Keeping Pace with Practice Trends: Implementing Integrated Collaborative Care

April 9, 2015

Dr. Koss presented to an audience of physicians (Pediatricians and psychiatrists) and mental health providers (psychologists and social workers) as part of A continuing medical education workshop. This event highlighted the latest evidence regarding an innovative model for mental health care delivery – integrated collaborative care. This model provides direct psychiatric consultation to primary care physicians who have the ability to screen for childhood-onset mental illness. Dr. Koss called upon her review of the literature as well as her direct involvement in advocacy for and implementation of integrated collaborative care in NJ.