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The Complete Guide to Starting a PMHNP Private Practice

Starting a PMHNP private practice is one of the biggest professional decisions a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner can make and one of the most demanding. You've spent years mastering the clinical side of psychiatric care. The business side demands separate disciplines and most graduate programs don't teach it.  This guide covers…
Brad Johnson
June 18, 2026
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Behavioral Health Electronic Medical Record: What to Know Before You Choose

Many practice owners start their behavioral health electronic medical record search overwhelmed by options built for primary care. These systems aren't built with behavioral health in mind, which means they don't account for how therapists, psychiatrists, and counselors work. Behavioral health requires a purpose-built electronic medical record…
Brad Johnson
June 15, 2026
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Psychiatry EHR Software: The 5 Core Features Prescribing Providers Need

Psychiatrists require unique features in an EHR to manage daily work efficiently. Even EHRs designed for mental health providers can fall short if they’re built primarily for therapists and not psychiatrists.  Psychiatry EHR software includes the ability to prescribe and monitor medications safely, psychiatric templates for documentation, and supportive workflows for a prescribing physician’s schedule and billing needs.  If your EHR wasn’t built…
Brad Johnson
June 11, 2026
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Mental Health Treatment Plan Goals and Objectives: Setting Your Providers and Patients Up for Success in Treatment Planning

Treatment plans are an important part of your behavioral health practice. Done well, they can help set your clients up for better outcomes. One of the most important aspects of the process is setting mental health treatment plan goals and…
Andrew Schatzberg
May 29, 2026
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Concurrent Documentation in Mental Health: Pros, Cons, and Workflow Options

Taking detailed notes is an integral part of providing high-quality care in mental health. Clinical documentation is useful in sharpening the understanding of patient problem areas, tracking the progress of care, creating effective treatment plans, and, depending on the nature…
Heidi Amrine
March 25, 2026
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7 Ideas to Increase Group Therapy Attendance and Reduce No-Shows

All behavioral health clinicians have experienced it: the clock ticks one minute past appointment start time, then two, then ten. Finally, you call it. Your patient isn’t coming today, and you might as well move on to the next task.…
Andrew Schatzberg
March 12, 2026
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EHR Implementation Best Practices

The use of electronic health record (EHR) systems in mental health practices to store, organize, and analyze healthcare data brings many advantages over paper-based record-keeping. Once the EHR implementation process is complete, the software should make practice management easier, clinical…
Andrew Schatzberg
June 15, 2026