Home Research Research Library Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals Characteristics of Family Physicians Practicing Collaboratively With Behavioral Health Professionals 2023 Author(s) Tong, Sebastian T, Morgan, Zachary J, Stephens, Kari A, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Mental Health Care, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine Integrating behavioral health into primary care can improve access to behavioral health and patient health outcomes. We used 2017-2021 American Board of Family Medicine continuing certificate examination registration questionnaire responses to determine the characteristics of family physicians who work collaboratively with behavioral health professionals. With a 100% response rate, 38.8% of 25,222 family physicians reported working collaboratively with behavioral health professionals, with those working in independently owned practices and in the South having substantially lower rates. Future research exploring these differences could help develop strategies to support family physicians implement integrated behavioral health to improve care for patients in these communities. ABFM Research Read all 1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations 2020 Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine Go to Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine 2019 Improving treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy: first define the workforce Go to Improving treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy: first define the workforce 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings
Author(s) Tong, Sebastian T, Morgan, Zachary J, Stephens, Kari A, Bazemore, Andrew W, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Mental Health Care, and Visiting Scholar/Fellow Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations 2020 Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine Go to Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine 2019 Improving treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy: first define the workforce Go to Improving treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy: first define the workforce 2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings
1992 1991 certification-recertification examinations Go to 1991 certification-recertification examinations
2020 Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine Go to Early-Career and Graduating Physicians More Likely to Prescribe Buprenorphine
2019 Improving treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy: first define the workforce Go to Improving treatment of opioid use disorder in pregnancy: first define the workforce
2023 Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings Go to Characteristics of Family Physicians Who Work in Integrated Behavioral Health Practice Settings
