UW Medicine’s Behavioral Health Integration Program receives APA Award

Department News | November 20, 2014


UW Medicine’s Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP) received a Certificate of Special Achievement in recognition of its innovation and quality from the American Psychiatric Association’s Psychiatric Services Achievement Awards. BHIP is in place at all nine of UW Medicine’s Neighborhood Clinics as well as at Harborview Medical Center and UWMC. The program provides mental health care for chronic conditions like depression and anxiety at the clinics by using Collaborative Care, an integrated care model developed at the University of Washington.