Jun 3, 2021
Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss two articles:
2) Supporting the mental health workforce during and after COVID-19.
Dr. Druss is a psychiatrist and a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the School of Public Health at Emory University.
- How research interests and career path have provided expertise on these two seemingly very disparate articles (1:36)
- Background on interests in emergency department transitions (3:01)
- Methodology of ED transition study (4:23)
- Questions asked of subjects (7:52)
- Client, provider, and system perspectives (8:50)
- Social determinants of treatment seeking and post-discharge care (12:09)
- Surprising findings (14:38)
- How ED visits are often a confluence of factors that are outside of the control of patients (16:35)
- Structural factors compounding transition difficulties (18:38)
- How technical assistance supports the adoption and sustainment of evidence-based practices (23:00)
- Factors affecting successful implementation of evidence-based interventions (26:44)
- COVID disruption (29:00)
- COVID’s long-term effects on mental health service delivery (33:00)
- Panoramic view of COVID’s effects on the field from adjudicating papers (34:51)
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