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 […]
As conference attendees for the 2016 CFHA Annual Conference traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, a group of policy wonks, clinicians, lawmakers, and administrators met just a mile away to share information and brainstorm new ways for addressing the fragmentation of the US and, specifically, the NC health care system. The group met in […]
You’re at this week’s CFHA conference. You’re glowing in the bucket list elation of a just-finished speech from a professional hero. And then, a flock of Questioners swoops to the microphone mid-way up the center aisle. Like the cicada, this noisy species only makes a brief appearance and then disappears for months or years. […]
Mike Hogan is the Saturday Plenary Speaker for the 2016 CFHA Conference in Charlotte, NC. Increased deaths from suicide are in the news. The Centers for Disease Control recently reported that the increased suicide rate contributed to a rare rise in the overall death rate for Americans in 2015. What can be […]
This post is by the 2016 CFHA Conference Co-Chairs. Come See for Yourself! A psychiatrist, a primary care doc, and a therapist walk into a bar…So, you think I am joking, right? Actually, this type of meet-up is not uncommon at CFHAs annual conference. Come to Charlotte, NC in October and see for yourself! […]
