Join the Pacific West Hub on June 24th for a 90 minute focus group for members of the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association! NWRPCA members identified behavioral health integration as a key priority area of need. Through this focus group, we hope to better understand the challenges members are currently facing with behavioral health, as well as learn where additional support would be most valuable. Input from members will directly shape how the Pacific West Hub of CMHIS can tailor resources and provide support to meet the needs of members.  

The focus group will be led by Dr. Lydia Chwastiak and Dr. Anna Ratzliff from the University of Washington. Dr. Chwastiak is the Co-Director of the Pacific West Hub of CMHIS. She is a national expert on improving medical and mental health care and outcomes for people with complex needs in low resource settings, such as safety net and low-barrier primary care clinics and community mental health centers. Dr. Ratzliff is the Co-Director of AIMS Center and a national expert on Collaborative Care and specifically, on training teams to implement and deliver mental health treatment in primary care settings.   

We hope NWRPCA members will join us for this important conversation! 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Identify implementation challenges and barriers to behavioral health integration in primary care settings. 
2. Consider possible implementation strategies and facilitators to integrating behavioral health services in primary care settings. 
3. Identify possible resources and areas of support needed for primary care behavioral health integration.  

This opportunity is open to NWRPCA members. Please email pacificwest@cmhisupport.org with any questions.