Integrating Primary and Behavioral Health Care to Link At-Risk Patients with HIV/HCV and Behavioral Health Services

1. • Majority of the literature were
qualitative studies
• Collaborative care interventions
provide a supportive network of
professionals and peers for
patients with behavioral health
problems at the primary care level
• Further research on the efficacy of
integrative HIV/HCV primary care
with behavioral health is needed
• Limitations
 none of the papers
included long term
outcomes
 restricted studies to those
written in English only
Integrating Primary and Behavioral Health Care to Link At-
Risk Patients with HIV/HCV and Behavioral Health Services
Catherine Allende
Dr. Richard Marlink, Director
Anna DiColli, MPH
PURPOSE
SIGNIFICANCE
METHODOLOGY
OUTCOMES EVALUATION
ACKNOWLEGMENTS
Analyze existing literature on how to
integrate Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C (HCV) and
behavioral health care together to
prevent and treat both infectious and
non-communicable diseases
• Comprehensive
literature review on
integrative primary
and behavioral health
care
• Referencing library
composed with
Endnote
• Keywords used:
Integrative health,
collaborative health,
HIV, HCV, Behavioral
health, mental health
services
A special thank you to Dr. Richard
Marlink, Anna DiColli, Anna Marie Hill
and Tamara Swedberg for their
invaluable guidance and support
throughout this internship.
• High prevalence of comorbid HIV,
HCV, anxiety, depression, alcohol use,
and drug use
• HIV infections can be up to 76x higher
for individuals with a serious mental
illness (SMI)
• Proper behavioral health care can
improve adherence to HIV/HCV
treatment
Articles on HIV
& HCV
(n=6,503)
Articles on
HIV/HCV &
behavioral
health
(n=82)
Full texts on
HIV/HCV &
behavioral health
(n=31)
Primary +
Behavioral
Health Care
Behavioral
Health Care
Sector
Primary
Health Care
Sector
Single-Facility Integration
Multi-Facility Integration
Primary Care
Psychiatrists
Outreach Services
HIV Workers &
Case Managers
Integrative Health in New Jersey
Certified Community
Behavioral Health Clinics
(CCBHC)
Behavioral Health and
Primary Care Integration
Program
• AtlantiCare Behavioral
Health
• CarePlus NJ
• Catholic Charities
Diocese of Trenton
• CPC Behavioral
Healthcare
• Northwest Essex
Community Healthcare
Network
• Oaks Integrated Care
• Rutgers UBHC
• Eric B. Chandler Health
Center
• Hackensack Meridian
Family Health Center
• Kennedy Family Health
services
• Metropolitan Family
Health Network
• Visiting Nurse Association
of Central New Jersey
• AtlantiCare Special Care
Center
Photos: http://www.surcation.com, https://globalhealth.rutgers.edu/
References: www.psych.org/AIDS