Best Behavioral Health Screening Products

In general, mental health screening tools provide insight but fail to help providers connect patients with the appropriate care. A range of tools exist to support providers in better screening and triaging mental health patients. Screening tools that include embedded decision support to help non-mental health providers direct patients to the right care are especially helpful.

Comprehensive school-based services include behavioral health promotion and prevention programming, screenings, at-school treatment, and intervention triage for students with more intensive needs. Health systems can support school-based services by providing clinicians (both in-person and through telehealth appointments) or provide training and education for providers employed by the school.

Integration has broad applicability across diverse populations, care settings, and geographies (i.e., urban, rural). BHI requires coordination of multiple elements across a healthcare delivery system, including infrastructure, communication platforms, and payment systems. Examples of BHI models with demonstrated success include the IMPACT care model, Collaborative Care Management Model (CoCM), and the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model.

Maternal and Infant Health: Between 5% and 25% of pregnant and postpartum parents experience some type of depression. Integrating behavioral health with OB/GYN, and primary care services, either physically or through digital modalities, enables more efficient behavioral health care delivery and allows for timely consults and/or patient screening/triaging across the pregnancy continuum.

Self-care resources can be supplemental benefits to employer-sponsored health insurance or as a support service to patients in between their regular doctor appointments. Tools can be used with guidance from a clinician/supervisor or with little to no intervention; however, they are found to be most effective when provided in conjunction with additional forms of care. Self-care tools are designed for specific conditions such as low acuity behavioral health needs.