1011-16: Pharmacological Management in the Integrated Behavioral Health Setting

This presentation explains the correlation between the Accountable Care Organizations and Integrated Behavioral Health. Since there are many ways in which to integrate behavioral health services , examples are given on how to collaborate and integrate services, prescriber roles and opportunities using evidence based treatments for depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia, traumatic disorders and many more.

Presenter: Laura K. Melaro, DNP, APN, FNP- BC, PMH-BC

Disclosures: The speaker has indicated a significant financial interest or other affiliation with Otsuka/Lundbeck Pharmaceutical Speakers Bureau. Off-label uses will be discussed during this presentation. The activity planners have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Session Length:  75 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Session Objectives:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
1. Explain the correlation between Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) and Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH).
2. Recognize the different levels of collaboration/integration for delivery of Integrated Behavioral Health services.
3. Explore the role of prescribers in Integrated Behavioral Health settings.
4. Identify evidence based psychiatric treatment appropriate for the Integrated Behavioral setting.

Keywords: Integrated Care, Pharmacology, Accountable Care Organizations, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Schizophrenia, Child and Adolescent

Continuing Nursing Education
1.25 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 14th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute
Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor
Saturday, June 11, 2016
4:00pm – 5:30pm

Release Date: July 29, 2016
The contact hours for this session expire: August 31, 2018