Verbal De-Escalation: How to Make It Work
Presented by Lonnie Miller. In this session, participants will learn about the 3 levels of verbal de-escalation.
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 15 min
DMH UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership
Our mission: In partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, the Public Mental Health Partnership at UCLA aims to realize a vision for excellence in care for vulnerable populations that incorporates typically marginalized perspectives and builds capacity to foster health equity.
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Episodes
Teams that Thrive: Critical Ingredients
Presented by Lisa Davis, LCSW, PhD, Elizabeth Bromley, MD, PhD, and Elizabeth Mackey, MSW. Building teams that thrive is essential for both job satisfaction and achieving recovery-related treatment goals in community mental health. This presentation outlines five key ingredients that play a vital role in ensuring optimal team functioning. Through interactive exercises, we will demonstrate some of the common pitfalls in team processes as well as ways of promoting the five factors to build teams w...
Apr 01, 2020•35 min
Case Conferencing Best Practices and Innovative Treatment Approaches for Complex Cases
Presented by Jean-Marie Alves-Bradford, MD and Michele Renfrow, PhD. This session will provide an overview of how multidisciplinary case conferencing can provide an opportunity for strategic discussions to ensure an organized approach to provision of care. Tools for implementing, enhancing and sustaining effective team-based conferences will be provided. In depth case conceptualization will be demonstrated along with innovative strength-based treatment planning.
Apr 01, 2020•34 min
Mental Health Services for Older Persons with Cognitive Impairment and Co-Occurring Mental Illness
Presented by Janet Anderson Yang, PhD, ABPP. This session will briefly outline different types of cognitive impairment often found among older adults. Since mental health services for persons with “dementia” or cognitive impairment cannot be billed for, the presenter will describe Medi Cal regulations regarding billing for mental health services for persons with cognitive impairment who also have a co-occurring mental illness. Mental health interventions for these persons will also be discussed....
Mar 31, 2020•47 min
Conservatorship: An Overview
Presented by Gilda Ramos, MPAThe purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of conservatorship, including differences in the referral process for each type of conservatorship, general effects conservatorship has on individuals, and advantages/disadvantages of conservatorship.
Mar 31, 2020•34 min
Why Am I Burned Out and What Can I Do About It?
Presented by Gary Morse, PhD. This session will help participants to better understand burnout among mental health professionals with a heavy emphasis on assisting each person to identify their own personal triggers and warning signs of burnout and—most importantly—to develop a personal plan to prevent or reduce burnout and improve wellness. Participants will be exposed through both didactic presentation and especially through participatory exercises to a range of possible strategies (drawing he...
Mar 31, 2020•2 hr 58 min
Validating the Many Forms of Inner Self-Defense
Presented by Fable the Poet. During this session, attendees will navigate the dramatic adolescence of an inner city teen that was molded around substance abuse, physical trauma, and how he learned how to cope with stressors using violence. You will hear about his life pre-diagnosis, post-diagnosis, and about his road to recovery along with the ways he learned to cope with stressors in a world that fails to validate the struggles of the marginalized. Fable the Poet's session is followed by hi...
Mar 31, 2020•46 min
Transcending Principles of Street Medicine and Its Role in Healing
Presented by Brett Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C. The fundamental approach of Street Medicine is to engage people experiencing homelessness exactly where they are and on their own terms to maximally reduce or eliminate barriers to care access and follow-through. This lecture will describe the fundamental principles of street medicine and its role as an instrument of peace to an excluded population. How to maximize provider scope of practice and patient outcomes will be discussed, as well as practical app...
Mar 31, 2020•43 min
Individualized Placement and Support (IPS): A Brief Overview
Presented by Robert E. Drake, MD, PhD. This session will give an overview of the history, development, clinical principles, and research on IPS Supported Employment. It will also cover worldwide dissemination and adaptations for new populations.
Mar 31, 2020•50 min
Working with Difficult-to-Engage Clients on Skid Row
Presented by Anthony Ruffin. In this session, participants will learn what does and doesn't work in high need, densely populated areas like Skid Row. Participants will also learn strategies on how to safely and successfully engage clients who are severely mentally ill and who have avoided services in the past.
Mar 26, 2020•46 min