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Smyser, Melissa, MSW

Melissa Smyser: As Chief of Children’s Community Operations for the Department of Mental Health, Division of Behavioral Health, Melissa provides consultation, technical assistance and training to the Community Mental Health Centers in the Central Region. She coordinates state wide policy, planning and administration for community outreach services under the Director of Children’s Services for the Division of Behavioral Health. Melissa has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Central Missouri State University and received her Masters of Social Work from the University of Missouri. Melissa is a Licensed Master of Social Work.

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Before the First Episode of Psychosis: Prodromal Phase

 

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Williams, Heather, BA, CCJP, MARS

Heather Jenkins is a Substance Abuse Specialist in an IDDT program. Heather graduated from Southeast Missouri State with a degree in Psychology and earned a Certified Criminal Justice Professional and Medication Assisted Recovery Specialist credential through the Missouri Substance Abuse Credentialing Board. Heather is also a certified Mental Health First Aid and Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor. Heather also sits on the board of the Eastern Missouri Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

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Why Individuals Who Abuse Substances have increased risk for suicide

 

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Strait, Rick, MS, LPC, CRDAC

Rick Strait works as the Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment Program Manager. Rick is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Substance Abuse Counselor. Rick is on the board of the Eastern Chapter of Missouri AFSP. He provides educational trainings including Mental Health First Aid. He has helped organize multiple Suicide Awareness conferences in Missouri. Rick is a Co-author of The i’Mpossible Project Reengaging with Life, Creating a New You. Rick’s unique ability to bridge his knowledge and experience provides him with a depth of understanding and practical application to better serve his clients and the programs he works.

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Why Individuals Who Abuse Substances have increased risk for suicide

 

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Why Individual Who Use Substances Have Increased Risk for Suicide

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Rick Strait, MS, LPC, CRDAC

Heather Williams, BA, CCJP, MARS

Our presentation will cover: statistics associated with substance abuse/dependence and increased risk for suicide, factors that make this a high risk population.  We will also cover things that professionals, other staff, community members, family and friends can do to help recognize the warning signs of suicide and help provide appropriate support to help reduce the risk of suicide.

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NAVIGATE Early Intervention Program: Family Education…It Makes a Difference.

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Catherine Adams, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC

RAISE-NAVIGATE is a Coordinated Specialty Care model for early intervention for psychosis. This model provides a team approach to wellness and recovery and recognizes the important and necessary role that families play in their loved one’s recovery. This session will review the Family Education component of NAVIGATE and will focus on areas such as engagement and retention of families, need for education and information, building on family’s resilient qualities, utilizing a shared decision-making approach and tailoring the intervention for each individual family.

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Let’s Talk Families: Understanding the Important Role of Families in Early Intervention for Psychosis

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Catherine Adams, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC

A first episode of psychosis can have a devastating impact on families leading to a variety of emotional and behavioral responses including, but not limited to, confusion, fear, loss, hypervigilance, disbelief, change in expectations, anger and hopelessness. Most families want to be involved in supporting their relative. What do families want and need to be partners in their loved one’s recovery? How has this experience affected the family? This session will identify the impacts for families of loving someone experiencing psychosis for the first time. We will identify strategies to help families build on their strengths and cultivate the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills to cope effectively and support their loved one’s progress.

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Adams, Catherine, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC

Cathy worked for over 30 years in a CMH setting. She is nationally certified as a Family Education clinician as part of the RAISE-NAVIGATE intervention for early psychosis and was a State trainer for Family Psychoeducation. Ms. Adams has served as Project Director for multiple national research endeavors exploring the benefits of early intervention following a first episode of psychosis, using technologies to support illness management and relapse prevention for those diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and examining strategies and outcomes to increase medication adherence for people experiencing the early stages of schizophrenia. Ms. Adams is also the Owner and Clinical Manager of a new endeavor called ETCH (Early Treatment and Cognitive Health) which provides RAISE-NAVIGATE Coordinated Specialty Care interventions to young adults experiencing a first episode of psychosis and their families in addition to training/consultation to newly formed early intervention teams in the state of Michigan.

Presentation(s)

Let’s Talk Families: Understanding the Important Role of Families in Early Intervention for Psychosis

NAVIGATE Early Intervention Program: Family Education…It Makes a Difference.

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Paul, Rob, PhD

Dr. Rob Paul is a Professor of Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. He serves as Director of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health, a research unit of the University. Dr. Paul’s research program is focused on defining the contribution of subcortical brain systems to complex cognitive and affective behavior. His work integrates neuroimaging and neuropsychological methods to identify mechanisms of health and disease with a particular focus on brain conditions that target the subcortical brain structures. He has published more than 250 scientific articles and 2 edited books, and multiple book chapters.

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Impact of early life stress on brain structure and function

 

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Impact of early life stress on brain structure and function

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Rob Paul, PhD

The presentation will review the frequency of early life stress (adverse life events prior to age 18) among individuals from the general community and the impact of these experiences on brain integrity. Specific attention will be directed at dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) and the impact of HPA activity on systemic immune activation and the brain. Data will be presented that demonstrate an impact of ELS on brain structures that regulate emotion, and the impact of ELS on brain white matter microstructure. Variables that moderate the negative impact of ELS on brain integrity will be reviewed including age of onset, genetic predispositions, and environmental support. Treatment opportunities will be reviewed and key variables associated with long-term resiliency will be highlighted.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn the biological foundation that links early life stress to suboptimal brain integrity.
2. Identify the brain networks impacted by early life stress, and the behavioral correlates related to these neurological alterations.
3. Learn the demographic and environmental factors that moderate outcomes and support resiliency

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Tate, David, PhD

Dr. David Tate is a clinical neuropsychologist trained at Brigham Young University and Brown Medical School. He is heavily involved in medical imaging research used to examine a number of developmental, clinical, and medical disorders including traumatic brain injury, PTSD, Alzheimer’s disease, HIV, and aging. Dr. Tate has held faculty appointments at Brown University, Boston University, Harvard Medical School, and University of Texas Health Science Center. Dr. Tate has an active funded research program that explores the biological and cognitive benefits of cognitive rehabilitation treatments for service members with a traumatic brain injury. He also supports the Neuroimaging Core for the Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) which is a multicenter DoD/VA funded collaborative effort to study the long-term effects of mild traumatic brain injury among US service members and veterans. In addition, he has begun working with researchers examining the imaging and cognitive effects high altitude flying has on pilots working in decompressed environments.

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Medical Imaging Research in Psychology and Psychiatry: A picture is worth a thousands words, but is it really telling you anything?