Pennsylvania CEO Karen Wolk Feinstein Shows How Primary Care Providers Can Do Better At Identifying Patients With Behavioral Problems

Circle Connections: New Products & Services The Sandy Hook mass shooting has stirred debate on how we can control guns and reform our mental health system to help prevent such tragedies. The Jewish Healthcare Foundation suggests improving behavioral health screening and intervention services in primary care settings, such as doctor's offices and emergency rooms. Primary care professionals are well-positioned to identify behavioral health issues and provide evidence-based treatment before conditions grow in severity. But only half of patients with depression are identified, and less than half of patients with a behavioral health diagnosis receive any kind of . . .