Competency in Combining Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy: Integrated and Split Treatment, 2nd Edition

Most clinicians endorse the combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy as more effective and beneficial than each modality alone, but combining these treatments can be a complicated and highly variable process.Competency in Combining Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy: Integrated and Split Treatment is designed to help psychiatrists at any stage of their career achieve competency in combining and coordinating pharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic treatments for the benefit of their patients.This guide, now in its updated, second edition, addresses both integrated (single clinician) and split/collaborative (multiple clinicians) treatments, discussing for each: • The selection of medication and psychotherapy• The patient evaluation and opening• Sequencing• Evaluating, monitoring, and supervising treatment• Terminating and transitioning patient care The book also offers a chapter -- new to this second edition -- that focuses on primary care access for mental health services in the context of integrated and split/collaborative care.The rapid transformation of clinical care models in new health systems means that competence in integrated and split/collaborative care is absolutely vital for long-established clinicians as well as for psychiatric professionals in the early stages of their careers.Competency in Combining Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy offers an unrivaled introduction to the complex process of combining medication and psychosocial treatments, clearly defining the competencies of combining two modalities. Psychiatric educators should note that this resource relates to all six main competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education: patient care and procedural skills, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice. This second edition of Competency in Combining Pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy: Integrated and Split Treatment is designed to help psychiatric clinicians at any stage of their career achieve competency in the often complex process of combining and coordinating pharmacotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic treatments for the benefit of their patients. For both integrated and split/collaborative treatments, this guide addresses basic topics, including the selection of medication and psychotherapy, patient evaluation, and saquencing, as well as more advanced matters, such as evaluation, monitoring, and supervision of treatment and best practices in terminating and transitioning patient care. A new chapter that focuses on primary care access for mental health services in the context of integrated and split/collaborative care is also included. The rapid transformation of clinical care models in new health systems means that competence in integrated and split/collaborative care is vital for both long-established clinicians and psychiatric professionals in the early stages of their careers. Competency in Combining Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy will help them achieve just that-and has the added benefit of relating to all six main competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Book jacket Introduction To Integrated And Split/collaborative Treatment -- Selection Of Medication And Psychotherapy In Integrated Treatment -- Evaluation And Opening In Integrated Treatment -- Sequencing In Integrated Treatment -- Selection Of Medication, Psychotherapy, And Clinicians In Split/collaborative Treatment -- Evaluation And Opening In Split/collaborative Treatment -- Sequencing And Maintenance In Split/collaborative Treatment -- Evaluation, Monitoring, And Supervision Of Integrated And Split/collaborative Treatment -- Termination In Integrated And Split/collaborative Treatment -- Primary Care And Split/collaborative Care : Improving Access, Decreasing Costs, Improving Outcomes -- Appendix : Review Questions On Competencies Related To Integrated And Split/collaborative Care. Michelle B. Riba, M.d., M.s., Richard Balon, M.d., Laura Weiss Roberts, M.d., M.a. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Preface 8 About the Authors 12 1 Introduction to Integrated and Split/Collaborative Treatment 14 2 Selection of Medication and Psychotherapy in Integrated Treatment 30 3 Evaluation and Opening in Integrated Treatment 46 4 Sequencing in Integrated Treatment 66 5 Selection of Medication, Psychotherapy, and Clinicians in Split/Collaborative Treatment 80 6 Evaluation and Opening in Split/Collaborative Treatment 90 7 Sequencing and Maintenance in Split/Collaborative Treatment 112 8 Evaluation, Monitoring, and Supervision of Integrated and Split/Collaborative Treatment 126 9 Termination in Integrated and Split/Collaborative Treatment 140 10 Primary Care and Split/Collaborative Care: Improving Access, Decreasing Costs, Improving Outcomes 152 Appendix: Review Questions on Competencies Related to Integrated and Split/Collaborative Care 164 Index 170