67: Addressing Mental Health Disability in Unsheltered Homelessness: Outpatient Conservatorship in Los Angeles

Psychiatric Services From Pages to Practice

Apr 17, 2024•34 min

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Elizabeth Bromley, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the use of outpatient conservatorship in the effort to address mental health disability among unsheltered homeless persons in Los Angeles County, California.

00:00 Introduction
03:04 Homelessness in Los Angeles County, California
09:04 The paper and services
11:39 Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorship
13:44 Outpatient conservatorship (OPC) pilot program
15:54 Skepticism
18:48 Beyond conservatorship: other aspects of the program
22:34 Initial evaluation
25:21 Quantitative measures
28:33 Coordination

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