Behavioral health clinicians working in smaller, rural integrated behavioral health centers will often find themselves in the challenging position of seeing multiple members of the same family, or seeing patients who are close friends or coworkers. This presentation will review recommendations for navigating ethical challenges within PCBH programs, highlighting differences between PCBH and traditional/specialty mental health approaches to ethics, as well as highlighting challenges unique to rural PCBH programs. The presenters will also share examples, lessons learned, and tips/tricks that they’ve learned practicing PCBH in a variety of different rural clinics serving several different types of patient populations.
Shanice Santa Olivo PhD, Faculty Behavioral Health Consultant, Community Health of Central Washington, Yakima, WA
Ryan Boggess MS, LMHC, Behavioral Health Consultant, Community Health of Central Washington, Ellensburg Campus (CHCW-E), Ellensburg, WA
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