Trends in Behavioral Health: A 2020 Update on the US Behavioral Health Financing and Delivery System

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the health and human service landscape – and with it, the behavioral health delivery system. As part of their on-going commitment to the field, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. commissioned an update to its acclaimed publication, the Trends in Behavioral Health Guide, Second Edition (The Guide) that was released in 2019. This new publication, Trends in Behavioral Health: A 2020 Update on the US Behavioral Health Financing and Delivery System (Trends in Behavioral Health 2020 Update), was released and is available for download free of charge on PsychU.org.

[Webinar] Perspectives Of The Health Care Provider As The Patient

In this webinar, Sloan Manning, MD, PsychU Primary Care Provider Section Advisor, and Alan “Tony” Amberg, MS, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, PsychU Nurses Corner Section Advisor, will discuss their personal experiences with COVID-19, as well as the residual symptoms and long-term effects. Moderated by Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, CDE, RPh, Senior Medical Science Liaison, the speakers will further discuss the psychological impact on individuals with a COVID-19 diagnosis, and understanding the stigma associated with a COVID-19 diagnosis.

PsychU 360 Magazine

Despite vast improvements in diagnosis and treatment over the last half-century, mental illness is underdiagnosed and undertreated. The reasons are many and varied. Among them: a lack of access for individuals amid a shortage of care providers, the interference of social determinants of health such as transportation problems, and social stigma. All play a role.

But technology offers a route to improvement that skirts these and other barriers. Download the PsychU 360 Digital Health magazine to learn about the technologies being implemented to improve the future of mental health care.

PsychU Announces 2020's Theme: Bridging The Care Continuum

Bridging the gap in the care continuum is about building interdisciplinary partnerships (physical health, human services, behavioral health) that facilitate effective communication and dialogue between providers and moves the focus to person-centered health. Join in the dialogue as the industry continues transformational change in care delivery.