical assistance programs, literature and on-the-job training, as well as detail the future needs of the workforce if the model is to sustainably proliferate. Eight recommendations are offered including: (1) the development of an interprofessional certification body for PCBH training criteria, (2) integration of PCBH model specific curricula in graduate studies, (3) integration of program development skill building in curricula, (4) efforts to develop faculty for PCBH model awareness, (5) intentional efforts to draw students to graduate programs for PCBH model training, (6) a national employment clearinghouse, (7) efforts to coalesce current knowledge around the provision of technical assistance to sites, and (8) workforce specific research efforts.
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Most BHPs have not received in-depth training prior to entering IPC.
“most BHPs have not received in-depth training prior to entering this unique setting (Hall et al., 2015; Serrano et al., 2018).”
From Barriers to and Facilitators of Using Evidence-Based, Cognitive–Behavioral Anxiety Interventions in Integrated Primary Care Practice (2023) · cites this paper as Serrano et al., 2018
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The primary care behavioral health (PCBH) model: an overview and operational definition
Reiter, J. T., Dobmeyer, A. C., & Hunter, C. L. (2018) · Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings · doi:10.1007/s10880-017-9531-x · Cited by 231 · see citing works
Preparing the Workforce for Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration
Hall, J., Cohen, D. J., Davis, M., Gunn, R., Blount, A., Pollack, D. A., Miller, W. L., Smith, C., Valentine, N., & Miller, B. F. (2015) · The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine · doi:10.3122/jabfm.2015.s1.150054 · Cited by 99 · see citing works
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The primary care behavioral health (PCBH) model: an overview and operational definition
Reiter, J. T., Dobmeyer, A. C., & Hunter, C. L. (2018) · Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings · doi:10.1007/s10880-017-9531-x · Cited by 231 · see citing works
Shepardson, R. L., Fletcher, T. L., Funderburk, J. S., Weisberg, R. B., Beehler, G. P., & Maisto, S. A. (2023) · Psychological Services · doi:10.1037/ser0000696 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
- Authors
- Serrano, N., Cordes, C., Cubic, B., & Daub, S.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- Eastern Virginia Medical School (US)
- Corresponding author
- Serrano, Neftali
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
- Published
- 2017-05-15
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 157-168
- ISSN
- 1068-9583 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3572
- OpenAlex
- W2614319998
- Cited by
- 45
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 9
- FWCI
- 5.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- behavioral health consultants, mental health workforce development, technical assistance, workforce recruitment and retention, primary care mental health
- MeSH terms
- Intersectoral Collaboration, Behavioral Medicine, Certification, Curriculum, Forecasting, Humans, Inservice Training, Patient Care Team, Primary Health Care, United States, Delivery of Health Care, Integrated, Interdisciplinary Communication
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