Practical Tools for Behavioral Health Staff Supporting the Medical Care of People with Serious Mental Illness-Lecture Presentation

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The video is a webinar titled "Practical Tools for Behavioral Health Staff Supporting the Medical Care of People with Serious Mental Illness." The webinar is part of the SMI Advisor program, which is an initiative aimed at helping clinicians implement evidence-based care for those with serious mental illness. The webinar is led by Dr. John Kern, a clinical professor at the University of Washington, who focuses on the training and implementation of the collaborative care model for addressing the medical needs of individuals with serious mental illness. The main topics covered in the webinar include the role of behavioral health staff in supporting the medical needs of clients, how to access reliable information about medical conditions, and practical tools and strategies for promoting and supporting healthy behavior change. The webinar stresses the importance of building a personal relationship with clients and leveraging that relationship to support their medical care and behavior change efforts. It also provides participants with job aids, such as checklists for interacting with primary care providers and supporting client visits to doctors, to help streamline the process and ensure effective communication and coordination of care. The webinar concludes with a focus on the most common and addressable conditions that contribute to the increased mortality of individuals with serious mental illness, including hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia, and offers guidance on how to support clients in managing these conditions. Overall, the webinar provides practical information and tools for behavioral health staff to enhance their support for the medical care of individuals with serious mental illness.

Keywords

Behavioral health staff

Medical care support

Serious mental illness

Evidence-based care

Collaborative care model

Healthy behavior change

Coordination of care