This infographic provides details on behavioral activation - a brief intervention that breaks patterns of avoidance and helps reestablish routines, thereby increasing pleasurable experiences and decreasing depression in patients.
Resource Topic:
Anxiety
RUB CBT Manual: Behavioral Activation for Depression
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a short-term, evidence-based treatment for many mental health concerns, including depression. It is based on science that shows that thoughts (cognitions) and behaviors (actions, choices) affect the way we feel (emotions). This...
Patient Education About Anti-Depressants
This video follows a conversation between a patient and a treating provider. They discuss benefits, side effects and processes behind taking antidepressants.
Mental health fact sheets (EFDC)
Patients can download or print these mental health fact sheets and tools so they have them available at any time. They can use the tools on their own, or bring them to their next health care appointment to review with their doctor.
Principles of Geriatric Mental Health for Collaborative Care Settings
Presentation by Dr. Donovan Maust, a geriatric psychiatrist with the VA Ann Arbor Health System and Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry.
Access to mental health care in Michigan (CHRT)
Using data from the Cover Michigan Survey and the Michigan Primary Care Physician Survey, both fielded in calendar year 2012, this brief explores issues related to the prevalence of mental health disease, specifically depression and anxiety, and the capacity of the...
Collaborative Care for people with depression and anxiety (podcast)
Many people suffer from depression and anxiety. These problems can make people feel sad, scared and even suicidal, and can affect their work, their relationships and their quality of life. Depression and anxiety can occur because of personal, financial, social or...
County-level estimates of mental health professional shortage in the United States
Published in Psychiatric Services. This study examined shortages of mental health professionals at the county level across the United States. A goal was to motivate discussion of the data improvements and practice standards required to develop an adequate mental...
Collaborative Care for Depression and Anxiety Problems
Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Collaborative care is associated with significant improvement in depression and anxiety outcomes compared with usual care, and represents a useful addition to clinical pathways for adult patients with depression...
Daniel’s Story: An Introduction to Collaborative Care (video)
Learn about Collaborative Care through the eyes of Daniel, a patient whose care team changed his life.