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ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This module focuses on learning skills for effective communication and de-escalation techniques with colleagues, patients, staff and community members. This is the recording of a live event which offered a small group training setting with breakout rooms and a facilitated learning environment. This module is part of our Disaster Response and Behavioral Health series with Dr. Kira Mauseth. Find out more about our Disaster Response and Behavioral Health series here. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Download webinar slides.   FACILITATOR Dr. Kira Mauseth Dr. Kira Mauseth is a practicing clinical psychologist who sees patients at Snohomish Psychology Associates, teaches as a Senior Instructor at Seattle University and serves as a co-lead for the Behavioral Health Strike Team for the WA State Department of Health. Her work and research interests focus on resilience, trauma and disaster behavioral health. She has worked extensively in Haiti with earthquake survivors, in Jordan with Syrian refugees and with first responders and health care workers throughout Puget Sound the United States. Dr. Mauseth also conducts trainings with organizations and educational groups about disaster preparedness and resilience building within local communities.  

In this issue, the Northwest MHTTC joins in solidarity with Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and all communities of color. We share resources for AAPI mental health and National Minority Health Month. We announce our upcoming events including a Leadership Series for supervisors and administrators, webinars on equity, recovery, and pain management, skill-building modules for the workforce and more.

This presentation discussed 3 clinical cases that challenged the stereotypes consistently found when assessing, diagnosing, and treating Latino individuals who suffer from a severe mental illness such as psychosis.   Slides:      Presenter: Dr. Luis Sandoval is an experienced bilingual and bicultural scholar-researcher-clinician who is trained in multiple psychotherapy modalities and has applied them across diverse multicultural populations and settings. His experience in psychotherapy, research, and teaching, in both Spanish and English, over the past 18 years in the U.S. and Mexico, allows him to translate both theoretical and clinical knowledge into a clinical, research, and academic setting and to long-term research projects.   He has developed a long-term research agenda that connects different disciplines within the field of psychology. In addition to leading his own research projects, he has collaborated with multiple studies funded by the NIH, the NIMH, PCORI, NASA, and various private foundations. His research program is divided into three main areas: 1) Digital Psychiatry and Human-Computer Interaction to improve symptoms on Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders, 2) Cognitive Remediation in psychotic disorders, and 3) Mental health innovation to improve outcomes in underrepresented groups and communities.    Currently, Dr. Sandoval is a clinical researcher in the department of public psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.    

View Presentation Slides In this presentation, we describe varied forms of grief complicated contrasting them with manifestations of typical grief—and noting factors that make individuals at-risk for complications in the grieving process. We also describe varied evidence-based interventive strategies that have been used with individuals struggling with complicated grief. Finally, we note the ways complicated grief is acknowledged within the DSM-5 and the new diagnosis for Prolonged Grief Disorder that will be evident in the DSM-5-TR.   Presenter: Dr. Kenneth J. Doka is a Professor Emeritus, The College of New Rochelle, and Senior Consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America. Dr. Doka has extensive experience in the area of grief, is a prolific author and speaker, providing keynoted addresses internationally.  Dr. Doka participates in the annual Hospice Foundation of America Teleconference and has appeared on CNN and Nightline. In addition, he has served as. a consultant to medical, nursing, funeral service, and hospice organizations as well as businesses and educational and social service agencies. Dr. Doka was elected President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling in 1993. In 1995, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Work Group on Dying, Death, and Bereavement and served as chair from 1997-1999. The Association for Death Education and Counseling presented him with an Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Death Education in 1998 and Significant Contribution to the Field of Thanatology in 2014. In 2000 Scott and White presented him an award for Outstanding Contributions to Thanatology and Hospice. His Alma Mater Concordia College presented him with their first Distinguished   Alumnus Award. He is a recipient of the Caring Hands Award as well as the Dr. Robert Fulton CDEB Founder’s Award. In 2006, Dr. Doka was grandfathered in as a Mental Health Counselor under NY State’s first licensure of counselors. In addition, Dr. Doka is an ordained Lutheran Minister.  

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Children who have been exposed to trauma can experience learning difficulties, regression in development (e.g., bed-wetting, speech), sleep disruption, clinginess, or may break rules and push boundaries. This pocket card offers some tips to keep in mind as volunteers and behavioral health professionals engage with youth seeking asylum.

Being aware of your own stress and using coping strategies will help you stay well, and allow you to keep helping others. This pocket card offers some tips for volunteers and behavioral health professionals to keep in mind as they respond to emergency situations. To access this resource, please click the green 'download' button above.

Compiled by the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network, this list of resources to support the mental health of asylum seekers, primarily unaccompanied minors, on our Southern Border, includes those developed by the MHTTCs and other reputable organizations. The list is sorted alphabetically by title within the following categories: Cultural Responsiveness, Psychological First Aid, Staff Burnout and Secondary Trauma, Suicide Prevention, and Trauma Informed Care.

Diapositivas de presentación Los proveedores de salud mental estamos capacitados para ayudar a otros a manejar las crisis y dificultades emocionales, pero ¿qué tan buenos somos para pedir y reconocer la ayuda cuando la necesitamos? Durante esta presentación, hablaremos sobre cuándo y cómo obtener apoyo para nosotros. También hablaremos sobre cómo aceptar el apoyo de otros y compartiremos ideas de cómo comunicarnos cuando la necesitemos.   Objetivos: Explorar nuestras expectativas, desafíos y problemas relacionados con la obtención de ayuda cuando la necesitamos. Identificar quién y qué puede ofrecer apoyo en tiempos difíciles. Hablar sobre la importancia del apoyo. Aplicar conceptos para obtener apoyo para nosotros mismos.  

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Recording of the event "Depression in the Black Community," originally held on March 25, 2021.   Slide Presentation

Recording of the event Cultural Considerations in Early Psychosis Care, originally held on March 31, 2021.   Slide Presentation

View Dr. Sarah Kopelovich's presentation given on March 4, 2021, as part of the UW Psychiatry and Addictions Case Conference series (UW PACC). Learning objectives: Review updated facts and figures concerning psychosis outcomes to enable more accurate psychoeducation. Review key considerations relevant to differential diagnosis in a primary care setting. Review core practical skills for a clinical encounter of any nature. Learn high-yield behavioral interventions and the steps to skill building. Access the slide deck here. About the UW PACC Series The UW Psychiatry and Addictions Case Conference series (UW PACC) is a free, weekly teleconference that connects Washington community providers with UW Medicine psychiatrists and addictions experts. Any community providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and mental health professionals) in Washington State are welcome to join the weekly teleconference. This series includes both an educational presentation on an addictions or psychiatry topic and case presentations where providers who participate receive feedback and recommendations for their patients. UW PACC sessions take place Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:30 PM Pacific. Modeled after the University of New Mexico's Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), the three main aims of UW PACC are: Train the fellows to deliver a regional peer learning and support network for treating mental health and addictions across the state of Washington Expand the mental health and addictions care capacity of health care professionals in remote, underserved areas of Washington Offer telehealth resource support to build the confidence and skills of providers who care for patients with mental and behavioral health conditions   Presenter Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, is a forensically-trained, licensed clinical psychologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, based at Harborview Medical Center. Dr. Kopelovich is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and holds a Professorship in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis. Her research aims to enhance implementation and dissemination strategies for psychosocial interventions indicated for individuals with Psychotic Spectrum Disorders. She leads the only CBT for psychosis Provider Network in the country, which has received continual state funding since 2015. She regularly conducts workshops, seminars, and professional consultation across the country for mental health practitioners in CBT for psychosis (CBTp) and CBTp-informed care; Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis and Assertive Community Treatment; and diagnostic, suicide, and violence risk assessment. Dr. Kopelovich is one of the founding faculty with the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.

About this Resource:  Mental health care providers currently face a variety of challenges in their work-place setting and are at a high risk for experiencing burnout – negatively impacting professional and personal outcomes. One promising intervention, entitled Burnout Reduction: Enhanced Awareness, Tools, Handouts, and Education (BREATHE), supports individual providers by focusing on building individual resilience and skills. Dr. Michelle Salyers concludes our 3-part series by focusing on ways to build social support and integrate wellness practices in daily life.    About the Presenter:  Michelle P. Salyers, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She directs the ACT Center of Indiana, a collaboration of academic and community partners, including researchers, administrators, clinicians, consumers, and family members who share an interest in recovery-oriented, evidence-based practices. The overarching goal of her work is to help adults with severe mental illness live meaningful lives in the community. Her research addresses both consumers of mental health services and the providers of those services. She is increasingly targeting the interaction of consumers and providers, looking for the best way to support relationships that promote recovery and well-being. Her current work involves developing effective ways to reduce staff burnout and to increase shared decision-making in mental health care.  

View Dr. Lydia Chwastiak's presentation given on February 25, 2021, as part of the UW Psychiatry and Addictions Case Conference series (UW PACC). Learning objectives: Understand the 5 principles that guide evidence-based safe antipsychotic prescribing Know the recommended first-line medications for treatment of psychosis Identify two changes they can make in current practice to mitigate the metabolic risk among their patients who are treated with antipsychotic medications Access the slide deck here About the UW PACC Series   The UW Psychiatry and Addictions Case Conference series (UW PACC) is a free, weekly teleconference that connects Washington community providers with UW Medicine psychiatrists and addictions experts. Any community providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and mental health professionals) in Washington State are welcome to join the weekly teleconference. This series includes both an educational presentation on an addictions or psychiatry topic and case presentations where providers who participate receive feedback and recommendations for their patients. UW PACC sessions take place Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:30 PM Pacific. Modeled after the University of New Mexico's Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), the three main aims of UW PACC are: Train the fellows to deliver a regional peer learning and support network for treating mental health and addictions across the state of Washington Expand the mental health and addictions care capacity of health care professionals in remote, underserved areas of Washington Offer telehealth resource support to build the confidence and skills of providers who care for patients with mental and behavioral health conditions   Presenter   Lydia A. Chwastiak, MD, MPH, is a Co-Director of the Northwest MHTTC and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at University of Washington.  She is an internal medicine physician and psychiatrist. Over the past 15 years, her clinical and research interests have focused on the intersection of chronic medical illness and serious mental illness. Her clinical work involves integrated care models for patients with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in both primary care and community mental health settings.  She has conducted health services research that has investigated the prevalence, impact and costs of cardiovascular disease among veterans with serious mental illness. More recently, she has adapted and implemented evidence-based integrated care models for low resource settings in the US and in Southeast Asia. Dr. Chwastiak’s current projects include developing and testing a community mental health center-based team approach to treating poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes among outpatients with schizophrenia. Want more information? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's Resource Library and Websites by Topic  and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

The Digital Peer Support Specialist: How We Got Here and Where We're Going  This session presented a new category of peer support endorsement training - the digital peer support specialist. Dr. Karen Fortuna discussed the latest scientific evidence regarding digital peer support services including telephone-based, video games, and smartphone app peer support services, the current landscape of offerings within the United States. Additional information was provided on how to select technologies that promote recovery and discuss ethical challenges and opportunities to the future of peer support. Session Recording  

This interactive guide provides a trauma-conscious, equitable, and compassionate roadmap to supporting the mental health and resilience of every member of the school community.

The C-TLC's Schools This Year tip sheet was developed to guide conversations to include a trauma-informed, equitable, and compassionate lens to providing mental health supports for every member of the school community. Throughout this school year and beyond, you can use these tips to bring school communities together to heal from the trauma and grief that COVID-19 continues to inflict. Operating schools—in all forms—with optimism, joy, and connection will support the mental health of staff, students, and families, and provide a positive and healthy foundation for moving into a more hopeful future.

This podcast was recorded early November 2020. Join author, professor, and activist Dr. Shawn Ginwright as he discusses the connection between hope and healing with Brytani Cavil and Nadia Maynard. In this podcast, he talks about the importance of moving from a trauma-informed lens and into healing-centered engagement which is grounded in collective wisdom, hope, and community. Dr. Ginwright is a leading national expert on African American youth, youth activism, and youth development. He is an Associate Professor of Education in the Africana Studies Department and Senior Research Associate at the Cesar Chavez Institute for Public Policy at San Francisco State University. He is founder of Leadership Excellence Inc. and the Research Collaborative on Youth Activism.

Rebekah Demirel continues her provider well-being series in this sixth event. We know how much caring is needed in our world, though caring at times can feel like too heavy a load to carry. This session will focus on finding ways to keep caring, without carrying a burden. The Northwest MHTTC is excited to collaborate with Rebekah Demirel L.Ac. MPCC to deliver a webinar and podcast series as part of our support of provider well-being. Find out more about the series here. Resources Presentation Slides   Presenter Rebekah Demirel L.Ac. MPCC is the founder and director of Trauma Integration Programs, with more than a decade as an ambulance paramedic, twenty-two years as a paramedic trainer, eighteen years of mental health counseling experience, specializing in traumatic stress and she is a licensed East Asian medicine practitioner and acupuncturist. Rebekah’s unique skill set and experience are informed by her own traumatic childhood and teen years spent on the street and in the foster care system, giving her a special familiarity and empathy for trauma and loss.        Want more information? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's Resource Library and Websites by Topic  and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

Providing care and support for children, youth, and families as they navigate the asylum system can be challenging. It can be hard to know how to be as helpful as possible, especially when communication is difficult. In this brief video, two mental health experts with experience within the asylum and immigration systems share their suggestions for providing trauma-informed supports, while reducing the stress that staff and volunteers may experience. This video is accompanied by a one-page handout reflecting the recommendations.

This event took place on March 26th, 2021. We invite ANYONE working with Native students to join us! We want to hear from Natives and Non-Natives working in native communities. Your input is very appreciated. Topics Proposals for Discussion: Personal experiences and opinions from native and non-native viewpoint Who is better to work with my child? Native who is under-qualified or Non-native who is qualified How can tribal communities and school staff promote hiring more natives? How to encourage K-12 students to pursue careers like education, and social services.

Diapositivas de presentación Este seminario web abordará las áreas clave de la prevención del suicidio. Incluyendo: mitos y realidades, señales de advertencia y estrategias de intervención y prevención. Los participantes identificarán cómo evaluar el riesgo de suicidio y aprenderán sobre los recursos y apoyos disponibles. Objetivos: Disipar los mitos sobre el suicidio Identificar signos y síntomas de alguien que pueda tener pensamientos suicidas Identificar factores de riesgo Entender cómo tener una conversación significativa sobre el suicidio Desarrollar la conciencia de cómo intervenir y ayudar a una persona que puede tener tendencias suicidas Proporcionar recursos y fuentes de referencia

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