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July 7, 2017 by chris

Integrated Care in India: Part 2

  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 […]

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June 22, 2017 by chris

Steps Toward the Routine Implementation of Brief Tobacco and Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care

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 […]

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May 31, 2017 by chris

It’s Not Enough to be LGBT “Friendly”

   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 […]

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May 11, 2017 by chris

The Highs and Lows of an Early Career Professional

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 […]

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April 25, 2017 by chris

Extroverts shine in team-based healthcare

  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 […]

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March 14, 2017 by chris

News & Research Column

  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 […]

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February 15, 2017 by chris

Reflections in TeleHealth

    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 […]

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January 5, 2017 by chris

Meet Gwenivere: An Integrated Care Model for Newly Resettled Refugee Families

    “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, […]

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December 1, 2016 by chris

Organizational Change Management: Common Pitfalls in Leading Transformation Efforts

    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. […]

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November 17, 2016 by chris

What Has CFHA Meant To Me And For My Career

 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 […]

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November 8, 2016 by chris

High Jinx in Charlotte: First-Time Faculty Views of the CFHA Annual Conference

  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 […]

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October 28, 2016 by chris

How to Establish a Great Music Festival (and PCBH Group)

    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 […]

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October 17, 2016 by chris

2016 Conference: Second Plenary Session

    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 […]

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October 14, 2016 by chris

2016 Conference: Opening Plenary Session

    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 […]

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October 13, 2016 by chris

Scaling Integration through Health Policy: North Carolina Policy Summit

    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 […]

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October 10, 2016 by chris

A Taxonomy of CFHA Keynote Questioners

  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. […]

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October 4, 2016 by chris

Zero Suicide

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 […]

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September 27, 2016 by chris

Welcome to Charlotte!

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! […]

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