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Primary Care Behavioral Health Certificate Program
Curriculum   

Below is a place holder until curriculm is reviewd by linda 

PART 1: Fundamentals of Practice in Primary Care

The foundational skills, clinical tools, and team-based practices every behavioral health clinician needs to enter primary care.

  1. Introduction to Primary Care Behavioral Health
  2. Principles of Primary Care Practice
  3. Cultural Humility for Primary Care Practice
  4. Sharing Responsibility for the Care of Patients
  5. Effective Communication with Team Members
  6. Privacy and Documentation of Care in Primary Care
  7. Engagement Skills for Primary Care Practice
  8. Warm Handoffs and Joint Appointments with PCPs
  9. Patient Evaluation in Primary Care
  10. Agreeing on Treatment Goals
  11. Emergencies and Urgent Behavioral Health Needs
  12. Communications: Health Literacy, Interpreters, and Telehealth

PART 2: Care of Patients with Complex and Chronic Concerns

Evidence-based approaches to the full clinical complexity of integrated care, from screening and brief intervention to chronic disease and severe mental illness.

  1. Screening for Mental Health Symptoms and Unhealthy Substance Use
  2. Dosing and Titrating Behavioral Health Interventions
  3. Responding to Acute and Chronic Suicidality
  4. When and How to Connect Patients with Community Resources and Specialty Services
  5. Motivational Interviewing
  6. Trauma-Informed Care
  7. Transdiagnostic Behavioral Health Interventions
  8. Collaborating on Psychopharmacology
  9. Chronic Medical Conditions
  10. Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Somatization Disorder
  11. Substance Use Disorders
  12. Chronic Severe Mental Illness

PART 3: Psychotherapy Approaches for Primary Care Practice

Focused psychotherapy approaches are adapted for the pace, scope, and team-based culture of primary care practice.

  1. Common Factors and Core Skills
  2. Measurement-Based Care
  3. Single Session Interventions
  4. Working with Families in Primary Care
  5. Cognitive and Behavioral Approaches
  6. Acceptance and Mindfulness-Based Approaches
  7. Problem-Solving and Solution-Focused Approaches
  8. Meaning- and Identity-Focused Approaches