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Behavioral Health Toolkit for Medical Providers
Intellectual and Developmental Disabillities
Health Care for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Toolkit)
Screening for Behavioral Healthcare Issues: What tools should I use?
Each medical practice is unique in terms of who you serve and how your office operates. Therefore, we have catalogued a number of assessment tools to help you identify tools that best fit your practice and your patients.
Screening tools
To the left you will find screening tools that are organized first by clinical category and age.
Resources
To the right you will find resources including behavioral health care guidelines, identifying in-network referrals and health information for patients. You may also want to visit our library of brief, informative Psych Hub videos.
CDC:Chronic Pain and Opioids
Behavioral Health Resources
Substance Use Disorder Helpline
1-855-780-5955
A 24/7 helpline for providers and patients to:
- Identify local MAT and behavioral health treatment providers and provide targeted referrals for evidence-based care
- Educate members/families about substance use
- Assist in finding community support services
- Assign a care advocate to provide ongoing support for up to 6 months, when appropriate
Medication-assisted Treatment
Best Practices
- Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence: Initiation and Engagement in Treatment
- Antidepressant Medication Management
- Behavioral Health Care after an Emergency Department Visit or Inpatient Hospitalization
- Best Practices for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotic Medications
- Care for Individuals Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and/or Prescribed Antipsychotic Medication
- Follow-up Care for Children Prescribed ADHD Medication
- Metabolic Screening for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics
- Use of Multiple Concurrent Antipsychotic Medications in Children and Adolescents
Referrrals for Behavioral Health
- Provider Search Online - Live and Work Well Directory
Coordination of Care
- Communication is key when coordinating care with behavioral health providers
- The Dangers of Drug Interactions and Use of Multiple Medications
Additional Assessment Information
- SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment)
- Suicide
- SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage)
- SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage)
- Trauma
- PC-PTSD-5 (Information & Tools for Primary Care from National Center for PTSD)
Health Information for your patients
- Live and Work Well Clinician web page (use access code "Clinician")
Optum Guidelines
- Behavioral Clinical Policies
- Best Practice Guidelines
- Coverage Determination Guidelines
- Level of Care Guidelines