Abstract
The collaborative care model is an effective method to treat adults with depression and other psychiatric symptom presentations within primary care settings. Research suggests that patients treated by more experienced behavioral health care managers receiving consistent supervision experience greater symptom relief. Supervision is an essential and widely accepted component of the collaborative care model, though minimal guidance has been offered on how to best implement supervision and foster behavioral health care manager development within these programs. The present paper highlights the approach developed by a collaborative care program with an emphasis placed on consistent and frequent consultation and supervision and a weekly educational series aimed to improve behavioral health care managers’ assessment and intervention skills as well as their abilities to care for diverse patient populations.
Recommended Citation
Allen-Dicker, Jesse K.; Mutch, Virginia Kelly Arlt; and Tate, Derek M.
(2026)
"Innovations in Developing Behavioral Health Care Managers within Collaborative Care Programs,"
The Journal of Integrated Primary Care: Vol. 2:
Iss.
4, Article 1.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/jipc/vol2/iss4/1
