What do I need to be a behavioral health technician?
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20 Citations | Results suggest that the Behavioral Health Integration Program model of pediatric integrated care is feasible and that hiring behavioral health staff with specific training in pediatric, evidence-informed behavioral health treatments may be a critical variable in increasing outcomes such as referral rates, self-reported competency, and satisfaction. |
| Ideal training environments will include primary care ambulatory sites that encourage residents to work longitudinally in partnership with general pediatricians and behavioral and mental health trainees and providers; behavioral and mental health training must be integrated into both ambulatory and inpatient experiences. | |
| If needs are similar after health center expansion, more than 27,000 full time behavioral health providers will be needed to serve 40 million medical patients, and grantees will need to increase behavioral health staff more than four-fold. More behavioral health is seen in primary care than in any other setting, and health center clients have greater behavioral health needs than typical primary care patients. | |
41 Citations | Additional behavioral health professionals are needed in racial/ethnic minority neighborhoods and rural areas to provide access to behavioral health services, and to progress toward more integrated primary care. |
| Embedding a psychologist in a primary care clinic leads to increased access to behavioral health services, especially among patients who may not seek out these services themselves or follow through with a physician’s referral to an outside behavioral health clinic. | |
98 Citations | To attain these goals, it is essential to integrate behavioral health services into the patient-centered medical home, because behavioral health problems often first present in the primary care setting, and they significantly affect physical health. |
| There is significant need for behavioral health treatment among individuals who may gain insurance under the ACA. | |
18 Citations | CSHCN should be assessed and referred appropriately for behavioral and mental health problems during routine health care visits. |
80 Citations | These results provide further support for integrating behavioral health services into pediatric primary care settings, thus allowing physicians to refer more difficult patients with behavioral issues to in-house collaborating behavioral health providers who can spend additional time necessary to address the behavioral health issue and who are licensed to receive mental health reimbursement. |
11 Citations | During clinical rotations, behavioral health topics are most likely taught during the family medicine clerkship and, conversely, least likely during the surgery clerkship; furthermore, behavioral health topics are much less likely to be taught by psychiatrists during clinical rotations. Integration of behavioral and physical health in medical education is beginning to occur in a meaningful context. |
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