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Darvell, Nigel, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Nigel B Darvell, MSW, LCSW, ACSW is a licensed Clinical Social worker in private practice for over 35 years. He specializes in the treatment of addictions and Dual Diagnosis and is senior Assistant professor of Psychology at Mckendree University. Mr. Darvell has conducted several hundred workshops and trainings over the years and developed the widely utilized anger management program called TAME which has been utilized by law enforcement and schools and companies.
Mr. Darvell has written and developed several new curriculums for local universities in new and alternative approaches to treating addictions and Substance use Disorders. He is currently on the Social work ethics Committee for the Missouri National Association of Social Workers and has provided workshops to Missouri NASW chapter for several years and is a much sought-after speaker.
Mr. Darvell’s number one goal of every workshop and presentation is that the attendee can put into practice what was learned in the workshop quickly and effectively in the work they do with their clients. He is currently completing two manuscripts for publication on Anger related Disorders and treatment approaches and the Therapeutic Values of Tattoos and why they matter for clinical practice.

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Psilocybin use in Psychiatric Disorders

Room Parasol I

Speaker(s): 

Ali Mahmoud, MD

Description: 

Recent researches have proven that psilocybin has a wide rage of therapeutic benefits especially in Treatment- Resistant depression. FDA has recently gave psilocybin a ” breakthrough therapy designation” for treatment-resistant depression. In my presentation will talk in detail about psilocybin pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and will give overview on its therapeutic benefits based on recents studies.

Objectives

  • Obtain knowledge on history of psychedelic therapy from the past to the present time
  • Define psilocybin pharmacology
  • Discuss therapeutic benefits of psilocybin especially in treatment resistant depression
  • Discuss “assistant therapy ” and its phases
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Mahmoud, Ali, MD

I am a PGY-4 psychiatry resident at University of Missouri- Columbia program. I obtained my Bachelor degree in Medicine and Surgery from University of Alexandria in Egypt. I did my neuropsychiatry residency training in Alexandria /Egypt from 2005-2008. I also did another 5-year psychiatry residency training in Kuwait ( 2014-2019). I will be talking about Psilocybin use in psychiatric disorders. I did my grand round on this topic last year. You can access this presentation here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYvADrq9zHw.

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Reese, Sandra, BS

Sandra Langfitt Reese is a trainer and consultant for The IPS Employment Center at Research Foundation Mental Hygiene (RFMH) Columbia University. Since 2006, Sandra has assisted with providing system conversion and capacity building in provision of integrated employment services with states, counties, and countries within the International IPS Learning Community, which includes 27 states, counties and 7 countries serving individuals with mental health conditions. She has also assisted counties and states outside of the IPS Learning Community with pilot projects to demonstrate the effectiveness of IPS.
Sandra has worked as an IPS supervisor for 10 years, as a statewide IPS trainer for the Oregon Supported Employment Center for Excellence and she worked in community mental health for over 25 years as the director of supported employment and education.

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How Does Providing Evidence-based Supported Employment IPS Impact Social Determinants of Health?

Room Leeward 76-77

Speaker(s): 

Sandra Reese, BS

Description: 

According to the World Health Organization, people with serious mental health disorders die 10-25 years earlier than the general population. This session will explore why employment is a critical mental health intervention and what leadership and mental health practitioners can do to promote employment.

Objectives

  • List at least two reasons why employment is a critical mental health intervention
  • List at least three reasons why employment isn’t seen as a central focus of the public mental health system.
  • List four strategies for how to promote employment within the public mental health system.
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Young-Walker, Laine, MD

Laine Young-Walker, MD is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She currently serves as Associate Dean for Student Programs at the School of Medicine, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and is a Professor of Psychiatry, at University of Missouri School of Medicine.
She has worked locally and statewide to create programs which help children and families in the community. These programs focus on access to child psychiatry, prevention/early intervention in young children, trauma initiatives and support for child well-being. They include Boone County: Early Child Coalition (BC-ECC), Early Childhood-Positive Behavior Supports program (EC-PBS), the Child Trauma Institute (CTI), Bridge: School-Based Psychiatry, the Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project (MO-CPAP), the Missouri Maternal Health Access Project (MO-MHAP) and the Center for Excellence in Child Well-Being.

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Mutrux, Rachel, BA

Rachel Mutrux has worked in telehealth since 2002. In her current role as Director of the Missouri Telehealth Network & Show-Me ECHO, Rachel is responsible for leading the organizational priorities, representing telehealth to stakeholders, and overseeing MTN budgets and grants.
Rachel is active in the national telehealth affiliation groups and presents locally, regionally and nationally on MTN projects such as Rural Citizen’s Access to Telehealth, Heartland Telehealth Resource Center (HTRC) and Show-Me ECHO.

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The Power of the ECHO Model: Advancing Behavioral Health Through Collaboration and Innovation 

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Supporting Complex Needs using Tiered Supports

Room Nautical Wheeler

Speaker(s): 

Kathleen Deppeler, BA

Description: 

The Missouri Department of Mental Health uses Tiered Supports, based on a public health model created by the CDC. This model supports the health of an entire population of people by providing a continuum of supports that are layered on top of one another as a person’s needs increase. Learn more about how structuring supports by tiers relates to individuals, strategies, and organizations as a whole.

Objectives

  • Participants will understand how a tiered framework relates to people, interventions, and organizations
  • Participants will understand how a tiered framework improves outcomes community wide
  • Participants will know how to access free PBS resources from the Department of Mental Health to improve relationships, behaviors, and environments through positive practices.
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Deppeler, Kathleen, BA

Kathleen Deppeler is the Director of Positive Supports for the Missouri Department of Mental Health- Division of Developmental Disabilities. The Positive Supports team provides professional development, coaching, and consulting around the implementation of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) systems. Kathleen joined the Tiered Supports team in 2013, and has continually focused on increasing organizational capacity to support people with complex needs. She has a Bachelor’s of Arts in Human Services and minor in Sociology from Fontbonne University in St. Louis and has trained, coached, and mentored Tools of Choice implementers and facilitators since 2013. She was recognized as the 2018 Crisis Intervention Training Instructor of the Year by the Mid-America Council for her focus on ensuring training competency through role play practice and feedback.

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Behavioral Health Ethics for Agency Settings

Room Paradise Ballroom B

Speaker(s): 

Terri Cooley-Bennett, LCSW, LSCSW, CCDP-D, TTS

Description: 

Providing clinical services to vulnerable populations is a common responsibility for practitioners in agency settings. Agency practice increases the potential for vicarious liability and other ethical considerations that may not be present in private practice. “Imputed Negligence” or the “doctrine of respondeat superior” means that practioners can be held accountable for the unethical behaviors of colleagues, in the workplace (Houston-Vega; Nuehring; & Daguio, 1997). When an employee, supervisee, or colleague displays improper conduct toward a client, visitor, or student; supervisors, leaders, colleagues, and supervisees may be held accountable. Vicarious Liability means that practitioners are liable and ethically responsible and obligated to ensure that clients not harmed. If a colleague is unethical, practitioners are obligated to address the situation.
Adequately managing ethical dilemmas and preventing ethical violations is an important aspect of practice and aides in providing best customer service to clients, patients, guests, colleagues, and others.

Objectives

  • Provide overview of common ethical principles related to behavioral health practice in an agency setting
  • Define Vicarious Liability and discuss the variety of ways that professionals and clinicians can be held accountable for Vicarious Liability or “imputed negligence”
  • Consider potential ethical dilemmas that arise from Vicarious Liability and introduce options for managing the dilemma
  • Examine strategies and best practices for preventing and managing complaints and ethical dilemma in practice