IBHP - Integrated Behavioral Health Project

ON-DEMAND INTEGRATED CARE-RELATED WEBCASTS AND VIDEOS

With behavioral care integration taking firm hold across the State, there's been a growing demand for training in the area - both clinical and administrative. To meet the need, conferences, symposiums and webinars are cropping up faster than cheetahs on roller skates.

While some training opportunities are fleeting, others live on in cyberspace. For professionals with schedules brimming over, which are most of us, these on-demand training sessions are as close and convenient as our nearest computer. Here are some offerings that are available for free.

WEBINARS (audio and Powerpoint)

The Center for Healthcare Solutions sponsors webinars covering several aspects of integrated care:

Chronic Pain: An Integrated Care Approach

Addressing Obesity and Chronic Illness Among People with Mental Illness: What Works?

Building Behavioral Health Capacity through the National Health Service Corps

Coordinating Primary Care and Behavioral Health Services among People Who Are Homeless

Brief Behavioral Health Interventions in Primary Care

Establishing Smoking Cessation Initiatives in Health Centers

Introduction to Effective Behavioral Health Service Delivery in Primary Care Settings

Person-Centered Health Homes

Implementing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in Clinical Settings

Financing Integrated Healthcare Nationally and in Texas (sponsored conjointly with the Hogg Foundation)
Five hour self-paced course for addiction treatment professionals (in conjunction with the Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)

The University of Washington-affiliated AIMS Center is offering a 13 module online training program to introduce their IMPACT model, an evidence-based approach of collaborative care management for depression. This self-paced training is free, but a $50 fee is applied if a certificate for continuing education is requested. The total training is 17 hours, but individual modules can be accessed separately. The IMPACT training modules, accessed at: http://impactuw.org/training/onlinetraining.html, include:

Introduction to Integrated Depression Care
Key Components of Integrated Care
Behavioral Activation
Antidepressant Medication
Problem-Solving Treatment
Challenging Cases and Psychiatric Consultation
Chronic Pain and Depression
Chronic Mental Illness and Depression
Maternal Depression
Implementation Lessons from the Real World
Planning Implementation
Financing Integrated Mental Health Care
Adolescents and Depression

To access AIMS' Introduction to Integrated Care presentation by Dr. Jurgen Unutzer, giving the rationale, key components and benefits of this movement, go to http://uwaims.org/implementation-tools.html under "Step 2".

California Institute of Mental Health (CiMH) has sponsored a series of integration-related webinars that can be accessed by going to: http://www.cimh.org/Initiatives/Primary-Care-BH-Integration/Webinars.aspx
To date, they include:

Training on the Toolkit of Promising Practices for Financing Integrated Care- Parts 1 and 2
Paying for Integrated Services FQHC Medi-Cal and Other Funding Strategies
Bridging Differences in Cultures
Addressing MH Issues in PC - IMPACT Model
Addressing Substance Use Issues in Primary Care SBIRT and Emerging Opportunities
Creating Partnerships that Support Integrated Care
The Evidence Base for Models of Integrated Care
The Case for Integrated Care

Community Clinics Health Network and the Council of Community Clinics of San Diego is offering a series of webinars aimed at primary care providers. The behaviorally-oriented training includes:

With funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) offer self-paced, web-based substance abuse courses for free. Participants earn a certificate of completion after successfully finishing each course. Among the course offered are:

Foundations of SBIRT
Introduction to Women and Substance Abuse Disorders
Clinical Supervision Foundations

Dr. Peter Van Houten and the staff at Sierra Family Medical Clinic in Nevada City, California have prepared a series of training videos to demonstrate how primary care providers can introduce patients both to the concept of behavioral health services and to the behavioral health professionals on staff. Known as a "warm hand-off", these introductions are important in framing behavioral health care for the patients and in engaging them in these services. Various scenarios, each lasting three to nine minutes each, are available on youtube:

Warm Handoff Introduction

Newly Diagnosed Bipolar Patient

Newly Diagnosed Depression with Anxiety

Patient with Insomnia

Alcoholic Patient

Post-MI Patient

Dr. Rodger Kessler, in association with UVM College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care, has also prepared a series of training videos available on youtube:

Workflow Process for Behavioral Health Screening

Rooming Staff Screening

Behavioral Health Screening: The Technical Workflow (entering screening information onto electronic tracking record)
Physician Referral to the Behavioralist: The Technical Workflow (using the electronic tracking record)
Warm Handoff

Initial Behavioral Health Clinician Appointment

Physician Refers to Behavioral Health

FEE-BASED TRAINING

CE Quick offers online continuing education courses with credit hours in behavioral health, substance abuse, counseling, psychology, social work and related topics that can be purchased for $10 to $60.

The Center for Integrated Primary Care, based in the University of Massachusetts Medical School, offers two on-line certificate programs: "Primary Care Behavioral Health" and "Care Managers and Navigators". Both can be accessed by groups as part of a training site or individually by computer and both have a fee attached.