1. Keys to success
By Mona Lisa Infante
Arizona State University
November 1, 2012
2. Behavioral Health Integration : Why
Intergrate?
How can it benefit patients, physicians, and
medical community.
Interventions assist in the management of
disease, substance abuse, and mental health
disorders. Provide examples.
how to integrate behavioral health into an
existing clinic
3.
4. Patients present to medical settings with
mental health problems.
Convenient for patients to one-stop shop.
Behavioral problems cause or contribute to
physical health
Can benefit from a interdisciplinary team.
Physical health problems can cause behavioral
health problems (diabetes can result in
depression).
5. For example patients can receive support in
groups for diabetes, smoking cessation,
depression, or substance abuse.
Better coordination of care due to being located
within the primary care setting.
Assist with mind body connection and give
physician immediate feedback or
consultation with their patients.
6. Integrated Care Co-location Collaborative
Care
- Systematically combining - Most common - Integrated health
physical and mental health model of integrated care model
services care
- Term care approach to - PCPs develop -Partnership
mental health based in agreement with between the physical
community health primary mental health health and mental
care setting providers to whom health providers to
they refer their manage the
patients with mental treatment of mild to
health needs to on- moderate and stable
site mental health severe psychiatric
services disorders in primary
care settings
- Integration of mental health - PCPs typically do - May include brief
treatment in primary care not follow up on their psychotherapy or
referral once it has simply medication
been made management and
patient education
7. Utilizing the Biodyne Model to integrate
behavioral health into existing settings would
be beneficial in that:
It is an empirically evaluated, developed
model.
It is well liked by patients.
There is a growing demand for behavioral
interventions in a medical setting.
Hinweis der Redaktion
In this presentation I will be explaining the Behavioral Health Intergration and its importance to PCPs, Medical Administration, and the medical community.
Strong evidence has emerged for collaborative/integrated care for treatment of common mental disorders. Care can be more effective and less costly. A wider range of treatments can be available. Patients can get better faster and more satisfied.
For example with substance abuse people are more prone to accidents, falls or organ damage or Depression can result in somatic complaints. With a interdisciplinary team the patient will get to address all their complaints in one visit to their primary care physician or PCP.
By having this relationship the PCP and BCP can ensure that the patient is receiving good quality care in a real time setting.
Chart shows how integrated care can beneficial to the medical field.
