Behavioral Health Care Delivery

The award-winning five-episode Beyond Birth podcast series covers some of the pressing issues facing maternal health and well-being.
In this episode we discuss how hospitals and health systems can best provide behavioral health services and fully integrate treatment as part of patient-centered care.
In this conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 AHA board chair, talks with Jeremy Musher, M.D., chief behavioral medical officer at Lifepoint Health, about common obstacles in the behavioral health field, including access and reimbursement, as well as鈥
Artificial intelligence (AI) is assisting some clinicians in the way they diagnose and provide therapy for behavioral health patients. The hope is that AI may be able to help providers improve access for the growing number of patients who need care. The applications, both home-grown in health鈥
. In this conversation, Jessica Galo, director of specialty care at AdventHealth for Children, and Jaeann Ashton, marketing director of Women's and Children's at AdventHealth, explore how the 鈥淏e a Mindleader鈥 campaign is leading the way to improving adolescent mental health with these life-鈥
--> View more evidence-informed examples of hospitals and health systems successfully integrating behavioral and physical health services, as well as research and thought leadership on the impacts of integrated care鈥
--> View more evidence-informed examples of hospitals and health systems successfully integrating behavioral and physical health services, as well as research and thought leadership on the impacts of integrated care鈥
In this conversation, two behavioral health experts from Ascension's outpatient program share the formula for its success in helping at-risk new moms.
Language not only describes what we think, but shapes how we think. Many of us remember terms that have fallen out of fashion or even have been deemed offensive (good riddance, in many cases), especially when it comes to behavioral health. One of the biggest changes, thankfully, has been a shift鈥
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it is a time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues. It鈥檚 also a time to recognize how mental illness and addiction can affect all of us 鈥 patients, providers, families and our society at large.