Counseling and wellness services integrated with primary care: a delivery system that works.

Introduction: The continuity and coordination of care between medical and behavioral health services is a major issue facing our health care delivery system. Barriers to basic communication between providers of medical services and providers of behavioral health services, include: no coordination of services, and poor recognition of the relationship between medical and behavioral issues.

Methods: Colocating behavioral health counselors and nutritionists alongside primary care physicians and clinicians (PCPs).