Stigma
The resources in this section help educate and inform hospitals and health systems on the importance and value of reducing stigma, as well as prevention and early intervention initiatives for individuals with behavioral health disorders.
This issue brief examines how integration can take various forms based on provider, patient and community needs and how telebehavioral health can help in areas with shortages of behavioral health professionals.
AHA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jay Bhatt, D.O., and Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., president and CEO of the National Quality Forum, highlight a guide that offers health care organizations a 鈥渙ne-stop shop鈥 of actionable interventions and curated tools and resources to deliver quality鈥
During Mental Health Month, let鈥檚 all remember that caring for the whole person improves health and saves lives.
The week also includes National Depression Screening Day, dedicated to raising awareness and screening people for depression and related mood and anxiety disorders.
Update on Key Issues in the Behavioral Health Care Field: September 2018
Psychiatric Hospital CEO Joins the AHA Board鈥he AHA has elected seven members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1. The incoming board members include Harsh Trivedi, M.D., president/CEO of Sheppard鈥
Join Susan Kimper, director, Behavioral Health, Naples Community Hospital (NCH) Healthcare System for a special 45-minute AHA members-only webinar presentation and discussion on patient-centered safety plans for suicidal patients.
Inspired by a friend struggling to get their child in crisis access to services, Allina Health President and CEO Penny Wheeler, M.D., recognized there often is a gap between the care medical professionals aspire to provide and what actually is delivered.
Learn how five local hospital systems created a course to train people to perform "adult mental health first aid," giving members of the public skills to help someone who is developing or experiencing a mental health crisis
Held July 17
PRE-EVENT READING
Please join Paul Goering, M.D., Vice President 鈥 Clinical Care, Mental Health Services, Allina Health; Joe Clubb, Vice President 鈥 Operations, Mental Health Services, Allina Health; and Aimee Pappenfus, Manager 鈥 Community Partnerships, Allina Health, Minneapolis,鈥