There are a wide variety of practice models being used, both nationally and internationally. Here we will cite some of the models and keep up with the research and developing evidence base for the effectiveness of different approaches to collaborative primary care.
For a great summary of training in Collaborative Care, see
Strosahl, K. (2005) Training behavioral health and primary care providers for integrated care: A core competencies approach. In O'Donohue, Byrd, Cummings & Henderson (Eds.) Behavioral integrative care: Treatments that work in the primary care setting (pp 15-52). New York: Brunner-Routledge. You can also see most of it online with Google books.
Collaborative Care for Chronic Pain in Primary Care from the Journal of the American Medical Association by Dobscha et. al. March 25, 2009, Vol 301. No. 12.
Integrated Primary Care Behavioral Health Services Operational Manual from the Veterans Healthcare Network Upstate New York (VISN 2).
A recent publication calling for the field to begin to examine the role of researching specific models of collaborative care can be found here: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
Primary Care Clinicians Evaluate Integrated and Referral Models of Behavioral Health Care For Older Adults: Results From a Multisite Effectiveness Trial (PRISM-E), a study of integrated care and older adults in the Annals of Family Medicine (by: Joseph J. Gallo, MD, MPH,1 Cynthia Zubritsky, PhD,2 James Maxwell, PhD,3 Michael Nazar, MD,4 Hillary R. Bogner, MD, MSCE,1 Louise M. Quijano, CSW-R,5 Heidi J. Syropoulos, MD, CMD,6 Karen L. Cheal, MPH,7 Hongtu Chen, PhD,7 Herman Sanchez,7 John Dodson,7 Sue E. Levkoff, ScD,7 and The Prism-E Investigators), Ann Fam Med. 2004 July; 2(4): 305–309.
Effect of an integrated primary care model on the management of middle-aged and old patients with obstructive lung diseases , a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Volume 25, Issue 3 2007 , pages 186 - 192.
The Montana Model: Integrated Primary Care and Behavioral Health in a Family Practice Residency Program, a look at a model in Montana, published in The Journal of Rural Health, Volume 21 Issue 4, Pages 351 - 354 (Published Online: 6 Jun 2006).