Integrated Behavioral Health: Applying the Biodyne Model in Healthcare

Integrated Behavioral Health: Applying the Biodyne Model in Healthcare offers a fully modernized, post-pandemic reframing of integrated care.

Tackling today’s most pressing realities – health disparities, trauma exposure among patients and providers, and the structural challenges that limit access, equity, and sustainability across global healthcare systems – this authoritative text blends evidence, strategy, and innovation across three focused sections:

• Section 1 establishes essential foundations of integrated care, including contemporary reimbursement and value-based payment models.
• Section 2 defines the structural pillars of high-performing systems – interprofessional ethics, quality metrics, health equity and inclusion, and the accelerating role of technology and innovation.
• Section 3 modernizes the Biodyne Model by focusing on population-based implementation, addressing current demographic trends and marginalized populations across the lifespan.

Providing a strategic road map for reimagining healthcare and placing patients back at the center as empowered partners, the authors position integrated behavioral health as the catalyst for innovation and sustainable system transformation, offering effective strategies to improve outcomes.

Following in the footsteps of the seminal Refocused Psychotherapy as the First Line Intervention in Behavioral Health, which advanced the integrated behavioral health model, this book is a must-read for healthcare entrepreneurs, executives, clinical leaders, and advanced students and educators seeking scalable, whole-person solutions.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 International license.

Cara English, DBH, PMH-C, is CEO of Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies. She leads strategy, academics, and mentorship and has served the International Foundation of Integrated Care for a decade, including as SIG co-chair and journal editorial board member.

U. Grant Baldwin Jr., DBH, is a seasoned professional known for expertise in integrated healthcare management, Medicaid and Medicare administration, and organizational innovation. He is currently serving as the Director of the DBH Program at Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies.

Ellen Fink-Samnick, DBH, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, CCM, CCTP, CRP, FCM, is an award-winning author, educator, and thought leader known for her critical focus on health equity, integrated care, interprofessional ethics, professional case management, quality, and trauma-informed leadership. She is faculty member, an academic advisor, and the IRB coordinator for Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies.