Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 24, 2025

Behavioral health (BH) clinicians who provide clinical supervision often lack formal training for primary care settings, and there is little formal support in their practice settings, which can lead to isolation. There is not yet a uniform approach to providing professional development in primary care supervision. In one of my latest publications in The Clinical Teacher , I share findings from our work that aims to improve that process, by enhancing training and connection among behavioral healt

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MARCH 12, 2025

The four core functions of primary care—the 4Cs (first contact, comprehensiveness, coordination, and continuity)—are fundamental to achieving high-quality care. Researchers have worked to refine and operationalize these functions by identifying measurable elements and exploring strategies that enhance their effectiveness. Given the complex interplay among these functions, gathering patient perspectives on those core functions seems key to effectively operationalizing and measuring them.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MARCH 21, 2025

On January 7, 2025, SAMHSA announced the award of one-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) Demonstration planning grants to 14 states and Washington, D.C., for $1 million per recipient as authorized by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) of 2022, to address the ongoing national mental health and substance use disorder crises.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MARCH 27, 2025

The portrayal of the doctor-patient relationship in films is rather interesting. When the film is a documentary, such portrayal is also revealing, as is the case with “Fire at Sea,” directed by Gianfranco Rosi in 2016. The documentary is set in Lampedusa, the largest of the Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and a crucial landing point for African migrants due to its proximity to the North African coast.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 11, 2025

In the current post-truth moment in history, the lines between personal beliefs and objective facts are becoming increasingly blurred. The distinction between the two is vital not only for the advancement of science, social justice, and health but also for life in the community and our collective well-being. It has been suggested that psychology’s role in this post-truth era should be to help people differentiate between beliefs and facts by studying and developing the meta-cognitive skill

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

Dear Mr. Kennedy, First, thank you for bringing urgency and passion to the nation’s conversation on health and the chronic disease epidemic. Your desire to reimagine our approach to well-being is one that we share as a 30-year-old upstart association rooted in the fundamental idea that our health system is disintegrated. At the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), we see your agenda aligning with ours in powerful ways.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

One evening, after wrapping up a full day of work, I stood in my kitchen staring at a bowl of fruit. My 12‑year‑old’s pediatrician had just urged us to add more produce to her diet but cajoling her into eating it felt impossible. I opened ChatGPT and typed: “I need smoothie recipes using bananas, strawberries and blueberries; I also have peanut butter and milk.

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