Patient Population: Low-income

01/01/2008
Project Director(s): Jürgen Unützer
Project Funder(s): Washington State Legislature, Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW), and Public Health - Seattle & King County
MHIP helps low income or safety net populations throughout the state of Washington by integrating high quality mental health treatment into primary care settings using Collaborative Care.
Project Date(s): 07/01/201412/01/2017
Project Director(s): Jürgen Unützer
Project Funder(s): Archstone Foundation
Many older adults are reluctant to seek depression treatment yet may participate in community-based programs or have close relationships with family and friends. This project explores different ways of engaging older adults in the treatment of depression.
Project Date(s): 01/01/201706/01/2019
Project Funder(s): HRSA; NIMH
HRSA and NIMH contracted with the AIMS Center to train and support 11 nurse-led safety-net clinics throughout the US as they implemented Collaborative Care. 
Project Funder(s): The John A. Hartford Foundation through a grant from the Corporation for Community and National Service (Social Innovation Fund)
Poor mental health is a major public health issue that robs millions of people of their chance to lead healthy and productive lives. Depression alone doubles overall healthcare costs, worsens other medical conditions, and results in a staggering loss of productivity at work. In underserved rural areas in the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) region, a severe shortage of mental health providers compounds these problems.
Project Date(s): 06/01/201205/01/2015
Project Director(s): Jürgen Unützer
Project Funder(s): Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
COMPASS is a collaborative care model designed to treat patients in primary care experiencing depression as well as diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease.
Project Date(s): 01/01/202212/01/2024
The number of older adults is rising sharply and is expected to increase from 40.3 million to 72.1 million between 2010 and 2030. According to the Pew Research Center, 92% of adults aged 65 and older use text messaging. Despite misconceptions to the contrary, text messaging as part of primary care for older adults is growing. Text messaging holds promise as a strategy for engaging older adults in Collaborative Care depression treatment through frequent contact with a behavioral health care manager.
11/01/2015
Project Director(s): Ashley Heald
The Collaborative Care Medicaid Program (CCMP) is a program helping clinics in New York to fully integrate behavioral health screening and treatment into primary care settings and to provide reimbursement for those services.
Project Date(s): 06/01/201312/01/2019
Project Director(s): Jürgen Unützer
Project Funder(s): Eitel Foundation
This project examined depression care and clinical outcomes for perinatal women treated in clinics serving racially diverse low-income populations. 
Project Date(s): 10/01/200808/01/2014
Project Funder(s): A combination of public and commercial billing and support from the UW academic health care system.
BHIP uses Collaborative Care to bring mental health treatment into UW Neighborhood Clinics, a system of primary care clinics located throughout greater Seattle.
Project Date(s): 10/01/201209/01/2015
Project Funder(s): New York Office of Mental Health
The New York State Collaborative Care Initiative helped primary care residents learn how to effectively practice team-based care to treat mental health conditions, a skill that has become increasingly important as integrated care becomes more widespread.
01/01/2014
A pilot program attempting to determine whether integrated mental health care can be effective given the unique challenges faced by primary care clinics in Alaska.
Project Date(s): 01/01/201401/01/2014
Project Funder(s): Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
The AIMS Center provided training and coaching to five primary care organizations in Texas to implement integrated care for the two mental health conditions most commonly encountered in primary care: depression and anxiety disorders. 
Project Date(s): 01/01/201401/01/2014
Project Funder(s): California Endowment
This research project combined Collaborative Care with an existing diabetes care management program for low income, predominantly Spanish-speaking Latinx populations.
Project Date(s): 01/01/201401/01/2014
Project Funder(s): American Red Cross
When hurricanes Katrina and Rita devasted New Orleans, the AIMS Center worked on a Red Cross funded initiative to rebuild the primary care system to include Collaborative Care. The project enhanced the availability of evidence-based mental health services to uninsured, disadvantaged, and minority community members offered through REACH NOLA’s Mental Health Infrastructure and Training Project. It also showed the benefits of integrated mental health care after disasters, particularly for depression and post-tr
Project Date(s): 07/01/201207/01/2014
Project Director(s): Jürgen Unützer
Project Funder(s): Alameda Health Consortium
The AIMS Center helped 30 primary care clinics in Alameda County develop an integrated mental health care initiative targeting depression, anxiety, and PTSD to increase the effectiveness of care.