Series Description: 

Across healthcare systems, behavioral health professionals working in diverse roles and settings face challenges aligning practice with emerging evidence, integrated care expectations, and virtual delivery models. Ongoing changes in behavioral health science, policy, and technology have created uneven familiarity with effective approaches to assessment, intervention, and collaboration across disciplines. First session description: Presentation explains how chronic pain is shaped by the brain and nervous system, emphasizing that psychological, emotional, and contextual factors strongly influence the pain experience. It introduces modern mind body interventi

Target Audience: 

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Psychologists

Social Workers

Series Learning Objectives: 

At the completion of this activity, learners will be able to:

1. Identify emerging evidence, policies, and technologies shaping contemporary behavioral health practice across healthcare systems.

2. Apply effective, evidence-based strategies for behavioral health assessment and intervention within integrated and virtual care models.

3.Strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration by aligning roles and practices to improve consistency, coordination, and quality of behavioral health care.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement

Sutter Health designates this RSS activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, 1.00 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses, and 1.00 approved continuing education hours for social workers. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Note to Other Disciplines: Non-Physician Participation Credit (AKA - AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™) Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.