Behavioral Health Task

The number of behavioral health visits to community health centers increased by nearly 40 percent between 2018 and 2022. This article explores what resources community health centers need if they are to meet patients' needs.

This technical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality presents four core management strategies that may help reduce psychiatric readmissions: length of stay for inpatient care, transition support services, short-term alternatives to psychiatric rehospitalization and long-term approaches for reducing psychiatric readmissions.

The Resources for Integrated Care website for behavioral health features products and other resources that highlight promising practices, lessons learned and stories from the field to support integrated and coordinated care for Medicare beneficiaries with behavioral health conditions.

This toolkit from Resources for Integrated Care provides a variety of tools health care providers can download to help them better support patients with mental health conditions when transitioning from the hospital to another care setting.

Use this template to establish a service-level agreement with a behavioral health provider for treatment and collaborative care management.

Promotional guide for participation in the TMF Quality Innovation Network, Behavioral Health QIN-QIO with information provided for providers and patients.

Mental health illnesses are often overlooked in older populations. This infographic lists more information about how mental health illnesses affect adult populations.

This calendar lists popular behavioral health-related observances and tips for behavioral health screening.

Use this poster in your waiting and/or exam rooms to help patients understand which symptoms warrant a discussion on mental health.

Give this resource to patients with a history of depression to learn when to call the doctor or visit an emergency room.

Mental health illnesses are often overlooked in older populations. This infographic lists more information about how mental health illnesses affect adult populations.

Download this fact sheet to learn more about the TMF Quality Innovation Network Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) Behavioral Health Learning and Action Network.

This calendar lists popular behavioral health-related observances and tips for behavioral health screening. This tool is in culturally appropriate Spanish for Puerto Rico.

Use this poster in your waiting and/or exam rooms to help patients understand which symptoms warrant a discussion on mental health. (This poster is in culturally appropriate Spanish for Puerto Rico and the United States.)