Speaker(s)

Jessica Peterson, PhD

Alicia Pardee, PhD

Jennifer Lewey, MA

This presentation will focus on reviewing and discussing a variety of evidenced-based cognitive behavioral therapies for the treatment of schizophrenia symptoms. Evidence for the efficacy of these interventions will be reviewed, and a brief demonstration of some of the interventions will be provided. Specific consideration will be given to Attention Shaping (Silverstein et. al, 2014), which has been shown to improve attention for individuals with Schizophrenia. A cognitive intervention entitled Michael’s Game (Khazaal et al., 2006) used to treat delusions will also be discussed. A pilot intervention of Michael’s Game to assist clients who are admitted to Fulton State Hospital for competency restoration who are also experiencing significant delusions will be reviewed. Lastly, a discussion concerning the implementation and application of the described interventions in a variety of settings will also be included.

Objectives:

• The use of empirical research to examine cognitive behavioral interventions used to treat symptoms of Schizophrenia.
• How to implement some of the discussed interventions through demonstrations.
• How to apply these interventions in a variety of settings, such as outpatient, inpatient, and forensic settings.

 
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Speaker(s)

Hemant Thakur, MD

Traumatic Brain Injury in relation to recent wars, clinical presentation of TBI, how to diagnose TBI and treatment approaches and referrals to appropriate facilities with specialized care.

Thakur TBI Ozark Apr 25 2016 – Slides in PDF format

Speaker(s)

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.

Speaker(s)

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.

Speaker(s)

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

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

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Speaker(s)

Shawn Anderson, PhD

Trena Fowler, BS, CTRS

This presentation will address the challenge of providing individualized psychotherapeutic interventions for inpatients with a wide variety of diagnoses and behaviors that cannot be conceptualized from a unitary theory or model. Presenters will describe the “Recovery Academy” – a multidisciplinary treatment program structured as an academic/college program through which patients “major” in one of three evidence-based treatments, complete “core curriculum” groups, and choose “electives” at the beginning of each new “semester” with assistance from an “advisor.” Attendees will learn about the creation and implementation of this treatment program.

Anderson Recovery Academy 2016 SAnderson – Slides in PDF format