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Table 1 Agency information and level of integration

From: ‘You just really have to assert yourself:’ social work, nursing, and rehabilitation counseling student experiences of providing integrated behavioral health services before and after the immediate start of COVID-19

Agency

Type of Agency

Graduate Students

Method of Service Delivery

Impact of COVID-19

Level of Integration

Agency 1

(Federally Qualified Health Center [FQHC])

Integrated primary care with behavioral health practitioners (BHPs) delivering mental health services.

Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Rehabilitation Counseling

In-person till March 19, 2020.

Students continued to see patients remotely.

Agency is fully integrated. PCPs did not always refer patients to students.

Agency 2

(FQHC)

Integrated primary care with BHPs delivering mental health services.

Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Rehabilitation Counselor

In-person till March 20, 2020.

Students continued to see patients both in-person and remotely.

Agency is fully integrated. Agency supervision sometimes lacking.

Agency 3

(FQHC)

Integrated primary care with BHPs delivering mental health services.

Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner

In-person till March 20, 2020.

Students provided a limited number of services remotely.

Agency is fully integrated. But students did not always have opportunities for working directly with PCPs.

Agency 4

(Community clinic)

Integrated primary care with BHPs delivering mental health services.

Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Rehabilitation Counselor, and Family Nurse Practitioner

In-person till March 20, 2020.

Students had option to provide services remotely.

Agency closed in May 2020 due to COVID-19 for summer.

Early stages of integration. Students had many opportunities for providing group therapy but not individual sessions.

Agency 5

(Community clinic)

Integrated primary care agency with drop-in center for homeless population. Offers mental health and psychosocial support. Also serves individuals with HIV.

Social Work, Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

In-person till March 20, 2020.

Students provided a limited number of services remotely.

Agency is working toward becoming fully integrated. Students had limited opportunities for collaboration.

Agency 6

(Community clinic)

Integrated primary care with behavioral health specialist delivering mental health services.

Social Work, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Rehabilitation Counseling

In-person till March 20, 2019.

Students provided a limited number of services remotely. Clinical supervisor was reassigned, so students had to terminate with patients early.

Agency is fully integrated. Also a training facility for other mental health professionals. Thus, patient flow was limited.