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Behavioral Health
Telehealth is Health: Celebrating Progress During Telehealth Awareness Week 2025
Virtual care is no longer an emergency workaround. It’s an essential aspect of providing timely, accessible, and equitable treatment. Telehealth Awareness Week (Sept. 14-20) is an opportunity to reflect on this transformation and the role telehealth now plays in behavioral health.
Short Courses for Mental Health Research Education
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To address this goal, this concept would focus specifically on…
Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs. To address this goal, this concept would focus specifically on…
Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic Neuroscience or Translational Mental Health Research
The purpose of the Conte Centers program is to support interdisciplinary teams of researchers engaged in novel, creative, and integrated experimental approaches to address high-risk, high-impact scientific questions in either basic neuroscience research or in translational research that will significantly advance the state of the…
Research Education Programs for Psychiatry Residents
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement. The overarching goals of this initiative are to: (1) complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs; (2) help recruit individuals with specific specialty or…
Development of Objective Measures for Use in Pediatric Drug Trials for Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
This effort aims to stimulate research in a major gap area in pediatric psychopharmacology for psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, by encouraging the development of objective pediatric central nervous system (CNS) measures that can be incorporated into pharmacologic trials. Read More Source: National Institute of…
Know the Signs of Provider Burnout
Mental health professionals are trained to prioritize the well-being of their clients, but this focus can inadvertently lead to self-neglect. Emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and a diminished sense of personal accomplishment are all hallmark symptoms of burnout. Left unaddressed, it can lead to more serious mental…
Support for Community Mental Health Partners
Our Partnerships with CMHCs Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) provide a vast array of mental health services to individuals within their local communities. From therapy, counseling, psychiatric assessments, medication management, and other means of support for individuals dealing with various mental health challenges, CMHCs strive to…
Are Locum Tenens or Long-term Placements Better for your Psychiatric Staffing Needs?
The right approach to hiring psychiatric providers can significantly improve organizational stability, care delivery, and provider satisfaction. This guide from Integrated Psychiatric Consultants (IPC) is aimed at helping leaders make informed staffing decisions.
Head in the Game: The Mental Health of Athletes
Approximately 35% of athletes report experiencing mental health issues such as burnout, depression, anxiety and more.
Comprehensive Patient Care With Derek Higgins, DNP [Provider Spotlight]
The Power of Listening in Psychiatric Care A board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner on the IPC care team, Derek Higgins, DNP is known for his ability to build strong therapeutic relationships with his patients. With nearly a decade of clinical experience, Higgins offers compassionate, evidence-based care…
Mental Health Advocacy in Action: 2024 Legislative Priorities at Hill Day
Millions of Americans live in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA), a designation determined by the number of health professionals relative to the population in that area, considering high need. As a behavioral health management group, we recognize firsthand the importance of joining forces for better…
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