Patient Centered Health interventions for Mental Health Interpersonal psychotherapy

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) can be defined as a structured intervention that focuses on the interpersonal issues facing the patient suffering from mental illnesses (Johnson et al.2019). IPT is based on the close relationship between mental illnesses and interpersonal issues including unemployment, loss of a close relative and financial struggles. The health care provider should explore the patient’s perceptions, previous experiences and expectations to determine the interpersonal problems facing the patient. The health care provider should aim at enhancing communication with the patient and improving the patient’s interpersonal skills. There are various tools that can be used to conduct Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). The Worry Tree was developed by Butler & Hope (1995) to identify various challenges experienced by patients suffering from mental illnesses. The Worry Tree can be adopted to allow patients express their views and challenges hence enabling the health care professional to view the mental issue from the perspective of the patient. Additionally, the health care provider should interview the patient’s family members and close friends to further analyze the personal issue facing the patient. The Interpersonal psychotherapy can be carried out for a duration based on the extent of interpersonal issue under consideration. However, the therapy sessions should take at least three weeks for each patient. 

Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

PCMH can be viewed as a care model where patient treatment is delivered by primary care physicians hence ensuring that patients receive care where they need it and in their unique way (Jolles, Lengnick-Hall and Mittman, 2019). The PCMH creates collaboration between health care providers, the patients’ families and the patient. Patients receive care in their preferred location including their homes hence the model crates a platform for personalized treatment. Treating mentally ill patients at their homes require the collaboration between health care providers and other stakeholders including the patients’ families and close friends. The family members are required to ensure that patients take their medication. Patient-Centered Medical Home has no specific time since care has to be provided until the patient has fully recovered. However, the process might take at least one month for every patient.

School-bases Interventions

The first two interventions are aimed at enhancing treatment for mental illnesses while the school-based interventions are aimed prevention and early detection of mental illnesses. The school-based interventions adopted for a particular school are determined by the school culture, school environment and policies. An example of a school-based program is the FRIENDS which is a manualized program that educate students on various aspects of mental health including anxiety management, emotional regulation and problem solving (Kozina, 2020). The FRIENDS program is coordinated by health care providers. The health care providers use the Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scale to evaluate the health outcome of the programs and detect any mental illnesses at an early stage. The school-based program should take place annually and take at least two months. The program should allow children to ask questions and have private sessions with health care providers in case the child is exposed to a mental illness risk.