Book/Printed Material Optimizing the role of military behavioral health technicians : a survey of behavioral health technicians and mental health providers

Title

• Optimizing the role of military behavioral health technicians : a survey of behavioral health technicians and mental health providers

Summary

• Behavioral health technicians (BHTs), who are enlisted service members with the technical training to work alongside licensed mental health providers (MHPs), are an important part of the Military Health System (MHS) workforce. However, each service branch has different training requirements for BHTs, making it difficult to identify common qualifications across the BHT workforce and ensure that the MHS is making the best use of their skills. Building on prior RAND research that found inconsistencies in how BHTs were integrated across the force, researchers conducted what might be the largest survey to date of BHTs and MHPs. The results provide insights on BHTs' practice patterns, training and supervisory needs, and job satisfaction, as well as barriers to better integrating BHTs into clinical practice and steps that the MHS could take to optimize BHTs' contributions to the health and readiness of the force. Posing parallel sets of questions to BHTs and MHPs allowed comparisons of these groups' perspectives on these topics. The results revealed differences in views by service branch, time in practice, deployment history, and other characteristics. The researchers drew on these findings and recommendations to identify opportunities to optimize the BHT role.

Names

• Hepner, Kimberly A., author
• Holliday, Stephanie Brooks, author
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center
• Rand Corporation
• Psychological Health Center of Excellence (U.S.)

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2022]

Contents

• Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Methods -- Chapter Three: Demographic, Service, and Practice Characteristics -- Chapter Four: BHT Responsibilities and Clinical Tasks -- Chapter Five: Perceptions of BHT Proficiency -- Chapter Six: Training and Supervision -- Chapter Seven: Barriers to Effective BHT Practice -- Chapter Eight: Satisfaction -- Chapter Nine: Perceptions of Changes to BHT Practice -- Chapter Ten: Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Survey Sampling and Weighting -- Appendix B: Survey Development and Domains -- Appendix C: BHT Survey -- Appendix D: MHP Survey -- Appendix E: Supplementary Analyses.

Headings

• -  Allied mental health personnel--Armed Forces--United States
• -  Allied mental health personnel--Training of--United States
• -  Mental health services--Armed Forces--United States

Notes

• -  Title from PDF document (title page; viewed March 14, 2022)
• -  "Prepared for the Psychological Health Center of Excellence"
• -  "RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE"
• -  Minimal Level Cataloging Plus.
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246).
• -  Description based on electronic resource
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xxiii, 246 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• MLCM 2024/41266 (R)

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739291

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739291

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739291

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