Addressing externalized behavioral concerns in primary care: Listening to the voices of parents.

This article presents the perceptions parents have of the causative and curative factors for their child's externalized behaviors and what treatment they prefer to receive from their primary care integrated behavioral health team. This is a qualitative study, using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 12 parents representing 14 patients with a disruptive behavior disorder (DBD) who sought care from their primary care physician for treatment of the DBD.