Rövid leírás:

Integrated behavioral health plays a very important role in the pediatric practice. This book demonstrates that mental health, behavioral health, and psychology are an integral part of whole person medical care while helping to outline a path for the medical community to integrate behavioral health into their practices.

A comprehensive description of integrated behavioral health for general pediatrics is described in the first section of this text. It includes recommended terminology definitions, advice on building an integrated health service, interventions, intersectionality, models of change, person centered treatment planning and the use of integrated behavioral health in residency training programs. The second section focuses on how health equity is improved utilizing integrated behavioral health. Subsequent chapter focuses include describing how integrating psychologists in pediatric practices improves health equity, discussing improved healthcare for transgender youth, inequities of ethnic minorities and improved care for patients with disabilities. The third and final section describes how pediatric subspecialties are improved using integrated behavioral health. Subspecialties included are endocrinology, allergy and immunology, gastroenterology, obesity and medical weight loss and sleep medicine.

Written by experts in the field, Utilization of Integrated Behavioral Health in Pediatric Practice fills a much needed gap in medical literature by providing a comprehensive guide to integrated behavioral health, not only in pediatrics, but also pediatric subspecialties.

Hosszú leírás:

Integrated behavioral health plays a very important role in the pediatric practice. This book demonstrates that mental health, behavioral health, and psychology are an integral part of whole person medical care while helping to outline a path for the medical community to integrate behavioral health into their practices.

A comprehensive description of integrated behavioral health for general pediatrics is described in the first section of this text. It includes recommended terminology definitions, advice on building an integrated health service, interventions, intersectionality, models of change, person centered treatment planning and the use of integrated behavioral health in residency training programs. The second section focuses on how health equity is improved utilizing integrated behavioral health. Subsequent chapter focuses include describing how integrating psychologists in pediatric practices improves health equity, discussing improved healthcare for transgender youth, inequities of ethnic minorities and improved care for patients with disabilities. The third and final section describes how pediatric subspecialties are improved using integrated behavioral health. Subspecialties included are endocrinology, allergy and immunology, gastroenterology, obesity and medical weight loss and sleep medicine.

Written by experts in the field, Utilization of Integrated Behavioral Health in Pediatric Practice fills a much needed gap in medical literature by providing a comprehensive guide to integrated behavioral health, not only in pediatrics, but also pediatric subspecialties.

Tartalomjegyzék:

Part 1 – General Pediatrics.- Integrated behavioral health: definitions and contexts.- Building an Integrated Primary Care Service and Core Competencies.- Common Behavioral and Cognitive Interventions.- Intersectionality between Social, Behavioral, and Physical Health.- MODELS OF CHANGE FOR BEHAVIORAL AND HEALTH DISORDERS.- Empowering Care: Crafting Patient-Centered Treatment Plans for Optimal Outcomes.- Integrated Behavioral Health in Pediatric Residency Training Programs.- Part 2 – Health Equity/Cultural Humility.- Improving Health Equity in Primary Care by Integrating Behavioral Health.- Special populations including transgender and questioning youth.- The Role and Importance of Integrated Behavioral Health for Pediatric Patients with Disabilities.- Integrated Behavioral Health Challenges for Ethnic Minority Populations.- Part 3 – Pediatric Subspecialties.- Pediatric Subspecialties – Gastroenterology Clinics.- The Role of Integrated Behavioral Health to Improve Treatment Outcomes of Pediatric Endocrinology Disorders.- Health and Allergic Diseases.- Integrated behavior therapy in the management of childhood obesity.- Integrated Behavioral Health in a Sleep Subspecialty Clinic.