[Editorial] The integration of mental and physical health care

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Last week, UK Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dame Sally Davies launched her annual report on public mental health, which informs national and local government policy in England. The report calls for the integration of health-care services through a biopsychosocial framework and makes 14 policy recommendations. It has been welcomed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (which defined six goals in response), the Faculty of Public Health, and others.