by Kristal Jones | Feb 26, 2024 | Behavioral Health
As mental health concerns have been exacerbated for children and adolescents in the United States by the COVID 19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to expand access to healthcare services. Concert Health launched the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) which is...
by Kristal Jones | Nov 21, 2023 | Behavioral Health
In 2021 JG was contracted by the Montana Healthcare Foundation (MHCF) to provide technical assistance to sites and to create a data dashboard that supports the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Initiative grantee data collection, reporting, and analysis. MHCF is...
by Kristal Jones | Jul 9, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorders
In 2021 the state of Montana put together a program to expand the state’s capacity for and access to treatment for stimulant use disorders (stimUD). This program, known as The Treatment of Users of Stimulants or TRUST program, provides expanded access to treatment and...
by Kristal Jones | Apr 29, 2022 | Behavioral Health
In 2017 the Montana Board of Behavioral Health began certifying peer support specialists to use their personal experience with behavioral health disorders to work one on one with individuals currently diagnosed with behavioral health disorders. This position of...
by Kristal Jones | Jan 21, 2022 | Behavioral Health, State Opioid Response, Substance Use Disorders
Unmet behavioral health needs of pregnant and pospartum women impact the health and wellbeing of women and their families, and there are many organizations working across the state of Montana to draw on evidence-based approaches to addressing these needs. In December...
by Kristal Jones | Dec 11, 2021 | Behavioral Health
Integrated behavioral health (IBH) is a clinical approach to identify and start to address mental health and substance use needs in the primary care setting. IBH includes routine screening and the use of a team-based model of care that includes behavioral health care...
