Increasing Depression Treatment for Safety‐Net Patients: A Five‐Year Evaluation of Integrated Mental Health Services in Primary Care across Los Angeles County

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (S2) ◽  
pp. 65-66
Author(s):  
Lucinda Leung ◽  
Christopher Benitez ◽  
Charmaine Dorsey ◽  
Catherine Sugar ◽  
Fiona Whelan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Depression Treatment ◽  
Integrated Mental Health

scholarly journals Improving medical residents’ utilisation of integrated mental health in primary care

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. e001388
Author(s):  
Jenna Palladino ◽  
Deirdra Frum-Vassallo ◽  
Joanne D Taylor ◽  
Victoria L Webb
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Medical Home ◽  
Medical Resident ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Mental Health Integration ◽  
Integrated Mental Health ◽  
Over Time

BackgroundIntegration of mental health services allows for improved prevention and management of chronic conditions within the primary care setting. This quality improvement project aimed to increase adherence to and functioning of an integrated care model within a patient-centred medical home. Specifically, the project focused on improving collaboration between Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) and the medical resident Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport,New York (VAMC Northport).MethodThe project used increased education, training and relationship building among the medical resident PACTs, and the establishment of regularly occurring integrated team meetings for medical and mental health providers. Education of residents was measured with a self-assessment pre-training and post-training, while utilisation was measured by the percentage of patients currently on a PACT’s panel with at least one PC-MHI encounter in the last 12 months (known in VAMC Northport as PACT-15 metric).ResultsTwo resident PACTs that received both training and weekly integrated meetings increased their utilisation of integrated mental health services by 3.8% and 4.5%, respectively. PACTs that participated in training only, with no regular meetings, showed an initial improvement in utilisation that declined over time.ConclusionsTraining alone appeared beneficial but insufficient for increased integration over time. The addition of a regularly occurring integrated weekly meeting may be a critical component of facilitating sustained mental health integration in a primary care medical home model.

Voluntary Psychiatric Emergencies in Los Angeles County After Funding of California's Mental Health Services Act

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 808-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim A. Bruckner ◽  
Kim Yonsu ◽  
Bharath Chakravarthy ◽  
Timothy Tyler Brown
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Psychiatric Emergencies

Los Angeles County Jails Could Divert More Individuals to Community-Based Mental Health Services

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Holliday ◽  
Nicholas Pace ◽  
Neil Gowensmith ◽  
Ira Packer ◽  
Daniel Murrie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Community Based ◽  
County Jails

The Mental Health Services Act in Los Angeles County: Evaluating Program Reach and Outcomes

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ashwood ◽  
Sheryl Kataoka ◽  
Nicole Eberhart ◽  
Elizabeth Bromley ◽  
Bonnie Zima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Los Angeles County

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Mental Health Services Act in Los Angeles County: Implementation and Outcomes for Key Programs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ashwood ◽  
Sheryl Kataoka ◽  
Nicole Eberhart ◽  
Elizabeth Bromley ◽  
Bonnie Zima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Los Angeles County

scholarly journals Overcoming Roadblocks: Current and Emerging Reimbursement Strategies for Integrated Mental Health Services in Primary Care

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 1667-1672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison N. O’Donnell ◽  
Mark Williams ◽  
Amy M. Kilbourne
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Integrated Mental Health

State of Spirituality-Infused Mental Health Services in Los Angeles County Wellness and Client-Run Centers

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Marie Yamada ◽  
Andrew M. Subica ◽  
Min Ah Kim ◽  
Kevin Van Nguyen ◽  
Caroline S. Lim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Los Angeles County

scholarly journals Developing integrated mental health services for adults with ADHD

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 461-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Crimlisk
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Local Service ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
Integrated Mental Health

SummaryThe article discusses the issues and challenges for mental health services in providing care for adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Based on work developed in Sheffield (UK), it describes the contribution that services integrated into community mental health teams may be able to provide. Given the likely increase in numbers of referrals of adults with ADHD (both ‘graduates’ from children's services and adults seeking diagnosis) and the pressures on resources, it is unlikely that current specialist services will be able to address the growing demand. A local service that can link with other mental health services and that has close links to primary care is most likely to provide a sustainable service model, but there are still considerable training needs for this model to be put into practice.

Planning for managed mental health services in Los Angeles county

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-232
Author(s):  
Areta Crowell ◽  
Toni DelliQuadri ◽  
Michael J. Austin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Los Angeles County
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