Primary care settings have become a gateway for many individuals with behavioral health and primary care needs. To address these needs, primary care providers integrate behavioral health care services into their practice settings.
Health centers provide both mental health and substance use services.
- Screening for mental health and substance use disorders
- Developmental screenings
- Counseling and psychiatry
- 24-hour crisis intervention
- Medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders; detoxification, recovery support
Health Center Behavioral Health Performance Measure Accomplishments
According to 2019 Uniform Data System (UDS) data, health centers achieved the following:
- Over 11,989,271 million mental health visits
- More than 13,542.34 behavioral health FTEs to include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and substance use disorder specialists:
- Psychiatrists: 896.64 FTEs
- Licensed Clinical Psychologists: 962.24 FTEs
- Licensed Clinical Social Workers: 4,523.91 FTEs
- Other Licensed Mental Health Providers: 4,125.26 FTEs
- Other Mental Health Staff: 3,034.29 FTEs
- Mental health patients increased by 25.9% from 2017 (2,049,194) to 2019 (2,581,706)
- Depression screenings and follow-up measure for patients increased by nearly five percentage points from 2017 (66.2%) to 2019 (71.61%).
- Approximately 96% of HRSA health centers provide mental health services
- Additional health center data and reporting information
HRSA Behavioral Health Initiatives
- Learn more about the Integrated Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) Supplemental Funding and available technical assistance related to substance use and mental health services.
- Learn about HRSA Behavioral Health Workforce Development Programs, and the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program – Supplemental Funding, which aims to increase the number of professionals and paraprofessionals trained to deliver behavioral health and primary care services as a part of an integrated, interprofessional team in a HRSA-supported health center located in high-need and high demand areas.
- Learn more about the Expanding Access to Quality Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Services (SUD-MH) and Access Increases in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (AIMS) supplemental funding awards, as well as technical assistance related to substance use services.
- Learn how other HRSA supported providers and programs use a wide range of models to achieve integration, including care manager models, behavioral health clinician brief interventions, and models that support fully integrated behavioral/primary care health staff.
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