Families, Systems, & Health35.3 (Sep 2017): 271-282. Purpose: The integration of mental health specialists into primary care has been widely advocated to deliver evidence-based mental health care to a defined population while improving access, clinical outcomes, and cost efficiency. Integrated care has been infrequently and inconsistently translated into real-world settings; as a result, the key individual components of effective integrated care remain unclear. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.