PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Freeman, Jan Sweet TI - Providing Whole-Person Care AID - 10.18043/ncm.76.1.24 DP - 2015 Jan 01 TA - North Carolina Medical Journal PG - 24--28 VI - 76 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/76/1/24.short 4100 - http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/76/1/24.full SO - N C Med J2015 Jan 01; 76 AB - Integrated primary care in a patient-centered medical home is the best way to invite patients to engage in better self-care, to move from provider-based care to team-based care, and to address whole-person needs. However, primary care—whether rural or urban, public or private—cannot become the default mental health system for North Carolinians with severe mental illness.