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Site News :: Mountainview Consulting Leads Huge Air Force Integration Project

Posted by kirk - Friday 04 April 2008 - 15:38:08 - Comments are turned off for this item
The United States Air Force has launched a world wide initiative to integrate behavioral health and primary care services. Code named the Behavioral Health Optimization Program (BHOP), this initiative will be coordinated by Mountainview Consulting Group, which will provide on-site consultation and training services to multiple primary care sites spread across the United States and Europe. As far as we know, this is the largest single integration project ever attempted in the United States in terms of both number of sites and projected cost. The BHOP model of integrated care is closely aligned with the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, developed in the mid 1990's and comprehensively described in the book, Behavioral Consultation and Primary Care: A Guide to Integrating Services by Patti Robinson Ph.D. and Jeff Reiter Ph.D., ABPP. The Mountainview consultation team consists of Drs. Robinson, Reiter and Strosahl, who collectively will deliver all on site consultation and training services for the Air Force.
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Site News :: New Book on Behavioral Health in Primary Care Released

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:35:21 - Comments are turned off for this item
Springer Publishing has just released a fantastic, comprehensive "how to" book on the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model. The title is "Behavioral Consultation and Primary Care: A Guide to Integrating Services", authored by Patricia Robinson Ph.D. and Jeff Reiter Ph.D. ABPP. Unlike other books on integration, this text is written from beginning to end by the same two authors, both of whom have loads of experience with the design, implementation and clinical practice of integrated care. I've reviewed the book and it is destined to be a classic in the field. It has everything you would want to know, ranging from how to set up a consulting practice to addressing various clinical problems in children and adults to methods for screening and outcome measurement. The book is written in a very accessible style and it is clear that these two authors have been around the block as practitioners in the primary care setting. I think this is a must have resource for any professional who intends to start an integrated care program or intends to practice clinically in primary care.
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Site News :: Integrated Care Results in Positive Outcomes, Increased Consumer and Provider Satisfaction

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:33:58 - Comments are turned off for this item
At a symposium on evaluating integrated behavioral care programs presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Jeff Reiter Ph.D. and Patricia Robinson Ph.D. highlighted several positive outcomes. First, primary behavioral health services improved mental and physical health scores on the Duke Health Profile, a commonly used measure of general health status. Second, consumers reported very high levels of satisfaction with various aspects of their integrated behavioral care. Finally, medical providers were very satisfied with the impact of such services for their patients and the medical provider?s job satisfaction. Click here to see the full presentation.
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Site News :: Book Chapter Highlights Strategies For Adapting Evidence Based Therapies for Primary Care

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:31:53 - Comments are turned off for this item
In the recently published book, "Behavioral integrative care: Treatments that work in the primary care setting" (Edited by W. O'Donohoe, M. Bryd, N. Cummings, D. Henderson; available from Brunner-Routledge Publishing), Patricia Robinson Ph.D. offers a comprehensive series of guidelines for adapting evidence based psychotherapies for application in the primary care setting. Click here to preview this chapter.
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Site News :: Chapter Highlights Model For Training Behavioral Health & Primary Care Providers to Work Together

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:30:11 - Comments are turned off for this item
The recently released book, "Behavioral integrative care: Treatments that work in primary care" (Edited by W. O'Donohoe, M. Byrd, N. Cummings, D. Henderson, available through Brunner-Routledge Publishing)contains a chapter by Kirk Strosahl on training BH and PC providers for success in integrative primary care. Click here to preview this chapter.
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Site News :: Primary Care Interventions For Suicidality Prove to Be Effective

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:28:50 - Comments are turned off for this item
A controlled trial looked at the effectiveness of a primary care protocol for treating depressed, suicidal older adults. Compared to usual primary care, patients receiving the suicidal behaviors management protocol showed more rapid decreases in depression as well as suicidal ideation. The results suggest that suicidality can be effectively managed within the primary care setting.
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Site News :: Integrated Depression Treatment for Adolescents Superior to Usual Primary Care

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:27:40 - Comments are turned off for this item
A model program featuring primary care physicians, nurses and mental health providers working collaboratively to bring best-practice depression treatments into primary care clinics significantly improves health outcomes, quality of life and depression care for adolescents (age 13?21), a research team led by a UCLA investigator reports in the Jan 19 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Click here for more details.
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Site News :: Study Shows Brief Motivational Interviewing Leads to Reduced Drug Use

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:25:35 - Comments are turned off for this item
New research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, shows that meeting with an addiction peer counselor just once at the time of a routine doctor visit with a follow-up booster phone call can motivate abusers of cocaine and heroin to reduce their drug use. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND REFERENCE.
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Site News :: Study of Panic Disorder Shows Advantages of Integrated Care

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:23:49 - Comments are turned off for this item
A large study of panic disorder treatment in primary care showed that integrating behavioral health services improved the process of care, clinical outcomes and produced significant medical cost benefits. Click here to read full summary.
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Site News :: Panel Addresses Performance Standards In Integrative Care

Posted by kirk - Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:19:16 - Comments are turned off for this item
At a symposium on primary behavioral health care presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Jeff Reiter Ph.D., ABPP and Patricia Robinson Ph.D. addressed two important issues in integrated practice. One is barriers that medical providers encounter when trying to refer patients to the in team behavioral health consultant. The second is determining a productivity standard for an integrated behavior practice. Dr. Reiter discussed results of an in house study of medical providers using the Referral Barriers Questionaire. He also addressed clinic specific factors that might influence the rate of referrals. Dr. Robinson described a formula for measuring the productivity of the in team behavioral health consultant and described three standards for evaluating how productive an integrative behavioral practice is. Click here to see the full presentation.
Comments are turned off for this item by kirk on Tuesday 18 December 2007 - 16:19:16