Columbia Health wins Poster Award at college mental health conference

Columbia Health is proud to announce that the poster, “Behavioral Health Integrative Model: Urban College Campus Medical Services”, was this year’s winner of the Jeremy Safran Memorial Poster Award at the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration’s 39th Annual Meeting!  

This award is given by The Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy (American Psychological Association Division 29) to recognize an outstanding poster presented during the annual SEPI poster session. 

Dr. Eduvigis Cruz-Arrieta traveled to Vancouver, Canada on behalf of the team to present their experience launching a behavioral health integration program between Medical Services and Counseling and Psychological Services, patient outcomes and future direction for this approach.  

Check out the poster and view photos from the 39th Annual SEPI Conference: 

Poster authored by: Eduvigis Cruz-Arrieta, Ph.D.; Adam Johnson, Psy.D.; Arielle Toporovsky, Ph.D.; Tahshann Richards, D.O.; Roseann Neuberg, N.P.; Sara Berger, L.S.C.W.; WaiKwan (Bonnie) Li, M.A.; Karisma Ajodah, M.S.; Brenda Aiken, M.D.; Richard Eichler, Ph.D.; Melanie Bernitz, M.D. 

About the Behavioral Health Integration Program 

The Behavioral Health (BH) integration program at Columbia University was initiated as a joint effort between Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) and Medical Services at Columbia Health in January 2018. A small cohort of CPS psychologists volunteered to comprise the BH implementation team and staff the office, in addition to their regular counseling caseload and triage responsibilities.