Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Step-by-Step Guidance for Assessment and Intervention

Now in its third edition, Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care details the relevant updates in the field for behavioral health care practitioners and offers targeted clinical assessment and intervention strategies that will meet the future needs of educators, students, and clinicians.

Drawing on comprehensive research evidence and the authors’ decades of clinical experience, this book offers practical guidance for behavioral health care practitioners who want to work more effectively in the fast-paced and complex setting of primary care. Chapters provide an overview of the key foundational concepts and applications of behavioral health within the primary care setting, and detail the competencies required for optimal assessment and intervention outcomes. The authors give detailed, practical advice for addressing common behavioral health concerns including depression, anxiety, health behaviors, pain disorders, substance misuse, and other pertinent problems, as well as special issues such as managing suicidal risk.
 
Key updates to this third edition include:

•  An expanded exploration of core competencies and clinical practice management skills;
•  A review of the neuromatrix theory of pain model, as well as additional important considerations for assessing and treating fibromyalgia and other pain disorders, and;
•  Assessment and intervention guidelines for opioid misuse.

Christopher L. Hunter, PhD, ABPP, is board certified in clinical health psychology and works for the United States Department of Defense as the Defense Health Agency Program Director for Primary Care Behavioral Health. He has extensive experience developing integrated primary care behavioral health services as well as training individuals to work in primary care settings treating common mental health conditions, health behavior problems, and chronic medical conditions. He is also a coauthor of the 2016 book Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide and a coeditor of the 2014 Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings: Evidence-Based Assessment and Intervention.
     
Jeffrey L. Goodie, PhD, ABPP, is a board certified clinical health psychologist and an associate professor in the department of Medical and Clinical Psychology and the department of Family Medicine at the Uniformed Services University (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland. He is the director of clinical training of the Clinical Psychology program at USU. Dr. Goodie has been a behavioral health consultant in family medicine, internal medicine, and OB/GYN clinics. He has trained psychology and social work residents and providers in providing behavioral health interventions in integrated primary care settings. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
 
Mark S. Oordt, PhD, ABPP, earned his PhD in clinical psychology from the Fuller Graduate Schools in Pasadena, California, in 1992 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in clinical health psychology. Specific professional interests include integrated behavioral health in primary care settings, assessment and treatment of suicidal risk, clinical health psychology, substance abuse prevention, and behavioral health care with military populations. He currently resides in Fairfax, Virginia.
     
Anne C. Dobmeyer, PhD, ABPP, is a clinical health psychologist who has been actively involved in implementation and training in integrated primary care for the past 16 years. She has established fully integrated primary care behavioral health services in family  medicine, internal medicine, and women’s health clinics, and provided training and consultation to clinics and medical centers across the country. Her publications and presentations primarily focus on training, implementation, and evaluation of integrated primary care programs. She has served as president of the American Board of Clinical Health Psychology and is currently a trustee of the American Board of Professional Psychology.

Part I. Foundations of Integrated Behavioral Health Consultation Service
Chapter 1. Population Health and the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Chapter 2. Core Competencies and Clinical Practice Management Skills
Chapter 3. Conducting the Initial Consultation Appointment
Chapter 4. Common Behavioral and Cognitive Interventions in Primary Care: Moving Out of the Specialty Mental Health Clinic
Part II. Common Behavioral Health Concerns in Primary Care
Chapter 5. Depression, Anxiety, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Insomnia
Chapter 6. Health Behaviors: Tobacco Use, Overweight and Obesity, and Physical Inactivity
Chapter 7. Diabetes
Chapter 8. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma
Chapter 9. Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter 10. Pain Disorders
Chapter 11. Unhealthy Substance Use
Chapter 12. Sexual Problems
Chapter 13. Special Considerations for Older Adults
Chapter 14. Women's Health
Chapter 15. Children, Adolescents, and Parenting
Chapter 16. Couples
Part III. Special Issues
Chapter 17. Managing Suicide Risk
Chapter 18. Clinical Pathways and Shared Medical Appointments