The Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health, (Oxford University Press) is a leading edge publication that sits at the juncture of medical sciences, social values, policy formation, and global mental health. Dr Delia Hendrick MD, Westbridge’s full-time medical director, co-authored three chapters of this prestigious publication. According to co-editor and WestBridge board member Robert E Drake, MD, PhD, “Dr. Hendrick is one of the top experts in the world on serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorder, and co-occurring physical illness. Her contributions to this textbook have been invaluable.” https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198898818.001.0001
Dr. Cimpean Hendrick contributed to the following chapters:
Principles and Standards for Medication Management of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (Thomas E. Smith, Delia C. Hendrick): “This chapter reviews the key standards and activities prescribers should be aware of related to the assessment, initiation, and continuation of medication treatment to optimize patient engagement in care and improve adherence to psychopharmacological best practices.”
Managing Co-occurring Physical Disorders in Mental Health Care (Delia C. Hendrick, Robert E. Drake): “This chapter examines the increased rates of medical comorbidity in people with […] mental illness, the reasons for medical morbidity and early mortality, and outlines interventions addressing primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and integration of care.”
Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders (Robert E. Drake, Kim T. Mueser, Delia C. Hendrick): “This chapter first reviews the generic characteristics of people with co-occurring substance use disorders, including prevalence, complications, and need for integrated treatment […] then describes […] some of the effective interventions.”
About Dr. Hendrick:
Dr. Hendrick is Board certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine, and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Preventive Medicine, and the American Board of Internal Medicine. She completed medical school at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, and training at the combined Psychiatry/Internal Medicine Residency Program at the Geisel Medical School of Dartmouth College. Dr. Hendrick has been with WestBridge since 2010, and was on staff at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for 15 years. She is widely published and a frequent presenter.
About WestBridge:
WestBridge is a family founded non-profit organization, established in 2001, dedicated to supporting the long term recovery of adults and their families that experience mental illness (often thought and mood disorders) with or without and substance use. For co-occurring disorders, the integrated treatment model addresses both disorders concurrently, in the same setting, by the same team. WestBridge provides residential treatment, community-based outpatient treatment and an intensive outpatient program using evidence-based practices that have been proven to work. WestBridge also embraces families throughout the process, helping them to learn, communicate and become trusting partners in recovery.
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