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Developing, Maintaining, and Expanding an Integrated Behavioral Health Service in a Medical Setting
Length: 1 Hour
Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is quickly becoming a critical job for psychologists, as the rates of behavioral health disorders are increasingly treated in medical settings. Psychology has grown in demand and has become regularly utilized to help treat patients with chronic medical conditions within the medical setting. At the University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler, the “warm handoff” model was created and adapted to serve the family medicine and specialty clinics’ behavioral health needs. During this session, the process of developing the “warm handoff” service will be explored, along with describing specific tools necessary to build and continue to maintain a collaborative care team. The rapid growth of these services has led to an increase in a variety of other clinics in both outpatient and inpatient settings. The logistics of developing these clinics, the interventions used, and billing issues within the medical setting will be explored.
Objectives
Objective #1 Based on the content of this program, participants will be able to understand the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) model, including competencies necessary to successfully work as a team member.Objective #2 Based on the content of this program, participants will be able to describe the “warm handoff” service as an application of the IBH model to expand use of psychology services across the hospital.
Objective #3 Based on the content of this program, participants will be able to develop knowledge of the components of building a new IBH service, including building relationships, explaining services to other providers, and billing for services.
Objective #4 Based on the content of this program, participants will be able to describe the components of working within a specialty clinic setting.
Objective #5 Based on the content of this program, participants will be able to identify possible challenges in integrating psychology within a medical system.
Crystal Frazier, PsyD
Dr. Crystal Frazier is a doctoral level trained Licensed Psychologist with extensive education in clinical psychology. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and a member of the doctoral psychology internship program training committee. Dr. Frazier has managed her own psychological services practice where she provided care to older adolescents, and adults. She has a special interest in caring for patients struggling with anxiety, depression, and trauma related symptoms. She is passionate about helping clients complete the often very challenging therapeutic work and helping them achieve their goals for positive life changes. Patients can see Dr. Frazier by appointment in our Adult Psychiatry Clinic at North Campus Tyler.
