Topic in Focus: Mental Health

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Proper mental health care requires qualified immunity protections

Learn how the AMA is fighting to protect a Pennsylvania law that balances patient safety and mental health treatment availability.

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What doctors wish patients knew about postpartum care

The postpartum period is a critically important time in maternal health. Baptist Health Medical Group Jennifer Heer Ford, MD, shares more.

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Compendium of behavioral health integration resources for physician practices

The BHI Compendium PDF serves as a tool to sustain behavioral health integration to achieve the goal of enabling timely access to equitable, whole-person care.

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Strategic behavioral health guides for patient care

The AMA's how-to guides focus on practical treatment strategies for patients’ behavioral, mental and physical health needs.

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Care for substance use disorder guide

Download a PDF of the AMA's guide on substance use disorder (SUD) that provides physician practices with practical strategies for addressing substance use or misuse in their patients.

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Designing a workflow for behavioral health integration

Find actionable, evidence-based guidance and PDF resource for creating an integrated behavioral health workflow for primary care practices.

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Psychopharmacology guide on prescribing psychotropic medications

Download a PDF of the AMA's psychopharmacology how-to guide that offers best practices on when and how to treat patients with psychotropic medications.

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Suicide prevention guide to treat at-risk patients

Download a PDF of the AMA's "Suicide Prevention How-To Guide" that offers best practices on suicide prevention to enable primary care providers and teams to treat at-risk patients.

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Pearl of the Week: A team approach for behavioral health

Find resources on behavioral health care and engaging behavioral health clinicians for additional assistance in your practice.

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AMA STEPS Forward® Pearl of the Week