The world of primary care was galvanized in 2007 by the publication of the Joint Principles of The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) that spells out the fundamental features of a primary health care setting in which a team of clinicians offers accessible first-contact primary care. 1 This care should be personal, coordinated, continuous, and comprehensive-it should address most or all of a person's health care needs. Comprehensiveness confers value to the PCMH, and is an especially important principle. 2 By some means, "all of a person's health care needs" must be addressed in the PCMH. This cannot be achieved without including the behavioral aspects of health. Yet comprehensiveness often is not achieved in PCMH efforts because behavioral issues are not addressed. This shortfall requires redress.

The world of primary care was galvanized in 2007 by the publication of the Joint Principles of The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) that spells out the fundamental features of a primary health care setting in which a team of clinicians offers accessible first-contact primary care. 1 This care should be personal, coordinated, continuous, and comprehensive-it should address most or all of a person's health care needs. Comprehensiveness confers value to the PCMH, and is an especially important principle. 2 By some means, "all of a person's health care needs" must be addressed in the PCMH. This cannot be achieved without including the behavioral aspects of health. Yet comprehensiveness often is not achieved in PCMH efforts because behavioral issues are not addressed. This shortfall requires redress.

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