Adult Behavioral Health in Primary Care
Be the clinician your patients on the waiting list can’t afford to wait for.
Join the Notification ListWHO IT’S FOR
Adult primary care clinicians: Family physicians, internists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants
Adults with mental health conditions are waiting months — sometimes longer — to see a specialist. Their primary care clinician is often the only health care professional they see in the meantime. This course builds the skills and confidence you need to assess, diagnose, and treat adult behavioral health problems in your own practice, so your patients get support now rather than later.
Like all REACH training, this course is built on adult learning science. It has two components:
- A 3-day, 17-hour interactive workshop focused on building skills and confidence in diagnosing and treating adult behavioral health problems.
- A 4-month case-based distance learning program — eight bimonthly, one-hour group calls led by a REACH family physician-psychiatrist faculty team, working through cases from your actual practice.
All participants receive a custom toolkit with: assessment instruments, dosing and side effect charts, medication comparison tables, and patient handouts — everything you need to put your learning to work immediately.
Participants can earn up to 25.5 CME credits for both components.
COURSE GOALS
After this course, you’ll be able to:
Identify and differentiate adult behavioral health conditions — including anxiety, somatic symptoms, depression, chronic pain, substance use, adult ADHD, psychosis, and bipolar disorder.
Manage psychopharmacology with confidence: select medications, adjust dosages, monitor progress, and minimize side effects.
Build and implement a treatment plan using the resources available to you and your patients.
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Accreditation & Designation
CME Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and The REACH Institute. UAMS is jointly accredited by the ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA Credit Designation
AMA Credit Designation
This live activity is designated for a maximum of 25.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Participants should claim credit commensurate with their participation.
ANCC Credit Designation
This live activity is designated for a maximum of 25.5 ANCC contact hours, awarded based on documented attendance and completed evaluations.
AAPA Credit Designation
Authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA), this activity is designated for 25.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should claim credit commensurate with their participation.
Hear from participants
“This course gave me so many strategies and tools to assess my patients — and to be a better practitioner for patients who are waiting on long lists to see a psychiatric specialist.”
— Catherine Kent, MD
Pediatrician, Portland, OR
YOUR Questions Answered
Everything you need to know before you register.
This course is built for adult primary care clinicians — family physicians, internists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants — who see mental health challenges in their adult patients and want to feel more confident addressing them.
You’ll be able to identify and differentiate common adult behavioral health conditions, manage psychopharmacology with confidence, and build treatment plans using the resources available to you — reducing your patients’ dependence on specialist waitlists.
The course has two components: a 3-day, 17-hour interactive workshop on diagnosing and treating adult behavioral health problems, followed by a 4-month case-based program with eight bimonthly one-hour calls led by a REACH family physician-psychiatrist faculty team.
The course covers anxiety, somatic symptoms, depression, chronic pain, substance use, adult ADHD, psychosis, and bipolar disorder — the full range of behavioral health conditions most commonly presenting in adult primary care.
All participants receive a custom toolkit including assessment instruments, dosing and side effect charts, medication comparison tables, and patient handouts — everything you need to apply your learning immediately after the workshop.
Yes. Check current course dates for available formats and schedules.
Participants can earn up to 25.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, 25.5 ANCC contact hours, or 25.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits by completing both the workshop and the follow-up program.
The PPP focuses on pediatric mental health — children and adolescents. This course is designed specifically for clinicians treating adult patients, covering the behavioral health conditions most common in adult primary care practice.
Cancellations made 20 or more days before the course receive a 90% refund. Refunds decrease on a sliding scale closer to the course date. Transfers to another session are available within 12 months of registration.
Still Have Questions?
Our team is happy to help you determine if Adult Behavioral Health
is the right fit for you or your institution.
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