Ashley Mooring, MSW, LMSW, joined as the Eastern Region’s Emergency Room Enhancement (ERE) Coordinator in August 2015. In this role, Ashley provides leadership for the ERE Outreach Team, which is comprised of clinical staff from the Eastern Region’s 7 Community Mental Health Centers. Previous to this role, she worked for Shalom House as their Transitional Housing Coordinator, providing oversight, counseling, direct case management, and supportive services to women with severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders who were transitioning from homelessness to independent living. In her 14-year career in social services, Ashley has also worked for BJC Behavioral Health as a Social Work Case Manager, and as a PRN medical social worker for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Prior to moving to St. Louis, she was instrumental in building and leading Pepperdine University’s Volunteer Center, where for 9 years she supervised staff and student leaders who provided service opportunities for 1,200+ students annually with over 100 different organizations worldwide. She also helped managed generous grant funding to augment curriculum with service learning opportunities focused on social justice and diversity issues. Ashley received a MSW from Washington University’s Brown School and a MA from Fuller Theological Seminary.

Emergency Room Enhancement Unique Urban & Rural Services

Paul Thomlinson is a licensed psychologist with specialties in organizational, clinical, and experimental psychology. He is the Vice President for Research and Quality Assurance for Burrell Behavioral Health. He obtained bachelor’s degrees in psychology and sociology from Southwest Baptist University, and went on to earn the MA degree in General/Experimental Psychology, and the PdD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, both from the University of Southern Mississippi. Subsequently, Dr. Thomlinson completed a post-doctoral respecialization in Clinical Psychology.

The Truth About Mental Illness and Violence

Angeline Stanislaus, MD is a board certified forensic psychiatrist with a wealth of clinical knowledge in the assessment and management of risk of violence in clinical settings. She has provided psychiatric services within the Illinois and Missouri Department of Corrections for the past 10 years. She has published a journal article on the topic. She is currently the Chief Medical Director- Adult Services, Missouri Department of Mental Health.

Clinical Assessment of Psychotic Patients for Risk of Violence

Served in a variety of roles in the Department of Mental Health (DMH) including Director of Community Mental Health Services, Director of the Division of Comprehensive Psychiatric Services, and Director of the DMH before taking early retirement. Subsequently served as a consultant to the DMH with responsibility for coordinating the Primary/Behavioral Health Integration, and the CMHC Healthcare Home Initiatives.  Currently responsible for coordinating the CCBHC PPS Demonstration Program Initiative for DMH and the Mo HealthNet Division.

What Consumers & Families Need to Know About CCBHCs

Dakota Dancy BA Psychology. Employed at SLPRC since 2015. He supervises and provides treatment activities for clients and mentors newly hired line staff.

Increasing Safety Through Self-Management In a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital: A Case Study

Kaelee Newton, MS has been employed at SLPRC since 2003. She has served in multiple capacities at the facility and is presently employed as a Quality Assurance Specialist. Ms. Newton gathers, tracks, and interprets data critical to hospital operations.

Increasing Safety Through Self-Management In a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital: A Case Study

Blake Schneider, MSW, LCSW is the Director of the New Outlook Program at St. Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center (SLPRC), a Missouri Department of Mental Health inpatient forensic psychiatric hospital. The New Outlook Program is rooted in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and primarily treats clients with severe emotion and behavior dysregulation.

Increasing Safety Through Self-Management In a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital: A Case Study

Dawny Barnhart is a native of Iola, Kansas who traveled the world before hearing the call to go into medicine. She graduated from Virginia Tech’s Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine with a degree in Medicine. She is currently a post graduate year 4 in the psychiatry program at UMKC school of medicine. She has been married for 2 years to her wonderful husband, Jonathan. She plans to practice in SE Kansas at SEK Community Health upon graduating from her residency.

Advances in Schizophrenia & Glutamate Theory

Derek Brown currently has a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine degree. He is currently in his 4^th year of psychiatry residency training, due to graduate June 2016.

Advances in Schizophrenia & Glutamate Theory

Scott Kerby, MA, LPC has seven years’ experience working as a substance abuse and mental health counselor and supervisor, following twelve years of previous experience as a Student Minister working with at-risk youth and their families. Kerby is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and provides training, coaching, and supervision in a wide variety of settings. He is passionate about equipping professionals with evidence-based practices that will allow them to be more effective in helping others change. Kerby is married with two sons and does his best to not embarrass his wife while coaching little league.

Building a Culture of Motivational Interviewing