Press Releases
- September 20, 2022 – PrairieCare Breaks Ground on Youth Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Expansion
- June 21, 2022 – Children’s Minnesota to partner with PrairieCare to deliver inpatient mental health services
- August 3, 2021 – PrairieCare Names Asfia Qaadir, DO, Clinical Consultant to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
- June 30, 2021 – PrairieCare Announces Minnesota’s Largest Expansion of Inpatient Psychiatric Care. To download a copy, click here.
- October 28th, 2019 – Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL) receives award for Innovative Models in Integrative Care from the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry.
- October 4th, 2019 – Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL) receives the Community Gold Award from the American Psychiatric Association.
- March 27th, 2018 – PrairieCare and Science Museum of Minnesota partner to bring Mental Health Exhibit to the Twin Cities
- August 1st, 2017 – PrairieCare Medical Group opening in Mankato
- July 31st, 2017 – First Episode Psychosis Services Now Offered at PrairieCare Medical Group Center for Neurotherapeutics in Edina
- November 4th, 2015 – PrairieCare Medical Group Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL) recognized for innovation by Health Partners. For more information about the awards click here.
- September 9th, 2015 – London Psychotherapist and Cultural Commentator, Dr. Aaron Balick, Presents to Local Therapists on the Psychological Impacts of Digital Media at Minneapolis’ new Center for Applied Psychoanalysis at the PrairieCare Institute.
- September 1st, 2015 – New facility to offer lifesaving hope for families
Publications
Minnesota Physician, April 2020
Life in a global pandemic: Helping patients cope
By: Todd Archbold, LSW, MBA
On Feb. 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the name of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus that had spread terror throughout Asia and Europe, and by then had already claimed the lives of thousands. Efforts to slow the spread to the United States was a topic of alarm and uncertainty. We knew little about COVID-19, which seemed shrouded in mystery, so far untreatable, and highly discriminatory to the elderly and those with weakened immune systems…
Minnesota Physician, December 2019
Minnesota’s Leading Edge: Creativity and collaboration
By: Todd Archbold, LSW, MBA
Our nation is amidst a mental health crisis. For the last decade we have seen an increase in the prevalence of psychiatric conditions, deaths from opioid overdoses, and suicide rates, coupled with a drastic increase in people with mental illness who are homeless or incarcerated. All too often, barriers to accessing care result in individuals and families enduring crisis and experiencing traumatic events that could have been prevented. We are also facing a substantial shortage of psychiatrists as well as access to inpatient beds and specialized psychiatric care. Studies demonstrate a public perception that mental illnesses are linked to dangerousness or violence. Funding strategies are constantly shifting at the federal and state levels, and the insurance reimbursement for psychiatrists is, on average, 21% less than for primary care physicians…
Minnesota Physician, February 2016
Change Management: Anticipation vs. Reaction
By: Todd Archbold, LSW, MBA
It was the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who was known for his doctrine that change is central to the universe. Among his many writings, he stated that nothing remains the same and everything changes. Now, nearly 2,500 years later, managers in all aspects of business continue to philosophize about the best ways to understand and manage change. We could say that one thing has in fact remained unchanged, and that is our constant struggle to understand and manage change. Managing change has traditionally been characterized by using psychological and behavioral tactics to manipulate processes or systems, such as using the “carrot and stick” method of motivation. However, change is more successfully managed through thoughtful multi-dimensional assessments and using tactics deployed through understanding and engineering technical measures…
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Minnesota Medicine, March 2015
Psychiatric Assistance Line: One Solution to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
By: Todd Archbold, LSW, MBA
Having timely access to mental health care is critical for children with psychiatric disorders. Because there is an extreme shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the United States, initial assessment and treatment of children with psychaitric disorders often occurs in primary care settings. To increase the likelihood of positive health outcomes for these children, primary care physicians need to be better equipped to meet children’s mental health needs. One way is to offer them easier access to child and adolescent psychiatrists…
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Minnesota Physician, January 2015
Integrative Mental Health Strategies for Kids
By: Tim Culbert, MD
Rates of neurodevelopmental/behavioral/emotional disorders in kids, including ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, anxiety, learning disorders, and depression, continue to rise in the United States. In fact, a 2014 study in Pediatrics that reviewed data from 2001 to 2011 concluded that childhood disability increased from 6.9 percent in 2001 to 7.9 percent in 2011…
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Minnesota Physician, October 2014
Psychiatric consultations for children: Practical, convenient, and free resources for primary care
By Todd Archbold, LSW, MBA, and Linda Vukelich
For decades, the shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists (CAPs) and other specialized mental health practitioners has resulted in the challenge of meeting the overwhelming mental health needs in communities all over the country. These needs include managing chronic illnesses like depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders; to triaging and treating acute disorders, like suicidality, that rise to the level of a psychiatric…
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