Date of Conferral

2023

Degree

Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.)

School

Psychology

Advisor

Gabe Turner

Abstract

AbstractMental health disorders are a global epidemic that continue to drain society of money, resources, and overall human life expectancy. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to analyze how a behavioral health organization that provides mind body therapies, such as yoga and meditation, in conjunction with clinical interventions to treat mental health disorders contributed to providing quality care and better patient outcomes. Currently, the behavioral health organization included mind body therapies within a clinical session and their goal was to separate yoga and meditation from a clinical session as reimbursable and evidence-based treatment for individuals with mental health disorders to improve patient outcomes. Organizational data was collected from semistructured interviews with the leaders of a behavioral health organization and from the website, brochure, and policy and procedure manuals. The Baldrige Excellence Framework was utilized as a point of reference to analyze the leadership structure, the workforce and regulatory environment, and performance metrics to determine how the organization could best implement health care delivery policy changes. The study found that leadership structural changes, development of a strategic plan, and implementation of a performance metric system, to adequately measure patient outcomes in regard to mind-body therapy as treatment for mental health disorders, can lead to separating mind-body therapies from a clinical session as reimbursable treatment to improve quality of care provided and patient outcomes. Improving the quality of care provided to individuals with mental health and substance abuse disorders will contribute greatly to positive social change as it will positively impact the global mental health crisis.

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