Integrated Behavioral Health
Integrated behavioral health care (IBH) improves access to care, reduces stigma surrounding mental and behavioral health, and improves patient outcomes and provider experience.
Explore AAMC resources and initiatives that support the advancement of IBH across academic medicine. From evidence and policy to practical tools and peer learning opportunities, these resources are designed to help academic health systems strengthen and sustain integrated care.
Insights and Tools for Sustainability
Advancing Integrated Behavioral Health: A Compendium for Academic Health Systems
Developed from the 2025 AAMC symposium on IBH, this compendium captures actionable lessons and insights from leaders across academic medicine, health policy, and integrated behavioral health.
Inside the compendium, you’ll find promising examples of how organizations are:
- Leveraging technology across the continuum of care, from prevention and wellness to complex care.
- Transforming primary care to address behavioral health and social needs.
- Advancing interprofessional education and workforce development.
- Building meaningful partnerships between academic health systems and communities.
- Understanding policy opportunities, payment models, and risk adjustment strategies.
- Demonstrating value, aligning stakeholders, and sustaining IBH programs.
The Promise of Integrated Behavioral Health Care — Improving Health Outcomes
This article, published in NEJM Catalyst, examines at a higher level the policy, workforce, and system-level levers necessary to make IBH more sustainable, scalable, and effective across academic health systems. This piece is part of a larger supplemental issue published by the Doris Duke Foundation-led Collective to Strengthen Pathways for Health Research, titled “Toward a Healthier Future: Building a Science of Health Beyond Biomedical Discovery.”
Explore Our Webinar Learning Series
Access the AAMC’s free, on-demand webinar series featuring practical guidance on:
- Implementing IBH.
- Core competencies for interdisciplinary training.
- Using technology to support integrated care.
- Lessons learned from established and emerging programs.
Get Involved
Integrated Behavioral Health Virtual Community
Join the IBH Virtual Community to connect with colleagues, share resources, discuss emerging policy developments, and stay informed about new opportunities in IBH.
This community is open to IBH thought leaders, providers, clinical and operational leaders, and trainees.