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Thakur, MD, Hemant

COL (Ret.) Hemant Thakur M.D. is a medical doctor, Assistant clinical professor, OIF/OEF Veteran and specialist in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. As a board-certified psychiatrist with specialized training in psychosomatic medicine, he has worked in various mental health settings, including alcohol/ drug rehabilitation programs. Dr. Thakur was a Colonel in the US Army Reserve and Director of PTSD Program for more than twenty years. He also worked for more than Twenty-eight years with the VA. He is an author of three books with his latest book, “Innovative Holistic Approaches to PTSD and Life Stress” and has lectured extensively in eight countries.

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Depue, PhD, Susan

Dr. Depue is the current Project Director and Epidemiological Chair for the Partnerships for Success grants. In this role she has overseen a variety of communities use strategic planning to select evidence based interventions.

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Evidence Based Intervention – Why Should I Bother?

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Susan Depue, PhD

This presentation will begin with an overview of the various ways an intervention can be considered evidence based. It will also explore the benefits of choosing an evidenced based intervention (and a few challenges). Finally, we will review the NREPP list for things to consider when selecting an evidenced based program.

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Fornelli, MS, Natalie

Natalie Fornelli joined the Missouri Department of Mental Health in 2008 after working for community mental health providers in Kansas, Michigan, Iowa, and Missouri. She is the Manager of Integrated Care for the Division of Behavioral Health and oversees the Community Mental Health Center Healthcare Home program, the behavioral health Disease Management Projects, and behavioral health crisis services, including Access Crisis Intervention and Emergency Room Enhancement. Natalie received her bachelor of arts in psychology and her master of science in clinical psychology from Pittsburg State University.

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Expanding Behavioral Health Community Outreach: How Missouri’s Increased Collaboration with Law Enforcement, Courts and Emergency Departments Lead to a New Medicaid Waiver

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Laura Heitmann, LCSW

Natalie Fornelli, MS

With the reduction in mental health inpatient bed-space, law enforcement and courts across the country have had to spend an increasingly large percentage of their time working with people who have complex mental health and/or substance use disorders, which law enforcement and courts are often ill-equipped to adequately serve. Emergency Departments (ED) have also become a revolving door for individuals with behavioral health disorders, whose inpatient stays could often be avoided with a connection to a treatment provider. In 2013, Governor Nixon’s initiative to Strengthen Missouri’s Mental Health System, created two programs (the Community Mental Health Liaisons (CMHL) and the Emergency Room Enhancement (ERE)) to address these problems. The CMHLs were created to be a “boundary spanner” between the mental health and the criminal justice systems. Likewise, ERE program was created to divert costly and unnecessary hospitalizations and to reduce ED use. These initiatives have led to stronger community partnerships, improved crisis systems, and more appropriate treatment for individuals with behavioral health disorders. This session will also explore how Missouri identified a care gap through these programs, and in turn, developed an application for an 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waiver.

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Lotz, LPC, NCC, Jeremy

Jeremy Lotz, LPC, NCC has worked full-time in long-term residential settings for adolescents since 2004 in both Maine and Missouri. Mr. Lotz specializes in adolescence, residential care, and employee wellness. Mr. Lotz is an experienced therapist, clinical supervisor, college instructor, and trainer. As an organizational trainer, Mr. Lotz has consulted with over 50 organizations throughout the Midwest and New England. Currently, Mr. Lotz serves as the Director of Training and Leadership for Shelterwood Academy, a national therapeutic boarding school for adolescents in Kansas City.

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Active Listening Strategies in the Technology Age

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Jeremy Lotz, LPC, NCC

Across professions, workers spend more time listening than reading, writing, & speaking combined. THIS, while the average untrained worker forgets more than 50% of what’s heard within 24 hours. Participants will discover why over 60% of Fortune 500 companies offer formal listening training to new employees. In this high energy & interactive seminar, participants will learn the 6 Strategies of Effective Listening, the 5 Barriers to Effective Listening, and will become able to take their work with mental health clients to a higher level!

Lotz Listening-MIMH-2016 – Slides in PDF format

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Christmas, BSW, MPA, Jacquelyn

Jacque Christmas is the Fatality Review Coordinator for the MO Department of Mental Health and provides oversight of the Department’s Fatality Review Panel. The Fatality Review Panel develops recommendations for prevention and systemic interventions related to DMH consumer deaths. She earned a BSW from Southwest MO State University, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Grand Canyon University. Jacque has worked for the Department for 20 years and attended the first Zero Suicide Academy in 2014. In 2015, she was the Department representative for the Zero Suicide Breakthrough Series.

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Show Me Zero Suicide: Missouri’s Suicide Safer Care Initiative

Jacquelyn Christmas, BSW, MPA

Bart Andrews, PhD

Zero Suicide is a systems based approach to suicide prevention in health and behavioral healthcare. Zero Suicide has been implemented in State Operated Psychiatric Facilities and in several Community Behavioral Healthcare Centers in Missouri. In 2015, Ozark Center in Southwest Missouri served as the pilot for the Zero Suicide Breakthrough Series in partnership with the Department of Mental Health and the National Council for Behavioral Health. Since then, Behavioral Health Response and Crider Center in the St. Louis area have implemented Zero Suicide. This presentation focuses on workforce competency and organizational processes in a Zero Suicide culture. Workforce survey results show how staff rate themselves in being both competent and confident in providing suicide safer care. Organizational self-assessment results show how staff training, policy development, evidence based practices and follow-up care impact suicide safer care.

Andrews.Christmas.ShowMeZEROSuicide Slides in PDF format

Andrews. Christmas Zero Suicide Workforce Survey Questions_0

Andrews. Christmas ZS-Org-SelfStudy_72915Speaker(s)