Speaking and Media

Pete Vernig, PhD, MBA, ABPP speaks with professional, clinical, and public audiences on behavioral healthcare leadership, quality, mental health, substance use, and effective treatment systems. His speaking and media work focuses on translating clinical evidence and complex behavioral health issues into clear, practical information for professionals and the public.

Topics

• Behavioral Healthcare Leadership and Clinical Strategy – Clinical care models, enterprise priorities, governance, standardization, and decision-making across complex behavioral healthcare systems
• Quality, Safety & Performance Improvement – Patient safety, suicide prevention, treatment engagement, outcomes, accreditation, measurement-based care, and data-informed improvement
• Integrated Mental Health and Substance Use Care – Co-occurring conditions, serious mental illness, addiction, and models that integrate psychiatric and substance use treatment across levels of care
• Clinical Operations and Program Implementation – Turning clinical priorities into workable programs, workflows, staffing models, training, accountability, and sustainable multisite implementation
• Evidence-Based Care in Real-World Systems – How organizations translate research and clinical standards into practice while accounting for operational, regulatory, workforce, and financial realities
• Behavioral Health Treatment, Recovery and Public Understanding – Clear, evidence-informed discussion of mental illness, substance use, treatment, recovery, stigma, and the behavioral healthcare system for professional and public audiences

Dr. Vernig also develops and reviews educational behavioral health resources for professionals and the public. Explore behavioral health resources.