In a 2009 report, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) advocated the deployment of community-based, multi-disciplinary prevention strategies for the healthy development of children.
An individual’s culture also plays an important part in their mental health status. More than just race and ethnicity, culture encompasses age, gender, geographical location, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Knowing an individual’s culture can aid behavioral health professionals and primary care physicians in identifying potential behavioral health issues and implementing appropriate treatment.
Mental illness may take many forms and, because everyone is unique in their experiences, treatment can be just as varied. Some of the disorders treated by the behavioral health delivery system include: anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, schizophrenia, autism, eating disorders, attention deficit hypertensive disorder, and …show more content…
With behavioral health services part of meaningful use, there is an incentive for professionals in this field to select, implement, and adopt this technology. Using an EHR to document behavioral health will facilitate more efficient communications between the entire healthcare team and improved documentation of an individual’s total health. People with mental and substance abuse disorders often have more physical health problems than the general population. Working together, the primary care physician and behavioral health professional can offer a coordinated treatment plan that provides improved care and helps to alleviate the stigma and discriminatory practices surrounding mental illness and
An individual’s culture also plays an important part in their mental health status. More than just race and ethnicity, culture encompasses age, gender, geographical location, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Knowing an individual’s culture can aid behavioral health professionals and primary care physicians in identifying potential behavioral health issues and implementing appropriate treatment.
Mental illness may take many forms and, because everyone is unique in their experiences, treatment can be just as varied. Some of the disorders treated by the behavioral health delivery system include: anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, schizophrenia, autism, eating disorders, attention deficit hypertensive disorder, and …show more content…
With behavioral health services part of meaningful use, there is an incentive for professionals in this field to select, implement, and adopt this technology. Using an EHR to document behavioral health will facilitate more efficient communications between the entire healthcare team and improved documentation of an individual’s total health. People with mental and substance abuse disorders often have more physical health problems than the general population. Working together, the primary care physician and behavioral health professional can offer a coordinated treatment plan that provides improved care and helps to alleviate the stigma and discriminatory practices surrounding mental illness and