लेखक: Patricia J. Robinson

Patricia Robinson Ph.D. is currently principal and consultant for the Mountainview Consulting Group Inc., a firm specializing in providing consultation, program implementation and training services for health care systems seeking to integrate behavioral health and primary medical services and/or develop effective methods for collecting and using clinical outcome data. Dr. Robinson obtained her Ph.D. in Psychology from Texas Womans University in 1979. Dr. Robinson worked in a student health setting at Kansas State University several years before joining the Mercer Island School District in 1981, where she served as Director of Childfind. During her employment at Mercer Island, Dr. Robinson developed school-based group treatment programs for behaviorally disabled adolescents and socially isolated elementary students. Jeff Reiter, Ph.D., ABPP. is a Clinical Psychologist with an ABPP in Behavioral Psychology. Co-director of Primary Care Behavioral Health Services for Health Point Community Health Centers, Seattle, WA, Dr. Reiter is the co-author of the book, Behavioral Consultation and Primary Care: A Guide to Integrating Services. Dr. Reiter spent eight years as a psychologist in the U.S. Air Force. In 2008, he was one of three consultants contracted by the U.S. Air Force to help implement integrated care services throughout their bases worldwide. His work in primary care recently earned him an APA Presidential Award for Innovative Practice, one of twelve given annually.