Resources

The Patient-Centered Primary Care Institute accelerates primary care transformation in Oregon by bringing together health care providers, clinic staff, technical experts, patients, quality improvement professionals and others to share valuable knowledge and resources.

This webinar addressed the use of three best practices in caring for people at risk for suicide that can be delivered easily and effectively via telehealth: safety plans, treatment that directly targets thoughts of suicide, and DBT-based self-help skills and resources that clinicians can start employing in treatment immediately as well as share with patients.

Presented by Dr. Stephanie Hooker and Dr. Michelle Sherman from the University of Minnesota’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. This webinar showcases the Change that Matters: Promoting Healthy Behaviors online curriculum. 

This report was developed to enable behavioral health clinics (mental health and substance use) to plan and implement integration to improve patient outcomes. We use the term “general health” to encompass the types of care usually provided by primary care or general medical practitioners and have designed this framework as a roadmap for clinics with a diverse range of resources.