Despite growing recognition of the role social determinants play in shaping mental health outcomes, many clinical settings still focus narrowly on symptom reduction without systematically addressing the broader social context of patients’ lives. Measurement-Based Care (MBC) is the routine use of validated tools to monitor symptoms and guide treatment decisions. MBC has been shown to improve outcomes in mental health care by enabling more timely and tailored interventions (Lewis et al., 2019; Fortney et al., 2017). However, traditional MBC practices often overlook critical social factors such as housing instability, food insecurity, discrimination, and access to care, all of which can influence mental health and treatment response (Alegría et al., 2018; Compton & Shim, 2015). By integrating Social Determinants of Mental Health (SDoMH) into MBC workflows, this may offer an opportunity to deliver more holistic, equitable, and effective care, particularly for historically marginalized populations. This webinar addresses the urgent need to equip mental health professionals with practical strategies for merging clinical and social data, guided by evidence-based tools and culturally responsive practices (Shim et al., 2014; Lewis-Fernández et al., 2020).
Learning Objectives
- Define the key principles of Measurement-Based Care and Social Determinants of Mental Health and explain their relevance to patient-centered mental health treatment.
- Identify validated tools for symptom measurement and assessing social determinants and describe how they can be integrated into clinical workflows.
- Discuss ethical and practical challenges in implementing integrated assessments and describe strategies to ensure equitable, culturally responsive care.
- Promote awareness of PsychPRO and how it can be utilized to support MBC and SDoMH.
Target Audience
Medical Students, Residents/Fellows, Psychiatrists, non-psychiatrist Physicians, Psychologists, Social Workers, Peer Specialists, Nurses, and Pharmacists.
Format
Recorded webinar.
Instructional Level
Introductory
Estimate Time to Complete
Estimated Duration: 1.0 hour
Program Start Date: June 9, 2026
Program End Date: June 9, 2029
How to Earn Credit
Participants who wish to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may do so after completing all sections of the course including the evaluation. After evaluating the program, course participants will be provided with an opportunity to claim hours of participation and print an official CME certificate (physicians) or certificate of participation (non-physicians) showing the completion date and hours earned.
Continuing Education Credit
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Psychiatric Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Faculty Disclosures
- Bonnie T. Zima, M.D., M.P.H., Director, UCLA Mental Health Informatics and Data Science (MINDS) Hub and Professor-in-Residence, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
- James Potash, M.D., M.P.H., Henry Phipps Professor, Director of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins
- Nathan Carroll, D.O., M.B.A., M.P.H., National Medical Director, Insite Health
- Glenda Wrenn Gordon, M.D., Chief Clinical Strategy, Mindoula
Planning Committee
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