Summit probes integration of behavioral, other health areas.

Following a day of lively discussion on the development of a core set of managed care performance indicators for the behavioral health field, members of the American College of Mental Health Administration (ACMHA) this month turned their attention to the issue of integrating behavioral health care with primary care, children's services and other health areas.

Over three days, about 100 participants at this year's Santa Fe Summit engaged in discussions in which two themes emerged: The only successful way to integrate is functionally, rather than structurally, and the only sustainable models are consumer-driven and family-centered. "That force sustains successful integration because it's …