by Dr. Amber D. Chapman-Gray, PhD, DBH
Check out my latest article, published by the MSI Business Leadership Council and linked through The Praxis Journal: “The Misbranding of the Doctor of Behavioral Health: Reframing DBH Clinical and Management Practice for Integrated Healthcare, Quality Improvement, and Public Health Leadership.”
This piece offers a candid look at the Doctor of Behavioral Health degree, including both the Clinical and Management pathways, and explores why the DBH remains underused, misunderstood, and underrecognized across healthcare, public health, and human services systems.
Rather than viewing the DBH as a therapy-adjacent degree, this article reframes it as a systems-facing, solutions-focused doctorate with strong application in integrated care, quality improvement, population health, behavioral health leadership, and service delivery reform.
For employers, educators, healthcare leaders, and DBHs themselves, this article invites a needed conversation: How do we better name, classify, hire, and deploy Doctors of Behavioral Health in the spaces where they are already prepared to lead?
Read the full article at the MSI Business Leadership Council:
https://fellow.msicertified.com/articles/the-misbranding-of-the-doctor-of-behavioral-health-reframing-dbh-clinical-and-management-practice-for-integrated-healthcare-quality-improvement-and-public-health-leadership