Listen in on the Access Community Health Centers team as they discuss daily routines and habits in an effective Behavioral Health Consultation program. While not all of the issues discussed will apply to your settings, it will give you an idea of what it takes to maintain a healthy, efficient BHC practice. The discussion is led by Dr. Elizabeth Zeidler Schreiter.

Primary Care Behavioral Health Podcast

BHC Routines: Daily Practice

Dr. Serrano and the ACHC team discuss interventions such as PMR and ACT-based interventions that can be used in a variety of primary care consults. Dr. Serrano also provides an update on integrated care at ACHC and beyond.

BHC Intervention Exemplars

Martha DeLeon Leal, MSW discusses her work with prenatal groups as a BHC and a groups-based program aimed at strengthening latino families.

Prenatal & Latino Groups

Dr. Chantelle Thomas, PhD presents on the challenges associated with comanaging patients with chronic pain with their primary care providers. The ACHC BHC team also brainstorms ideas for how to proceed programmatically to support PCPs and their patients.

Chronic Pain

Dr. Serrano describes the progress and challenges with implementing care management strategies as part of a Behavioral Health Consultant model. Technology, staffing and patience are highlighted as essential to developing a good fit for your clinic.

Update on ACHC Data Strategies: Success and Challenges

Dr. Serrano interviews two Behavioral Health Consultants and colleagues, Drs. Hansen and Hernandez, on the future of psychology and primary care and on what drew them to the field in the first place. For more, visit: primarycareshrink.com.

The Future of Psychology, The Future of Primary Care

Dr. Serrano discusses care management strategies and the technology (and rationale) behind them.

Data Strategies For Population Based Care Management

A conversation with Dr. Hunter Hansen, a psychologist with a MA in Psychopharmacology, around the different roles of the BHC in working with primary care providers, the importance of a well-informed BHC (on psychotropic medications), and the possible benefits of a prescribing psychologist. For more check primarycareshrink.com.

Psychopharmacology and the BHC: A Conversation

The Madison-based team of Behavioral Health Consultants discusses approaches to utilizing medications in primary care and communicating recommendations to primary care providers.

A discussion on medications and the behavioral health consultant role

An argument for why professionals interested in primary care integration should back healthcare reform.

Healthcare Reform and Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration

Supervision and staff development is a growing area of need for managers of primary care behavioral health programs. There is a great deal of uncharted territory in developing staff for PCBH work. This podcast described Dr. Serrano’s approach to supervision/ staff development including his four corners of supervision and ways to address job specific stressors/issues.about 45 min.

Advanced Supervision for PCBH

Dr. Serrano discusses challenges and opportunities in two key program development areas, workforce/staff development and quality improvement/data collection. For more visit: primarycareshrink.com or email primarycareshrink@me.com.

Program Development Issues, April 2009

This podcast is a review of core components of pediatric and adult primary care consults. For more info, email: primarycareshrink@mac.com. Also, check out these websites mentioned in the podcast: ebbp.org & glasgowsteps.com.

Review of Core Components of Consultation

Podcast length: 44 Min.Covered: A discussion on the importance of a flexible approach to human suffering, adapting strategies and approaches to patients based on a variety of presenting factors.Also, join the Facebook Behavioral Health Consultation group! It can be a place to meet others, find out where they are working, and start discussions. Search for the Behavioral Health Consultants group. Sign up today at Facebook.com.

October 2008 - Flexibility of Orientation

Podcast length: 45 Min.Covered: A discussion on the importance of brief, functional communication with primary care providers verbally and in written notes.Also, join the Facebook Behavioral Health Consultation group! It can be a place to meet others, find out where they are working, and start discussions. Sign up today at Facebook.com.

September 2008 - Communicating with Providers

A podcast about the newest form of psychological service delivery - primary care behavioral health. Listen to learn about how it works and how it could transform the practice of mental health care in the United States.