Physical Health Monitoring for Diverse Populations with Serious Mental Illness: Opportunity to Fill Gaps in Care-Presentation Q&A

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In this video, the speaker addresses questions related to integrating primary care and psychiatric services. They discuss two options: bringing primary care to the psychiatrist or bringing a psychiatrist to consult in primary care. The speaker notes that the collaborative care model has been shown to be effective in treating depression in primary care settings. They suggest integrating primary care in community mental health settings for individuals with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. They also emphasize the need to support primary care physicians in treating this population and suggest leveraging remote psychiatric consultations and providing tools like motivational interviewing. The video also mentions the AIMS Center and their Collaborative Care Model for depression treatment in primary care settings. They recommend using the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 rating scales through a mobile app for measurement-based care.

Keywords

primary care

psychiatric services

collaborative care model

depression treatment

mental health integration