DBHs in Management

The Misbranding of the Doctor of Behavioral Health: Reframing DBH Clinical and Management Practice for Integrated Healthcare, Quality Improvement, and Public Health Leadership

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

June 15, 2026
DBHs in Management: Integrated Healthcare Solutions for Public Health Domestic Violence Prevention Campaigns

Article Summary

In this article, Dr. Amber D. Chapman-Gray examines how Doctors of Behavioral Health in Management can strengthen public health campaigns focused on domestic violence and assault prevention. The article frames domestic violence as both a public health and public safety issue that affects healthcare systems, behavioral health, families, workplaces, emergency response, and community wellbeing.

The article explains that DBHs are uniquely positioned to support prevention campaigns because they understand integrated healthcare, trauma-informed care, behavioral health, population health, leadership, workflow design, and measurable outcomes. Rather than treating campaigns as awareness messages alone, the article emphasizes the need for organized systems behind the message, including trained staff, referral pathways, safety planning, documentation standards, follow-up processes, and quality improvement.

The article also applies Lean Six Sigma, process management, and Chapman-Gray’s 4E model of trauma-informed care: Efficiency, Efficacy, Empathy, and Equity. Together, these tools help ensure domestic violence prevention campaigns are accessible, evidence-informed, survivor-centered, measurable, and inclusive of communities that are often missed.

Read the full article here: DBHs in Management: Integrated Healthcare Solutions for Public Health Domestic Violence Prevention Campaigns.

June 13, 2026

DBHs in Management

The Misbranding of the Doctor of Behavioral Health: Reframing DBH Clinical and Management Practice for Integrated Healthcare, Quality Improvement, and Public Health Leadership

DBHs in Management: Integrated Healthcare Solutions for Public Health Domestic Violence Prevention Campaigns