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Why Successful Integrated Care Management Matters

Relias

The main purpose is to effectively address and treat co-occurring and chronic mental health, substance use, and medical disorders. This gives the mental health practitioner the opportunity for a longer conversation about the patient’s psychosocial history and can lay the groundwork for continued mental healthcare.

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sanity, madness, the family. and the kettle

Clinical Philosophy

Much of her paper is concerned with evaluating the idea that mental disorders are or are not 'in' the individuals diagnosed with them. Suffice it for now to say that she's a 28 year old only child who has mainly stayed in a psychiatric hospital during the last 10 years, and who was evacuated to live away from her parents during WWII.

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Behavioral Addictions: Treatment Strategies for Clinical Practice

University of Connecticut

This 2 session webinar will focus on the recognition of behavioral addiction through a deeper understanding of the theoretical framework of any addictive disorder. It is likely that counselors in all settings will encounter clients with behavioral addictions, and we should be prepared and willing to address these addictions.