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  • The Behavioral Health Optimization Program, or BHOP, integrates behavioral health personnel into primary care clinics, to provide “the right care, at the right time, in the right place.” Beneficiaries with behavioral health concerns can seek care directly through their primary care manager.

    Air Force increases access to behavioral health care

    Nearly half of people with a treatable behavioral health disorder do not seek help from behavioral health professionals, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, 80 percent of this population does visit a primary care manager at least once a year. The Air Force Behavioral Health Optimization Program seeks to bridge
  • An Airman simulates contemplating about the stressors of military life and how it can affect his career May 25, 2016, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The Military Family Life Consultant (MFLC) are master or Ph.D. level professionals who are experienced social workers, psychologists and marriage and family therapists. They provide free brief counseling services to active duty airmen and their loved ones, which is confidential. However, if there is any safety concerns of harm to self or others, the MFLC is required to transition the individual to Mental Health, Family Advocacy or Chapel Corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ramon A. Adelan)

    Finding avenues to release stress from everyday life

    Military life entails various, unavoidable stressors. Whether it’s work, deployment, medical, financial, relationship or family concerns.Have you ever felt any of these stressors? Have you been too scared to reach out for help? Are you concerned seeking aid will affect your career?There are many programs that are offered to reduce stress for
  • Nearly 44 million American adults, and millions of children, experience mental health conditions each year, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and post-traumatic stress. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey M. Schultze)

    May presents an opportunity to focus on mental well being

    The month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month and offers an opportunity to focus on mental health and well-being as well as the resources that are available to Airmen and their families. Mental health remains a major national topic and is of keen interest within the Air Force and military at large due to the unique stressors and factors of serving in the armed forces.
  • Members from the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group participates in a functional movement screening course as part of a Human Performance Coach Initiative April 1, 2016. The screening assesses movement patterns, mobility and stability. The Human Performance Coach Initiative provides Airmen a certification in a series of training covering fitness, nutrition, sports psychology, and tactical strength and conditioning. This enables them to prescribed individual and squadron fitness and nutritional coaching, education, and training to address occupational demands and unique mission requirements of their community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ramon A. Adelan)

    548th ISRG continues their push for Human Performance Optimization

    “It takes a village to raise a child,” but for the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group (ISRG), it takes a community to create a culture of total force fitness and human performance optimization for Airmen.The intelligence community here at Beale, has continued to develop the Sustained Performance Enhancement and Resiliency
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