Brenda Reiss-Brennan, NP

Common mental health conditions identified and treated in primary care: depression, anxiety, ADHD, Bipolar, Sleep, Chronic Pain, Healthy Behaviors, Substance Use, Co morbid medical condtions

Dr. Reiss-Brennan is a medical anthropologist and psychiatric nurse practitioner working in primary care for over 35 years. As a principal investigator she leads Intermountain Healthcares (IH) adoption, diffusion and evaluation of clinical integration for mental health and primary care. The cost and quality evidence of the Mental Health Integration (MHI) innovation has transformed primary care culture and has spread rapidly over 90 IH medical clinics including uninsured, rural and 45 non-IH community clinics throughout the United States. MHI provides team based culture for the advancement of IH medical health homes which supports the shared accountability driven by US health reform. Dr. Reiss-Brennan holds a longstanding faculty appointment at the University of Utah, College of Nursing. She serves as a local, national and international consultant for cultural innovation, implementation and spread of MHI cost and quality research to improve population health.