Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
Psychologists are experts at negotiating changes within their clients/patients. A challenge for psychologists who have not been trained in integrated primary care (IPC) is to modify the way they relate to other healthcare providers in the service of their patients. We believe that there are increased opportunities for working in IPC, as we have outlined […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
There are many definitions emerging to define a primary care psychologist. McDaniel, Hargrove, Belar, Schroeder, & Freeman (2003) succinctly and aptly state “a psychologist who works in primary care is a general practitioner of common health problems experienced by patients and families throughout the lifespan” (p.66). Training for primary care practice is happening at all […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
Over coffee six psychologists entertained the idea of starting a psychology training program that would increase the number of psychologists practicing in rural communities of Hawai‘i. With nothing more than vision and a shared enthusiasm, I Ola Lahui: Rural Hawai‘i Behavioral Health Psychology Training Program took shape over a year’s time. I Ola Lahui is […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
The Health Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the Department of Family Medicine is organizationally located in the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). UMMC is the only academic health science center in the state, serving a population of approximately three million residents and employing approximately 7,800 people. UMMC has four […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
Integrated health care (IHC) creates new opportunities for psychologists willing to adapt themselves to the primary care environment (Freeman, 2007). According to Garcia-Shelton, this is the “frontier of psychology … a place where psychologists can make a real difference” (p.678). Psychologists are needed for two main reasons. First, the majority of patients with mental disorders […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
Hurley Medical Center (HMC) is a 493-bed, university affiliated, urban teaching hospital for Michigan State University (MSU) and maintains cooperative affiliations with the University of Michigan and Henry Ford Health System. HMC is the primary provider of subspecialty care in the region and also a Level One trauma center in the tri-county area it services. […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
This project has been funded through the Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient-Centred Practice (IECPCP) initiative, Health Human Resources Strategies Division, Health Canada. The training of healthcare professionals in Newfoundland and Labrador, as in the rest of Canada, has traditionally been largely based on silos in which health professionals are educated in relative isolation. Recent national […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
The psychological needs of primary care patients can be classified into three general categories, related to (a) psychopathology or true mental disorders, (b) stress-related symptoms and problems related to chronic medical conditions or behavioral health problems, and (c) membership in vulnerable populations, including abuse victims, those who are socially isolated, and those who are economically […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
The Wave of the Future is Integrated Care The majority of individuals receive their behavioral health services in primary care settings, as family physicians are viewed by patients as providers of community based comprehensive healthcare. However, a legacy of segregation of mental health and physical health services has resulted in poor healthcare coordination. Absent an […]
Written by Blue Door Consulting on December 5, 2019
Hospital emergency departments (ED) tend to be fastpaced work environments with patients who have behavioral and emotional problems that have escalated to a potential for harm to self or others (Campbell, Campbell, O’Friel, & Kennedy, 2009). The co-occurring diagnoses of pain and either depression or anxiety are the most common behavioral healthcare problems presented by […]