Resources

Problem-Solving Counseling for Depression

Problem-Solving Treatment (PST) is a short-term form of psychotherapy developed for primary care and community settings. It is also known as structured problem solving and focuses on improving coping skills. This therapy has been proven effective for the conditions most commonly treated in primary care – depression and anxiety. PST helps patients: Identify problems Come up with realistic solutions And make an action plan to implement them.

Promoting Chronic Disease Management: A guide for behavioral health care teams

In the new world of integrated care, behavioral health providers are becoming increasingly important in their clients’ chronic disease management strategies. While the symptoms and treatment of chronic diseases can vary, there are some common steps that behavioral health providers and care team members can take to assist clients in understanding, accepting, and managing their chronic disease.

Psychiatry Consultation Line

The Psychiatry Consultation Line, PCL, offers prescribers from primary care clinics, community hospitals, emergency departments, substance use treatment programs and municipal and county jails the opportunity to consult with a UW Psychiatrist about adult patients (18+) with mental health issues or regarding general questions related to mental health and psychiatric care. The service is explicitly to provide “curbside consultation,” but the UW psychiatrist provides a brief, written summary of the recommendations sent to the calling provider via encrypted email.

Relationship Between Behavioral Health and Chronic Diseases

Behavioral health and physical health are profoundly interlinked. A person experiencing severe mental illness or a substance use disorder is at greater risk for developing chronic physical health conditions than the general population because of the illness itself as well as potential consequences related to treatment.1 Furthermore, high smoking rates in this population are a major contributing risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and cancer.

Reproductive Health Access Project Abortion Resources

These resources mobilize, train, and support clinicians to help make sexual and reproductive health care related to abortion accessible to everyone.

Resilient Generation - Upstream

Upstream is working to expand economic opportunity and mobility by reducing unplanned pregnancy in the U.S. Their approach empowers women to decide when and if they want to become pregnant in order to improve economic and health outcomes for parents, children, and society. This resources covers the different problems surrounding this topic and the solutions taken by Upstream to these issues.

SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit - 2018

The SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit - 2018 equips health care providers, communities, and local governments with material to develop practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. It addresses issues for health care providers, first responders, treatment providers, and those recovering from opioid overdose.

SAMHSA WEBINAR Care Coordination for Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPS) webinar series

Innovative and Integrated Treatment Models: Increasing Impact of Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) through Care Coordination Webinar 2: Case Studies from the Field 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET, Thursday, May 10 Register here

Screening for Social Determinants in Primary Care Pediatrics

While sociologists, educators, and economists have pointed to the role of social factors in health and well being for decades it has only been in recent years there has been increasing awareness of the crucial role that social determinants of health (e.g., education and income), have on health throughout the lifecourse. As described in a recent article about screening for social determinants in primary care pediatrics, health care delivery sites can make a big difference in connecting patients to community services.

Self-Management Blood Pressure Staff Guide

This guide includes the following: Action Steps that can be taken to implement SMBP (Self-Measured Blood Pressure) and additional support Description of the burden of hypertension Scientific evidence establishing the significance and effectiveness of SMBP and additional support Support strategies for SMBP Types and costs of home blood pressure monitors Current health insurance coverage Category: chronic disease prevention and control

Shared Decision Making

CME credits available Online Skills Course for Providers Shared decision making is a key component of patient-centered care. It is the process in which clinicians and patients work together to make decisions and select tests, treatments, and care plans based on clinical evidence that balances risks and expected outcomes with patient preferences and values.

Six Building Blocks

A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care This website introduces the Six Building Blocks, provides tools and resources for improving care, and offers implementation guidance. The Six Building Blocks can help anyone who is interested in improving the care of patients using long-term opioid therapy.

Suicide Screening Questions Toolkit

Offered by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) tool is a set of four brief suicide screening questions that takes 20 seconds to administer. Questions are organized by the medical setting in which it will be used.

Supporting Patients With Depression

Supporting Patients With Depression The Supporting Patients With Depression tip sheet provides information to providers to support patients with with depression who are prescribed antidepressants with support supplementation. It was created in collaboration with the five MCOs in Washington, the Health Care Authority, Department of Health, Bastyr and Consejo Counseling. The resource presents evidence regarding the association of nutritional support for mental health treatments, and is an important aid for providers serving these patients.

The Center to Advance Palliative Care

The Center to Advance Palliative Care, site provides health care professionals with the tools, training, and technical assistance necessary to start and sustain successful palliative care programs in hospitals and other community based health care settings. The Center is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services for people facing serious, complex illness.

The Great 8 Cardiovascular and Diabetes Healthy Heart Behaviors

ALL “GREAT 8” advice sheets (8 pages) The Great 8 Cardiovascular and Diabetes Healthy Heart Behaviors are recommended healthy behaviors for patients. Be active Eat well Practice wellness Check your blood pressure Understand your blood sugar numbers Know your cholesterol levels Steer clear of smoking/vaping Follow your doctor's recommendations

Tobacco

Tobacco is associated with six of the top 10 leading causes of death including cancer, heart disease, chronic lower respiratory disease, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes, and influenza/pneumonia. Some of these diseases and conditions are more common in certain groups in Washington State including African Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders, lesbian, gay or bisexual adults, and adults from lower income households. These groups also have disproportionately high rates of tobacco use.