Patients with chronic medical disease frequently have comorbid psychiatric illness, yet mental and physical healthcare is frequently siloed in the United States. Integrated behavioral healthcare models, such as medicine-psychiatry services, are feasible, improve patient outcomes, and reduce costs. The Duke University Hospital medicine-psychiatry service provides holistic patient care and serves as a model for those interested in developing combined services or training programs elsewhere. Combined residency training in psychiatry is a way to provide a workforce of physician-scientist educators adept at providing coordinated, integrated care for complex patients with comorbid illness.
Keywords: Integrated care; collaborative care; comorbid illness; healthcare delivery models; inpatient care; medicine-psychiatry.
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