Products and Resources Catalog

DSM-5 Diagnosis: Overcoming Challenges in Rendering Clinical Diagnoses - An Intensive Q&A session Slide Deck Recording View Session One Resources The Mountain Plains MHTTC, in collaboration with the Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH), hosted a two-part intensive training series on providing DSM-5 Diagnoses in a Community Health Center Environment. Mental health practitioners and primary care providers working in integrated care environments often experience increased pressure to render accurate DSM-5 diagnoses in a short amount of time. This training series provided attendees an opportunity to identify the primary elements in DSM-5 diagnoses and the challenges presented by rendering these diagnoses in a community health center environment.   Learning Objectives Identify primary elements in DSM-5 diagnoses. Develop an understanding of necessary documentation. Be able to identify some differences in payer practices.   Trainer Andrew J. McLean, MD, MPH Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences        

DSM-5 Diagnosis: Best Practices in a Community Health Center Environment Slide Deck Recording View Session Two Resources The Mountain Plains MHTTC, in collaboration with the Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH), hosted a two-part intensive training series on providing DSM-5 Diagnoses in a Community Health Center Environment. Mental health practitioners and primary care providers working in integrated care environments often experience increased pressure to render accurate DSM-5 diagnoses in a short amount of time. This training series provided attendees an opportunity to identify the primary elements in DSM-5 diagnoses and the challenges presented by rendering these diagnoses in a community health center environment.   Learning Objectives Identify primary elements in DSM-5 diagnoses. Develop an understanding of necessary documentation. Be able to identify some differences in payer practices.   Trainer Andrew J. McLean, MD, MPH Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences          

This session will present ways to introduce an organization, practice, and/or primary care physician to integrated behavioral health. Speakers will advocate utilizing successful strategies and lessons learned when establishing an integrated care practice.   Learning Objectives:  Describe tools/rubrics available to assist with assessing an organization’s ability to integrate behavioral health services Describe strategies for initiating conversations with the team about integrating behavioral health in primary care settings Identify business models for integrated care Describe different approaches to initiating and maintaining behavioral health in primary care   Target Audience: Behavioral Health Providers Primary Care Providers Nurses   Learn more: https://bit.ly/ComingHometoIC  

This is the slide deck for Considerations in Maintaining Equity on Our Path to Pediatric Primary Care, the fourth session in our series Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health. This session will cover considerations associated with racial equity in primary care settings. It is important to ensure that efforts are made to increase access to behavioral health services in primary care clinics. Speakers will identify ways to improve, enhance, and maintain an equitable integrated care practice.   Learning Objectives: Describe racial equity considerations in integrated care Identify resources to achieve health equity in primary care Describe evidence-based strategies utilized by the health care team for efforts associated with reducing disparities   Target Audience: Behavioral Health Providers Primary Care Providers Nurses   Learn more: https://bit.ly/ComingHometoIC  

This session will cover considerations associated with racial equity in primary care settings. It is important to ensure that efforts are made to increase access to behavioral health services in primary care clinics. Speakers will identify ways to improve, enhance, and maintain an equitable integrated care practice.   Learning Objectives: Describe racial equity considerations in integrated care Identify resources to achieve health equity in primary care Describe evidence-based strategies utilized by the health care team for efforts associated with reducing disparities   Target Audience: Behavioral Health Providers Primary Care Providers Nurses   Learn more: https://bit.ly/ComingHometoIC  

  Addressing Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health in Primary Care October 27, 2020 Slide deck Recording This webinar was open to anyone. The free, 90-minutes training was the final session of our six-part series on the intersection of traumatic brain injury and mental health. It focused on the primary health care community. Drawing on principles presented in previous webinars, this session addressed specific concerns of the primary health care community concluding with an overview of the series and a Q & A session.   View slide decks and recordings of sessions 1-5 on their product page. Trainers Caitlin Synovec, OTD, OTR/L Caitlin Synovec, OTD, OTR/L is an occupational therapist providing consultative services to national and state organizations. She has clinical experience in working with adults experiencing homelessness to improve quality of life and engagement in their preferred communities. She has studied and developed clinical and program resources to address the intersection of homelessness, poverty, traumatic brain injury and mental health, and their impact on health and community living.   Amber Richert, BSN, MSN, DNP Dr. Amber Richert is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Remington in Baltimore, MD. Amber completed her undergraduate studies in Sociocultural Anthropology at Scripps College, and earned her BSN, MSN, and DNP at Johns Hopkins University. After completing her MSN, Amber was selected to participate in Community Health Center's Nurse Practitioner residency program, an experience that has shaped the trajectory of her career and instilled in her a strong commitment to preparing future generations of health care providers.

Description:   Primary care staff and behavioral health providers working in integrated care settings are up against a slate of novel challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Join the Mid-America MHTTC for Responsive Care During a Pandemic: How to Sustain Pediatric Integrated Practice, a panel discussion among health care workers in our region who have developed strategies for responding to these emergent issues.   Speakers:           Holly Roberts, PhD, LP, is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation. Dr. Roberts is a faculty trainer and a member of the Mid-America MHTTC’s integrated care team. Dr. Roberts is the clinic liaison for the Department of Psychology where she leads clinical expansion and maintenance efforts in integrated care across Nebraska. She practices as an integrated care psychologist in the Omaha Children’s Clinic, an integrated pediatric primary care clinic in Omaha, NE. Dr. Roberts has extensive experience facilitating didactic and practical instruction in clinic development as well as utilizing telehealth in clinical practice.         Tawnya Meadows, PhD, BCBA-D, is board certified in behavioral analysis. She completed her graduate school training at Mississippi State University and her internship and postdoc at University of Nebraska Medical Center at the Munroe-Meyer Institute. She joined UNMC’s faculty in 2004 in rural Nebraska before joining Geisinger in 2011. She serves as Director of Pediatric PCBH for Geisinger and is the Central Region clinic lead. In addition, she works in the interdisciplinary sleep clinic alongside pulmonology, gastroenterology, and neurology.         Blake Lancaster, PhD, LP, is a pediatric psychologist and clinical assistant professor at Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Lancaster received his PhD in child clinical psychology from Western Michigan University, and completed his internship and post-doctoral training at the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where he also served as a junior faculty member from 2008-2012. Dr. Lancaster’s clinical practice focuses on providing behavioral health services in primary care pediatric settings using the integrated behavioral health co-location model.         Nicholle Bruhn, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Omaha Children’s Clinic. Bruhn earned her master’s degree in pediatric nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2017. She is also a certified pediatric emergency nurse, a sexual assault nurse examiner, and an international board certified lactation consultant. Bruhn has a passion for caring for children and their families, loves to teach, and believes good communication is the key to success in medicine.         Pat Steinhauer, MD, is a physician at Village Pointe Pediatrics in Omaha. Dr. Steinhauer received his MD from the University of Nebraska Medical Center after completing his residency at Creighton-Nebraska University Health Foundation. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.         Katie Kottmann, RN, is a triage nurse at Omaha Children’s Clinic. Before joining OCC, she earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology and in nursing, and worked with acute care and surgical patients at Methodist Hospital. Kottmann feels she is able to find a balance using her educational background to assist in the care of her patients both physically and mentally, advocating for the best possible outcomes for everyone.         Jaime White is a receptionist at Omaha Children’s Clinic. White’s role revolves around keeping paperwork up to date and scheduling appointments in a way that ensures all patients receive quality care. She is a skilled multitasker who understands that communication and teamwork are essential to proper functioning and safety of all patients and co-workers in these trying times. Passionate about helping others, White recently returned to school and aims to become a nurse.         Deidra Cecil is a receptionist at Omaha Children’s Clinic and Certified Medication Aide. As a CMA, she sees much of what goes on at the clinic, from the check-in process to direct patient care. She is conscious of the importance of teamwork in addressing day-to-day needs at the small private practice.   Learn more about this panel.  

This flyer provides an overview of Responsive Care During a Pandemic: How to Sustain Pediatric Integrated Practice. Learn more: https://bit.ly/ICCOVID20

This is the slide deck for Ready to Hit the Pavement: How to Dive Into Primary Care, the third session in our series Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health. This session will present ways to introduce an organization, practice, and/or primary care physician to integrated behavioral health. Speakers will advocate utilizing successful strategies and lessons learned when establishing an integrated care practice.   Learning Objectives:  Describe tools/rubrics available to assist with assessing an organization’s ability to integrate behavioral health services Describe strategies for initiating conversations with the team about integrating behavioral health in primary care settings Identify business models for integrated care Describe different approaches to initiating and maintaining behavioral health in primary care   Target Audience: Behavioral Health Providers Primary Care Providers Nurses Learn more: https://bit.ly/ComingHometoIC  

This is the slide deck for The Road to Primary Care: Several Paths to Coming Home, the second session in our series Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health. This session will focus on models of integrated behavioral health care with emphasis on the Primary Care model. Speakers will present the importance of communication with the primary care team and communication strategies such as warm hand-offs and hallway consultations. The benefits of utilizing these strategies will be highlighted as ways to promote collaboration, increase attendance rates for patients, and provide the type and brevity of communication needed in a busy primary care clinic.   Learning Objectives: Identify core features of interprofessional collaborative care models and the primary care models of integrated care with a focus on behavioral health Describe considerations for selecting an integrated care model that best suits the clinic/organization Describe elements of formal and in-formal communication and collaboration amongst the primary care team related to both models of integrated care   Target Audience: Behavioral Health Providers Primary Care Providers Nurses   Learn more: https://bit.ly/ComingHometoIC  

This session will focus on models of integrated behavioral health care with emphasis on the Primary Care model. Speakers will present the importance of communication with the primary care team and communication strategies such as warm hand-offs and hallway consultations. The benefits of utilizing these strategies will be highlighted as ways to promote collaboration, increase attendance rates for patients, and provide the type and brevity of communication needed in a busy primary care clinic. Learning Objectives: Identify core features of interprofessional collaborative care models and the primary care models of integrated care with a focus on behavioral health Describe considerations for selecting an integrated care model that best suits the clinic/organization Describe elements of formal and in-formal communication and collaboration amongst the primary care team related to both models of integrated care Target Audience: Behavioral Health Providers Primary Care Providers Nurses Learn more: https://bit.ly/ComingHometoIC  

This is the slide deck for Starting Down the Integrated Care Road and How the Mid-America MHTTC Can Help, the first session in our series Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health. This session will introduce the integration of behavioral health providers in primary care practices as well as the technical assistance the Mid-America MHTTC offers in this field. Speakers will demonstrate how integration efforts increase access to behavioral health, increase appointment attendance and reduce stigma. Members of the Mid-America MHTTC Integrated Care Program will welcome requests to establish and/or enhance integration efforts in primary care.    Learning Objectives:  Define integrated behavioral health care  Identify the consequences and costs of poor health to society, particularly poor behavioral health  Explain the importance of primary care in mental health delivery  Describe the advantages of integrated care for patients, physicians, and providers   Target Audience: Behavioral Health Providers Primary Care Providers Nurses   Learn more: https://bit.ly/ComingHometoIC  

Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health: Intensive Workshops To address concerns around traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental health, the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center has partnered with the National Association of State Health Injury Administrators to host a series of workshops focused on the intersection of TBI and mental health. This first session was open to a general audience and provided attendees with a working knowledge of TBI and its relation to mental health. This 60-minute session is a pre-requisite for anyone wanting to attend any of the workshops that follow.   The Intersection between Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health: An Introduction August 4, 2020   Slide deck Recording   Workshops        The intensive workshops are directed towards specific populations. The intensive workshops are intended for individuals and providers who support the mental health, substance abuse, veterans, and school-age communities.The series will conclude with a final general session, again open to anyone, focused on screening in primary health care. The intensive workshops are limited to 20 participants each. Each workshop consist of a presentation, an interactive exercise, and Q & A. This format is designed to facilitate experiential learning and problem solving. Each workshop will be led by a nationally recognized subject matter expert.   Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health for the Addiction Prevention and Treatment Community August 18, 2020   Slide deck Recording    This session was provided in collaboration with the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center.    Trainer Anastasia Edmonston, MS CRC Trainer and Consultant, Maryland State Behavioral Health Administration Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health in the Veterans Community  September 8, 2020   Slide deck Recording   Trainer Dr. Lisa A. Brenner, Veterans Affairs Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health for the Mental/Behavioral Health Community September 10, 2020         Slide deck Recording   Trainer Dr. Kim Gorgens, University of Denver Panel Discussion: How States are Addressing TBI and Mental Health September 21, 2020   Slide Deck Recording   Resources shared by panelists:   Association Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Suicide Brandeis University resources about the interconnectivity between opioid misuse and brain injury CDC: TBI-related Deaths Extensive listing of resources and informational handouts for TBI related conditions from the North Dakota Brain Injury Network Factsheets on depression and emotional conditions after TBI: Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center HELPS Brain Injury Screening Tool Jeff Kruetzer, VA Commonwealth University resources National Association of State Head Injury Administrators resource library on co-occurring conditions Ohio State University Web-based TBI Training Modules Screening for TBI Using the OSU TBI-ID Method Traumatic Brain Injury-Related Deaths from Firearm Suicide: United States, 2008-2017 VA Rocky Mountain MIRECC on Suicide Prevention toolkit on TBI and co-occurring conditions   Panelists Rebeccah Wolfkiel, MPP, National Association of State Head Injury Administrators Rebecca Quinn, MSW, LMSW, North Dakota Traumatic Brain Injury Network Justine Ashokar, PhD, The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center at Black Hills Works Kate Kerkmans, LCSW, CBIS, The Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado Liz Gerdeman, MA, CBIST, MINDSOURCE Brain Injury Network Shawnda Schroeder, PhD, MA, Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center   Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health in the K-12 Education Community  October 6, 2020   Slide deck Recording   Trainer Dr. Karen McAvoy Open Session Webinar: Traumatic Brain Injury and Mental Health for the Primary Health Care Community October 27, 2020            Slide deck Recording   Trainers Caitlin Synovec, OTD, OTR/L Amber Richert, BSN, MSN, DNP      

This session will introduce the integration of behavioral health providers in primary care practices as well as the technical assistance the Mid-America MHTTC offers in this field. Speakers will demonstrate how integration efforts increase access to behavioral health, increase appointment attendance and reduce stigma. Members of the Mid-America MHTTC Integrated Care Program will welcome requests to establish and/or enhance integration efforts in primary care.  Learning Objectives:  •    Define integrated behavioral health care  •    Identify the consequences and costs of poor health to society, particularly poor behavioral health  •    Explain the importance of primary care in mental health delivery  •    Describe the advantages of integrated care for patients, physicians, and providers Target Audience: •    Behavioral Health Providers •    Primary Care Providers •    Nurses Learn more: https://bit.ly/ComingHometoIC

This flyer provides an overview of The Road to Primary Care: Several Paths to Coming Home, the Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, webinar in the Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health webinar series.

This flyer provides an overview of Ready to Hit the Pavement: How to Dive Into Primary Care, the Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, webinar in the Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health webinar series.

This flyer provides an overview of Considerations in Maintaining Equity on Our Path to Pediatric Primary Care, the Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, webinar in the Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health webinar series.

This flyer provides an overview of Starting Down the Integrated Care Road and How the Mid-America MHTTC Can Help, the Friday, July 31, 2020, webinar in the Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health webinar series.

This webinar focuses on behavioral lifestyle strategies for helping persons with serious mental illness (SMI) manage their weight. This includes using simple messaging and repetition to help ensure clients’ comprehension of weight loss strategies, setting high impact weight management behavioral goals, and tracking to increase client awareness and accountability. Objectives: Identify key lifestyle behaviors for weight management Learn the importance of using simple messaging and repetition when discussing weight management with persons with SMI Understand the value of "high impact" behavior goal setting Recognize the value of and strategies to increase client accountability   Presenter Dr. Gail Daumit is Samsung Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and directs the Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness. Her work focuses on improving physical health and decreasing premature mortality in populations with serious mental illness using health services research, clinical trials, and implementation science methods.       Resources Presentation Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) questionnaire  

On May 13th, we held a webinar led by Tony Cunningham, Ph.D., a postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Boston College. This webinar highlighted the importance of prioritizing sleep to help combat the spread of COVID19, the role of sleep in helping to maintain mental and physical health under current social restrictions, and the logistics of continuing sleep research during a pandemic.   To download the slides, click here.    To access the survey mentioned during the webinar, please go to: https://bit.ly/BC-COVID-Study-Online.    To view the Q&A we didn't get a chance to cover in the live event, click here. 

  Each Friday between March 20-May 8, we hosted a hour of gentle, relaxing yoga to reduce stress and increase happiness. To access all recorded Yoga sessions, click below.    Session Schedule 3/20    Session I: Rooted in Self-Love This session focuses on getting back to our roots and finding a source of love from within. 3/27    Session II: Sacred Pleasure This session focuses on finding moments of pleasure in the present moment. 4/3      Session III: Solar Strength This session focuses on building power in the core while developing inner strength. 4/10    Session IV: Heart-Powered             This session focuses on projecting the love we’ve cultivated for ourselves onto others to strengthen our compassion. 4/17    Session V: Speaking Truth             This session focuses on spreading love and truth intentionally by cultivating the courage to find our voice. 4/24    Session VI: Seeing Clearly             This session focuses on freeing the mind to better connect with others. 5/1      Session VII: Letting Go             This session focuses on surrendering to allow more room for love, connection, and kindness in our lives. 5/8      Session VIII: Building Community             This session brings together all of the tools from the past seven weeks and combines them to give us all a stronger sense of belonging in this and other communities.  

On February 26th, we held an online discussion series led by Douglas Robbins, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with Maine Behavioral Healthcare in Portland Maine and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University. He discussed the financing of First Episode Psychosis (FEP) Programs in Maine. To download the slides, click here. 

See the Northwest MHTTC's January newsletter. Read about some important collaborative meetings our staff traveled to, 2 webinars we are hosting in February, a CBTp research brief, and some valuable resources we wanted to share with you.    

On January 14th, the webinar led by Dr. Sonya Troller-Renfree – a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Teachers College, Columbia, University – examined how early life deprivation impacts brain activity, executive functioning, and attention across development (toddlerhood to adolescence). Participants learned how adversity-related deficits in neurocognitive functioning relate to peer relationships, mental health, and academic achievement. To download the slides, click here.