Susan Kritz

BHCM is an integral member of the Collaborative Care Program along with the PCP, Psychiatric Consultant and patient. Essential responsibilities include mental health assessment, delivering evidenced based behavioral interventions and assisting with medication management.

• Provide crisis intervention to patients/families in both the Adult ER and Children’s ER. Priorities are focused on:
• TRAUMA
• SEXUAL ASSAULT/DOMESTIC VIOLENT
• SUICIDAL IDEATION
• DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT
• CHILD ABUSE
• NEW DIAGNOSIS AND CHRONIC ILLNESS
• SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSESSMENT AND REFERRAL
• DISCHARGE PLANNING
• TANGIBLE RESOURCES
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team coordinating care with both medical staff and nurse case managers to provide the best patient/family care.
• Cover crises inpatient as well as ER after daytime/bridge staff leave for the night.
• Work as a trainer for the ER which involves interviewing, training and mentoring new staff as well as working with other trainers to streamline and continually update the training process.

• Spent time in the following clinical areas:
• EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT – LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER
• CRANIOFACIAL ANOMALIES/CLEFT LIP/PALATE CLINIC
• OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY/MATERNAL INFANT HEALTH PROGRAM
• PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY
• PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT/5WEST MOTT GENERAL PEDIATRICS
• MEDICAL/SURGICAL SERVICE IN THE MAIN HOSPITAL
• CHILD PROTECTION TEAM
• PEDIATRIC CONTINUITY CLINIC
• NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
• SUMMER VACATION COVERAGE FOR MOTT HOSPITAL

• Involved in research project that provided unilateral family therapy to spouses who had alcoholic spouses. Duties included:
• HAND SCORING DATA OF VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS FROM CLIENT ASSESSMENTS
• CODING DATA AND ENTERING INTO COMPUTER
• CLERICAL ISSUES
• Marital Treatment Project

• Collaborated on research project that examined the underlying psychological variables in dermatologic illnesses. Duties included:
• COORDINATING PROJECTS
• CODING DATA
• PATIENT CONTACT
• CLERICAL TASKS
• Student Research Program

• Administered tasks and questions to a group of 2 year olds at UM Children’s Center for research purposes. Object of the project was to discover reading knowledge of a 2-year-old before he/she has been formally taught to read.