When you aren’t feeling like yourself, we have resources and support to help you improve your mental health and well-being. We provide compassionate care for a variety of behavioral and mental health concerns with online and in-person appointment options.

START WITH

Visiting with your Primary Care Provider first ensures that your healthcare is well-coordinated, personalized, and cost-effective. They play a crucial role in managing your overall health and can guide you through the healthcare system when specialized care is necessary. Your provider will then connect you with an Integrated Health Therapist.

CONTINUE ON

Perham Health’s Integrative Health Therapists are licensed clinical therapists that can offer therapy on a short-term basis anywhere from 1-3 visits. They can also provide resources to patients for ongoing therapy, testing or medication management.

What is an Integrated Health Therapist:

• A Behavioral Health Consultant to providers
• They perform brief Behavioral Health Assessments
• Therapeutic Intervention to patients managing behavioral health problems and/or chronic physical health conditions
• They are a connection to long term behavioral health and chemical health services
• The initial patient visit assists IHTs for a better understanding of the patient and what is needed

Perham Health IHTs work with some patients ongoing for their short term psychotherapy needs and others to help connect to the recommended behavioral health services. IHTs strive to be aware of what services are available to patients in their community and assist with getting this connection established.

MOVING FORWARD

Your IHT may refer you to a specialist who can provide more effective assistance in managing your condition and obtain the level of treatment you need.

• A psychiatric nurse practitioner is a medical professional who treats mental health conditions including prescribing medications.
• Psychologists are mental health professionals who diagnose, assess and treat mental health conditions.
• Behavioral Health offers counseling to individuals, families and couples.
• Chemical dependency, or addiction, is a condition that requires both psychological and physical care.
• Eating disorders have physical and psychological symptoms that can turn life-threatening.
• Mental health issues can make it difficult to participate in daily activities. Occupational therapy is here to help you re-engage in the activities that matter to you.

Your care team of clinical and support professionals may include: care managers, clinical social workers, counselors, licensed addiction counselors, licensed marriage and family therapists, mental health practitioners, psychiatrists, and psychologists.