Where do the Healthy IDEAS case managers come from?
Healthy IDEAS uses an approach to deliver depression care that relies on delivery of the entire intervention not by mental health professionals employed solely to perform the intervention but instead by case managers in existing social service agencies, who may or may not have prior mental health background. Case managers in the adopting organizations are trained to offer the Healthy IDEAS intervention, including how to conduct screening, do education about signs of depression, provide linkages to health or mental health care, and perform BA.
