Collaborative Care and Wellness
Collaborative Care and Wellness
Our Mission
To incorporate family oriented care, education, and research into our services to improve the health of populations in the Rochester region by developing and implementing effective behavioral health interventions in collaboration with employers and other health care providers.
We envision a world where health is defined as a biopsychosocial experience, and where inter-professional teams work together collaboratively for the benefit of patients and their families.
APA TV: A Biopsychosocial Approach for the 21st Century
Department of the Psychiatry
Division of Collaborative Care and Wellness
Patient Services
The Collaborative Care and Wellness division offers integrated clinical services to improve the care and quality of life for our patients.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
EAP is a set of professional services specifically designed to improve and/or maintain the productivity and healthy functioning of individuals in the workplace.
EAP addresses an organization’s business needs through expertise in human behavior and interpersonal relationships.
Behavioral Health Partners (BHP)
BHP is the University of Rochester mental health service available for employees and their dependents (18 and older) who are enrolled in a University Health Care Plan. BHP offers solution-focused, time-limited psychotherapy and medication management for depression, anxiety, stress, and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Family Therapy Services
We provide mental health services for individuals, couples, families, and relational systems of all kinds. Sessions are focused on how mental illness affects families and the role played by family dynamics.
Women’s Behavioral Health
Providing mental health care to women facing a variety of challenges related to reproductive health or relationship issues, including pregnancy, postpartum depression, menopause, chronic vulvar pain and more.
Heal through Education Advocacy and Law (HEAL) Collaborative
A multidisciplinary service for individuals experiencing interpersonal victimization and violence (IPV) including crisis intervention and safety planning, patient consultation and assessment, patient follow-up, education and provider consultation.
Highland Family Medicine Clinic
Our onsite behavioral health services are provided through Strong Memorial Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry.
The clinic provides care for individuals, couples, family, and group counseling to patients and family members.
Primary Care Integration in Safety Net Practices
We support clinicians embedded in several primary care practices and focusing on providing behavioral health services as part of the primary care team.
Psychiatric-Oncology
We provide psychiatric evaluations, brief therapeutic interventions, and medication recommendations for patients who receive care at UR Medicine Wilmot Cancer Institute. We also provide support and consultation to inpatient Wilmot teams.
Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service (PCLS)
PCLS provides psychiatric consultation to patients presenting to the Emergency Departments (EDs) or admitted to inpatient beds at several hospitals. Our services include the following:
- Inpatient consultation service at Strong Memorial Hospital: Supporting all patients admitted to the hospital and providing psychiatric consultations when requested by their medical or surgical teams.
- Proactive Integration of Mental Health Care in Medicine (PRIME): This service involves screening patients early during the admission process and providing early interventions to improve outcomes in the hospital setting.
- Highland Hospital Consultation Support: This service provides psychiatric oversight and support for inpatient psychiatric consultations at Highland Hospital.
- Telehealth Psychiatric Consultation for Rural Hospitals: This service involves providing psychiatric support for several regional hospitals by providing case consultation to providers and psychiatric assessment officers (PAOs) on site as well as telehealth consultations for patients in the emergency departments (EDs) as well as inpatient units.
Strong Internal Medicine
Strong Internal Medicine (SIM) is an academic primary care practice for adults at Strong Memorial Hospital, including behavioral health services.
Education
The division of Collaborative Care and Wellness educational programs and resources.
Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
A subspecialty of psychiatry focused on treating behavioral conditions in patients with medical and surgical problems. C-L Psychiatry is suitable for students interested in biopsychosocial care, those who wish to learn about ethics and palliative care, as well as medical illnesses and psychiatric and psychological issues, and who enjoy collaborating with other clinicians.
Family Therapy Training Program
Our program is part of the Graduate School at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and is an integral part of the Psychiatry Department’s Institute for the Family. Located within the University of Rochester Medical Center, our program offers students a unique opportunity to learn about mental health and families in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment.
MS in Marriage and Family Therapy
Students will learn major family therapy models and receive clinical training with all types of client populations, addressing individual, couple, and family issues. All students will take part in live family therapy supervision, where families are seen by students guided by an Approved Supervisor in marriage and family therapy.
Post-degree Certificate Program in Medical Family Therapy
Training for professionals holding an advanced degree (such as MS, MD, PhD, PsyD) who are interested in specialty training in family therapy theory and clinical practice.
Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale Assessment Resources
Comprehensive educational materials for assessing catatonia include a detailed Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale Training Manual and Coding Guide, training videos featuring standardized patients that illustrate how to assess for all items of the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale, and additional resources.
Research
The Wynne Center
The Wynne Center for Family Research is dedicated to studies that help families learn how to cope with the stress of serious illness and loss, improve parent-child relationships, decrease intimate partner violence and improve couple relationships, train physicians and other clinicians in patient-centered, family-oriented healthcare.
