Population health takes on the challenge of looking at whole groups (i.e., populations) with the goal of improving the health and preventing sickness in entire populations.1 Upon learning the term, the idea of population health made sense to me; yet, I still questioned how I, as a medical family therapist, could help intervene on the […]
News See what’s happening with integration in your neck of the woods: New Jersey: Making Integration Happen Integrated behavioral health is receiving quite a bit of attention in New Jersey. A recent opinion piece states the following: “Creating a more efficient and coordinated system that treats the whole person is the right move for New […]
Greetings from Ottawa Canada, where we saw Parliament Hill, ate poutine, and made new friends! We’re writing to tell you about our experience with the Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference known as “Shared Care” where we (Jodi and Jen) attended as invited guests this June. Unlike CFHA, the Canadian event is an annual […]
Q & A with Morgan T. Sammons, PhD, ABPP, Executive Officer of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists Earlier this year, the National Register of Health Service Psychologists released the Integrated Healthcare Training Series. This series features 41 videos averaging about 16 minutes each. The videos cover theory and models of integrated care, practice […]
A year ago we highlighted the work of Dr. Manjunatha from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore, India, who had written a report for the Lancet describing an ambitious program to integrate mental health services into primary care systems. The program, called the Manochaitanya Programme, provides mental health services every Tuesday […]
This post was written by the 2015 winner of the CFHA Research and Fellowship Award. For me, one of the most challenging aspects of transitioning from traditional training in specialty mental health to working in a Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) setting was learning ways to deliver interventions in that can be effective in a […]
As health providers, we like to help anyone that walks through our door, regardless of background or identity. Sometimes, though, it’s not enough to simply be open-minded, or accepting. With certain populations it is imperative to not only be “open,” but also competent. All minority populations have their own unique needs, backgrounds, influences, and […]
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was an afternoon in early April—like every good post-doctoral fellow I was sitting in my office working hard and pondering my future. Or, maybe you could say I was catastrophizing my future. I had been blessed with a wonderful pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship within a […]
This is a reprint of a post originally published in May 2015. I have been asked by my esteemed colleagues at CFHA to submit a blog post explaining why I feel that being an extrovert is beneficial when working in integrated care. They have asked me to go first because they are still trying […]
Welcome to the fifth edition of the CFHA News and Research Column, a new series of posts that highlight recent developments in the field of collaborative and integrated care. Check back for additional reports. NEWS SAMHSA Webinar – Making the Most of your EHR The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions is offering a […]
There is a lot to be said for physical presence. As licensed mental health care providers (LMFT in my case), we are taught to diagnose and treat in person. Connecting with people in a therapeutic, healing, and professionally intimate manner over a telemonitor is difficult at best. It is possible to read body […]
“Please don’t tell my parents.” These were the words spoken by 20-year-old “Gwenivere” upon learning that her routine pregnancy test to determine which post-resettlement vaccinations she could receive was positive. Gwenivere had just resettled to Knoxville, TN, after fleeing the war and violence of Burundi, an East African country that borders Rwanda, Tanzania, […]
A version of this piece was originally posted on the Hog Foundation for Mental Health’s blog site “Rick on Reform.” Click here for the original posting. Re-engineering. Reinventing. Rightsizing. Reorganizing. Restructuring. Turning around. You have heard them before. Just a few of the terms used to symbolize “transformation.” We talk much of transformation. […]
Dr. Tina Runyan is the CFHA President-Elect. She spoke at the recent 2016 CFHA Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC. I’ve worn a lot of hats in my career – Air Force psychologist, academic dean of a graduate school in psychology, behavioral health clinician, post-doctoral fellowship director, and a psychologist in academic medicine to name a […]
At East Tennessee State University Department of Family Medicine, we are working hard on team care transformation. Our Department has a long history of embedded pharmacy, psychology, and social work services in each of its three primary care residency training programs. Recently, however, our HRSA-funded project “Collaborative Training in Team Based Care in Appalachian […]
PCBH groups and music festivals couldn’t be more different experiences, right? Well, sure, most groups don’t suggest earplugs, don’t have food trucks and usually don’t include intoxicated “20-somethings,” but there are a few lessons music festival promoters have learned that are pertinent to PCBH groups. Namely, setting the date, getting useful feedback and […]
The second plenary session of the 2016 Annual CFHA Conference in Charlotte, NC was on Friday 14 October and included a panel of experts on opioid dependence and treatment. The first speaker was Brooke who shared her personal struggle with opioid dependence. Here is her story in her own words. Brooke: “I first […]
Welcome to the 2016 CFHA Annual Conference! The opening plenary session included remarks by current president Natalie Levkovich and incoming president Tina Runyan. The Don Bloch award was presented by John Rolland and given to Barry Jacobs, a worthy recipient. Check here for a video of the presentation. The actual plenary session […]
