Behavioral Health

Comprehensive Care

Behavioral health specialists work closely with primary care providers and can address adjustment disorders, anxiety, and mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder. They also provide parenting support and address sleep concerns, substance use, and trauma. Specialists see patients for up to 12 visits in our clinic or virtually via telehealth appointments. Therapy services are evidence-based and utilize cognitive-behavioral therapy, behavioral activation, and problem-solving treatment.

Children and Adolescents

Changes to routine, home life, and school can be overwhelming, especially for children and adolescents. With a referral from a primary care provider, behavioral health services can support psychiatric assessment, treatment, and support of common behavioral disorders such as depression, anxiety, and attention deficit disorder.

Integrated Behavioral Health

Jefferson Healthcare Primary Care behavioral health specialists (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Workers) work closely with primary care providers (doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants) and psychiatric consultants to provide coordinated, convenient and cost-effective behavioral health services for our patients within their primary care clinics. Our psychiatric consultants can provide additional support with diagnostic clarification and recommendations around medication and psychotherapy. Our psychiatric consultants meet with our behavioral health specialists weekly to discuss patient care and track progress over time using a registry. They then make recommendations to the primary care providers about the next steps in care. They can also see patients in person for 1–3 brief consultation appointments to discuss their needs further.0 Our psychiatric consultants do not see patients on an ongoing basis.

Access

Recognizing early signs of mental health problems and knowing when a behavioral or emotional issue needs professional help is crucial for healthy development and the well-being of children, adolescents, and adults. Our primary care providers can refer patients to a behavioral specialist during a primary care appointment. To make an appointment, call your primary clinic.

Coordinated Care

There are times when patients would benefit from more support and a higher level of care. In these cases, integrated behavioral health can help coordinate care between other services (medical, behavioral health, school, community, etc.) and can serve as a bridge to outpatient behavioral health services. Integrated behavioral health also helps minimize health care costs because it is integrated within primary care clinics.

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)

Treatment and support are available and can change your life. Our primary care team can help with questions or concerns about opioid, alcohol, nicotine, THC or stimulant use. Call 360.379.2248 or talk to your provider.