Collaborative practice in primary care: Integrated training for psychologists and physicians.

Managed health care has forced psychologists and primary care physicians to expand their practices into areas for which they have traditionally lacked training or experience. This article describes a training program designed to foster collaboration and to bridge the gap between the 2 specialties by having psychology interns and medical residents comanage patients in a primary care setting under the joint preceptorship, of a psychologist and a physician. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)