Disruptors at Work: An Integrated Care Podcast

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Michael Garrett, Principal at Mercer, on the progress and ongoing challenges in pursuing health equity for the LGBTQ+ population in 2021. Topics featured in this episode include health challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ population, how to provide culturally and clinically competent care for LGBTQ+ individuals, addressing environmental and social factors that can affec...

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Jodie NewDelman, PsyD on the emerging epidemic of chronic cannabis among teens. They discuss substance abuse exposure with teens, environment and family functional dynamic factors in teens' lives which may contribute to cannabis use, and changing legislation regarding medical and recreational use of marijuana, including measures to protect citizens from crimin...

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Zachary Fisk, MD, MBA and Dr. Christina Julian, MD of Acute Pain Therapies & Ketamine Clinic on the impact the pandemic has had on people with pre-existing depression, the increase of patients coming to their offices seeking new treatments for clinical depression, and how they are combatting the correlation between depression and chronic pain without the u...

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Ellen Fink-Samnick MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP on tackling collective occupational trauma in healthcare environments as well as non-healthcare environments. Collective occupational trauma refers to what happens when we are forced to push through stressful and traumatic daily work experiences, including exposure to, hearing, or seeing others in pain, fear, and terror...

Dr. Cara English is joined by Dr. Fanike Young, DBH, LCSW and Dr. Kerry Griffin, MD to discuss black maternal health and how healthcare providers can best serve their patients and help them achieve the best health outcomes. Fanike Young is a licensed clinical social worker and a Doctor of Behavioral Health, a master addiction counselor, and a certified clinical hypnotherapist. Dr. Young also serve...

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Melissa Johnson DBH, LPC, on the topic of integrated pediatric care, which refers to the integration of medical and behavioral or mental health services for children, adolescents, and their families in traditional pediatric care settings. Professionals involved in pediatric integrated care may be working collaboratively in a variety of settings rather than all...

In Aug 2019 after surveying 5 and a half thousand adults , the CDC estimated that anxiety symptoms have tripled and depression symptoms have quadrupled. Similar results were found in a May 2019 survey of pregnant and postpartum mothers; anxiety went from 29% pre-pandemic to 72% and 74% of mothers rated their mental stress as worse than prior to pandemic . Statistics like these often only add to ou...

Dr. Cara English, DBH speaks with Dr. Larry Ford, DBH, LBHP, BC, on the process of transforming Hands to Guide You from a carve-out behavioral health organization to a patient center medical home providing behavioral health and primary care services.  Dr. Larry Ford received his Masters in Counseling with an emphasis in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and he received his Doct...

In this 2 part interview, Dr. Cara English, DBH interviews Dr. Larry Ford, DBH, LBHP, BC, on the process of reverse integration, including accreditation for clinical practices and the operational and financial processes that it takes to prepare an outpatient behavioral health practice to transform into a fully integrated medical practice. Dr. Larry Ford received his Masters in Counseling with an e...

Dr. Cara English, DBH interviews Dr. C. Carl Wilson DBH, LPCC, CADC, on the topic of veteran suicide prevention and mental health.   Dr. Wilson is a Doctor of Behavioral Health who is licensed in professional clinical counseling from the states of California, Missouri and Iowa. Dr. Wilson served as a Non-commissioned  and Chaplain candidate in the United States Army for 11 years. He has...