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Leslie Book, LCSW

Director of Behavioral Health at Esperanza Health Center

Nuts and Bolts of Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care

This session will provide a brief overview of the integrated behavioral health model but the focus will be on how to make it work and what steps can be taken by administrators, medical providers, support staff, and behavioral health consultants to make it happen. Emphasis will be on the role of the behavioral health consultant's navigating primary care systems, resistance, and "dancing the BHC dance" in a way that benefits the patients, utilizes evidence-based treatments and does not interfere with clinic productivity.