with mental and behavioral health concerns. That help may be provided in different ways, depending on the patient’s needs, but there are a few main pathways for care at OneWorld. Briefly, those paths are as follows: • Warm hand-offs happen when patients visiting a primary care provider are connected with a behavioral health therapist for a brief session on the same day. • Psychiatric care covers assessment and evaluation, diagnosis, medication management and therapeutic services. • Traditional behavioral health therapy helps patients to identify and address issues affecting their mental health. • Medication-Assisted Treatment is a personalized program for people with substance use disorders that, at OneWorld, combines group therapy and medication management. • In the Advanced Integrative Mental Health Services program (AIMS), otherwise known as the Collaborative Care Model, medical and behavioral health clinicians integrate care with psychiatric clinicians to treat patients. Dr. Kinnan, a national leader for her work in implementing AIMS, said the model helps track patient outcomes and centers cultural fit for patients. “The value is access to care,” said Dr. Kinnan. “It’s quicker access to high quality care that allows patients to stay in their medical homes.”
Dr. Kinnan is the Associate Medical Director of Behavioral Health.
Regardless of the type of services a patient needs, meeting them where they are in their own personal journey is important, said Longfellow Marquez, LIMHP, LMHP, LADC, Behavioral Health Therapist and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor Trainer. Marquez, who often sees patients with substance use disorders, said not all patients are at the same level for change, but care is still available for them. And that care – from behavioral health and medical providers alike – makes a difference. “I feel this type of population, they are very appreciative because usually they come to you as the last resource,” Marquez said. “That’s a great satisfaction, being able to provide some help when they are in need.”
What is behavioral health? What do we mean when we say behavioral health? One way to think of behavioral health is as an umbrella term that includes mental health and behaviors that affect well-being. At OneWorld, behavioral health services cover conditions and circumstances including, but not limited to: ADHD, anxiety, child and adolescent well-being, chronic diseases, depression, family concerns, family violence, risky behaviors, substance use and abuse and trauma.
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