48: Cops, Clinicians, or Both? Collaborative Approaches to Responding to Behavioral Health Emergencies
Psychiatric Services From Pages to Practice
Release Date: 01/10/2022
70: Gender-Affirming Psychotherapy (GAP): Core Principles and Skills to Reduce the Mental Health Care “GAP” for Transgender Youths
Psychiatric Services From Pages to Practice
Maggi A. Price, Ph.D., M.A. (School of Social Work, Boston College) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to , a comprehensive, evidence-informed, and human-centered set of practices focusing on the treatment of transgender youth developed by Dr. Price and colleagues. The training discussed in the podcast is available to the public at a reduced cost at with the discount code “psychserv50." 01:27 How did you end up on this project? 04:20 Gaps in care for transgender youths 05:47 Methods 08:47 ...
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69: Investing in School Mental Health: Strategies to Wisely Spend Federal and State Funding
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Dr. Sharon Hoover (University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to : why it matters, who it touches, how it’s funded, and how it’s doing. 01:15 Background 02:46 Provision of school mental health 09:56 How mental health services differ between ages and grades 11:08 COVID pandemic and youth mental health 15:29 Federal funding mechanisms 18:39 Using the funding while it’s still available...
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68: Designing Community Services for People With Borderline Personality Disorder to Reduce Hospitalizations
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Simon Graham, M.B.Ch.B., M.R.C.Psych., and Kathy Curtis (Spring House Psychotherapy and Personality Disorder Service) join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to and a combined day treatment and crisis service for patients with borderline personality disorder in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate...
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67: Addressing Mental Health Disability in Unsheltered Homelessness: Outpatient Conservatorship in Los Angeles
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Elizabeth Bromley, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin in the effort to address mental health disability among unsheltered homeless persons in Los Angeles County, California. 00:00 Introduction 03:04 Homelessness in Los Angeles County, California 09:04 The paper and services 11:39 Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorship 13:44 Outpatient conservatorship (OPC) pilot program 15:54 Skepticism...
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66: Predicting Outcomes of Antidepressant Treatment in Community Practice Settings
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Gregory E. Simon, M.D., M.P.H. (Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle) join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the to analyze electronic health records to predict antidepressant treatment response. 00:00 Introduction 02:31 Focus on practical research 04:55 Population studied 05:57 Predicting outcomes 07:20 Using diagnostic codes, not personalized notes 08:04 What three data items might be more helpful? 08:49 What key indicators are we missing in clinical care? 11:35...
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65: Remodeling Broken Systems: Addressing the National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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Misty C. Richards, M.D., M.S. (University of California, Los Angeles), and Nicole Kozloff, M.D. (University of Toronto), join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin and provision of mental health services for children and adolescents. 00:00 Introduction 01:18 Impetus 05:45 What constitutes a mental health crisis? 11:14 “Remodeling” 16:21 Differences by location 18:28 Remodeling primary care 21:25 Virtual care 27:19 ...
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64: Acceptance of Insurance by Psychiatrists and Other Physicians, 2007–2016
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Andrew D. Carlo, M.D., M.P.H. (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin of psychiatric practitioners compared with other medical disciplines. 00:00 Introduction 01:04 Background and Motivation 02:46 Data Set and Methodology 05:12 Restricted Data Set and Privacy Concerns 06:08 Research Questions and Goals 10:04 Findings: Insurance Acceptance Rates 11:29 Factors Influencing Insurance Acceptance 14:23...
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63: Factors Influencing Turnover and Attrition in the Public Behavioral Health System Workforce: Qualitative Study
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Eliza Hallett, M.S., (Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to faced by staff and behavioral health service providers, including low wages, traumatic work environments, low wages, and physical and administrative infrastructure. Workforce crisis in behavioral health care [01:33] How representative of the country is Oregon? [03:45] Who were you talking to? [05:32] A figure on radio [06:30] Generating a theoretical framework from the responses [08:01] Qualitative methods [09:30] The five factors [10:33] Wages [14:05] Infrastructure...
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62: Medicaid Costs and Utilization of Collaborative Versus Colocation Care for Patients With Depression
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Henry Chung, M.D., (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York City) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to between the collaborative care model and the colocation model, and the impact on Medicaid costs and utilization, for the treatment of patients with depression. Chung interview [00:58] A bridge between clinical and research work [02:32] The colocation model and the collaborative care model [03:44] What populations are you working with? [07:21] Differences in service utilization and cost [10:25] Methodology [10:47] Concentration on depression instead of other psychiatric disorders...
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61: Guidance for Handling the Increasing Prevalence of Drugs Adulterated or Laced With Fentanyl
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Joseph Parks, M.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the increased prevalence of drugs adulterated with fentanyl and similar potent fentanyl analogs. MDI publications can be found . Parks interview [00:53] The National Council for Mental Wellbeing [01:21] Guidelines [03:50] Contemplation [05:02] A back-to-basics approach [07:13] Fentanyl test strips and harm reduction [08:37] Spillover [10:06] Issues with fentanyl [12:05] Incremental behavioral changes [13:44] Things people should know about fentanyl [16:29] Training for professionals [18:03] How things are moving [19:55] See the...
info_outlineMargaret E. Balfour, M.D., Ph.D., and Jason Winsky, B.A., join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss their special article published in Psychiatric Services, “Cops, Clinicians, or Both? Collaborative Approaches to Responding to Behavioral Health Emergencies,” looking at collaborations between police and clinicians in the treatment of mental health and behavioral health emergencies. Dr. Balfour is Chief of Quality & Clinical Innovation at Connections Health Solutions in Tucson, Arizona, and Sgt. Winsky is a police officer and supervisor of the Mental Health Investigative Support Team with the Tucson Police Department.
- Balfour and Winsky interview [00:32]
- How did you get started in this work? [01:22]
- Police department mental health team [02:44]
- Crisis Response Center [03:04]
- Why Arizona? [03:58]
- Arnold vs Sarn [04:54]
- Twenty-three hour observation model [05:35]
- Funding [06:20]
- How the crisis system works in Tucson [07:44]
- Easy access for law enforcement [10:11]
- Crisis management from the law enforcement perspective [10:39]
- Police training in dealing with mental health crisis [12:41]
- Who the police bring to the crisis center [14:59]
- Challenges in providing mental health services for intoxicated and violent patients [16:21]
- Keeping patients out of the justice system when possible [17:31]
- “No Wrong Door” policy [18:47]
- How this works in practice: the lady with the car [21:05]
- Creating the opportunity for creative solutions to removing barriers to mental health care [23:56]
- “There can’t be a rule for everything in crisis” [24:44]
- Social justice framing of the paper [26:49]
- The Technical Assistance Coalition working papers series [29:24]
- What would you add to enhance the program? Housing, housing, housing [30:07]
- Collaboration between siloed systems [32:01]
- Working with stakeholders [32:59]
- The impact of mental health crisis on people of color [34:41]
- Other places doing great work [37:13]
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