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This is a psychopharmacology consultation line with Dr. Matcheri Keshavan and Dr. Kevin Hill.  To access a copy of this presentation, click here.

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC Team is excited to bring you this new quarterly newsletter focused on all things youth and young adults (YYA) of transition age! Building youth-driven systems and services is critical for improving mental health experiences and outcomes, reducing health inequities that impact marginalized young people, and fostering a culture of recovery. Spotlight on Young Adults is dedicated to promoting resources, perspectives, and organizations that support YYA advocates, advocates for YYA, and YYA-serving professionals.

Back to School After COVID-19: Supporting Student and Staff Mental Health Educators across the world are wondering how school will look when they return to the buildings that they left suddenly earlier this spring.  This toolkit is designed to help guide conversations to include a trauma-informed, equitable, and compassionate lens to providing mental health supports to every member of the school community. Because we will all return to school as different people than when we left, caring leaders are seeking to support each other in turning our tragedies into growth, recognizing the joys amongst the ongoing and profound difficulties, and re-establishing school communities to serve everyone, with greater justice and equity.

The Well-Being Series is a variety of virtual learning opportunities for kids, families, and educators focusing on mental wellness and suicide prevention -- and a wealth of relevant information and access to school mental health experts in one spot. This document provides an complete list of all the helpful links shared throughout the series. Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

Original Webinar Date: 06/30/2020 This webinar recording is the second in a four-part series that explores the dynamics of implicit bias and its impact on our work in mental health. Everyone has implicit biases. It is important to become mindful of how they can show up and impact our work with others. This webinar explores the dynamics of implicit bias and its impact on decision-making in behavioral health spaces.   This series challenges our viewers to: Reflect on their own implicit bias Experientially grapple with the concepts of prejudice, bias, microaggressions and stereotypes Recognize the role bias plays in responding to mental health concerns and in client interactions Learn ways to become self-aware of their own biases Acknowledge the way bias shows up in organizational culture, climate, policies, and practices Examine strategies to break the biases that show up in organizational structure and engagement with communities   About the Facilitators: Dr. Rachele Espiritu is the co-director of SAMHSA's Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (Hawaii, California, Arizona, Nevada, and the Pacific Islands). Dr. Espiritu provides training, technical assistance, and capacity building at the local, territory, tribal, state, and national level in multiple systems, including mental health, substance use, public health, and education. She is a founding partner with Change Matrix LLC, a minority- and women-owned small business that motivates, manages and measures change to support systems that improve lives. She is a former School Board Member of Denver Public Schools (DPS), where she provided direction and leadership for Whole Child efforts and successfully passed a resolution for DPS to become a trauma-informed school district.   Kaitlin E. Ferrick, J.D. is a Knowledge Transfer Specialist with the Pacific Southwest MHTTC and a Change Specialist with Change Matrix. Ms. Ferrick’s work focuses on driving equitable outcomes for children and families through strategic, cross-sector systems change. Previously, Ms. Ferrick was the Head Start State Collaboration Office Director at the Michigan Department of Education where she worked to improve collaboration between the federal Head Start and state early childhood systems. Ms. Ferrick attended law school at the University of Wisconsin, where she participated in the Innocence Project and assisted an array of indigent clients with their legal matters. She also taught in Los Angeles County Head Start classrooms as a Teach for America corps member.   Dr. Suganya Sockalingam is a Founding Partner at Change Matrix, LLC, which supports agencies in addressing diversity, cultural competence, and cross-cultural communication as well as leadership, collaboration, and conflict management. Dr. Sockalingam focuses on supporting individuals, organizations, and systems to motivate, manage, and measure systems change. Currently, she serves as a training and technical assistance provider for several national technical assistance centers, and for other federal, national, state, territorial, and community agencies. She earned her doctorate at Washington State University and has worked in many capacities in public and behavioral health, both nationally and internationally, for over 25 years.

The 3-part School Leader Series is focused on the role of the school leader in creating and maintaining a positive climate and culture virtually during the global pandemic and in the building upon the return to school. This document provides a complete list of all links and resources shared during the third webinar in the series, a live Q&A session with presenters and school leaders. Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

Substance use, depression, and anxiety are increasing among primary care patients due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet many primary care providers lack the time, interest, and/training to address these behavioral health issues. In this session, we’ll discuss expanding the health care team with low-cost team members who can systematically deliver Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to screen for substance use, and a collaborative care model for depression and anxiety.   Speaker:  Richard L. Brown , MD, MPH, is a highly experienced family physician and healthcare leader who is a nationally recognized leader in implementing the "Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment" (SBIRT) program focused on preventing problematic use, abuse and dependence of alcohol and illicit drugs. Dr. Brown has served as a practice-transformation team member for an SBIRT-related project administered by the National Council on Behavioral Health and funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  Most recently, Dr. Brown served as a market medical director for ConcertoHealth. Previous to that he as professor of Family Medicine and director of the Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles, at the School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and CEO and Chief Medical Officer for Wellsys, LLC. Among his many accolades, Dr. Brown is a recipient of several awards including the Hope in Healing Award from the Addiction Resource Council of Waukesha, Wis. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Brown University in Providence, R.I., where he also received his M.D. degree. He also earned an M.P.H. degree from the University of Washington, in Seattle, Wash.  PPT_SBIRT_Dr.Brown_6.30.20 Transcript_SBIRT_Dr.Brown_6.30.20 Q/A_SBIRT_Dr.Brown_6.30.20

This 1-hour session provided an overview of the impact of IPV on survivors’ mental health and how survivors’ safety is impacted by COVID-19 and other public crises, as well as information on how to safely inquire about IPV and link to local domestic and sexual violence advocacy resources. Download the webinar slides HERE. Download the FAQ document HERE. Click here to stay connected and find out about future offerings from the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, & Mental Health! Get social with NCDVTMH: Twitter Instagram Facebook Speakers: Carole Warshaw, MD, is the Director of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health. Dr. Warshaw has been at the forefront of developing collaborative models and building system capacity to address the mental health, substance use and advocacy concerns of survivors of DV and other trauma, and to create accessible, culturally responsive, domestic violence- and trauma-informed services and organizations. She has written and spoken extensively on these topics both nationally and internationally and has served as an advisor to numerous health, mental health and advocacy organizations and federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). She also served on the National Research Council Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence Interventions. Dr. Warshaw has maintained a private practice in psychiatry since 1989 and is a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois. Gabriela Zapata-Alma, LCSW, CADC, is the Director of Policy and Practice on Domestic Violence and Substance Use at the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health, as well as faculty at The University of Chicago, where they coordinate the Advanced Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor certification program at the School of Social Service Administration. Gabriela brings over 15 years of experience supporting people impacted by violence, mental health conditions, substance use disorders, trauma, housing instability, and HIV/AIDS; providing counseling, training, advocacy, and policy consultation; and leading programs using trauma-informed approaches, Motivational Interviewing, harm reduction, gender-responsive care, Housing First, and third-wave behavioral interventions. Gabriela has been recognized with numerous awards, including Health & Medicine Policy Research Group’s 2018 Health Award, and the 2017 Rising Star Award from the Illinois chapter of the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC). Note: This is the first session of the Working at the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Series, an online series brought to you by the MHTTC Network and the National Center for Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health. For more information on the series and other upcoming sessions, please click here.

Click the link above to view the webinar recording of Understanding Suicide session 2: Adolescents and the Changing Brain from July 8th, 2020. 

Click the link above to download the handouts for the webinar Understanding Suicide session 2: Adolescents and the Changing Brain that was held on July 8th, 2020. 

Session three Providing Mental Health Telehealth Services in Farming and Rural Communities   This webinar addressed how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected access to care, specifically mental health services. Presenters discussed how access to care is critical for farming and rural and frontier communities and highlighted the unique barriers these communities face. Presenters also provided information about telehealth service and resources, and how best practices developed prior and during the pandemic may provide longer-term solutions to mental health care access for farmers and rural communities. Participants gained a deeper understanding of how telehealth services work and how these services are implemented in real-world settings.   Slide deck Recording   Trainers Holly J. Roberts, PhD Deborah C. Baker, JD Stephen Gillaspy, PhD                      Four-part Series Addressing Mental Health Care in Farming and Rural Communities  COVID-19 is taking a tremendous toll on farming communities across the U.S., which already faced financial hardships before the pandemic. Now, the agricultural community is grappling with greater levels of uncertainty of what will happen to their livelihood in the coming months and years. The pandemic creates a new set of challenges.    Session one Improving Mental Health Care by Understanding the Culture of Farming and Rural Communities June 25, 2020 This webinar addressed the mental health crisis and unique stressors caused by COVID-19 within farming and rural/frontier communities. Presenters spoke to the ways health practitioners and community leaders should address stigma, stressors, mental risk factors, and provide treatment resources in these communities. Participants learned about improving mental health engagement and the unique aspects of providing services within these communities while also getting a "boots-on-the-ground" perspective on mental health care for farmers.   View Resources from Session One   Trainers Monica Kramer McConkey, LPC Kristi Phillips, PsyD   Session two Approaching and Treating Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Farming and Rural Communities July 2, 2020 This webinar discussed co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in farming and rural communities. Speakers outlined the prevalence of mental health and substance use co-occurring disorders, linking research to real-world impact of these disorders. Presenters also touched on the impact of COVID-19 within these communities. Participants learned how primary care providers can screen and identify signs and symptoms of co-occurring disorders as well as potential options for treatment plans.   View Resources from Session Two   Trainers Maridee Shogren, CNM, DNP Rebecca Roller, PsyD, LMFT   Session four Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Farming and Rural Communities: Assessment, Ethics, and Preventing Compassion Fatigue   This webinar continued the conversation about co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in farming and rural communities begun by Dr. Rebecca Roller and Dr. Maridee Shogren. In this follow up session Dr. Roller and Dr. Shogren provided additional information for using assessment tools to screen for co-occurring disorders in farming and rural populations, examined the unique ethical considerations created by providing care in small communities, and touched on ways to identify and prevent provider compassion fatigue. Participant questions from the session on Approaching and Treating Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Farming and Rural Communities were used to help guide this presentation.   View Resources from Session Four   Trainers Maridee Shogren, CNM, DNP Rebecca Roller, PsyD, LMFT   Additional Resources Farm Stress and Mental Health Rural Mental Health Resources  

Audio recording of the webinar "Promoting Educator Well-Being: Understanding and Combating Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress," originally held on June 11, 2020.   Download the slides

Download the slide deck here Today’s economic crisis, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures, poses significant challenges for state budget-makers. This webinar, led by health care financing expert Dr. Adam Wilk, will discuss those challenges in the context of school and school district leaders’ efforts to finance school mental health programs. Leaders must look for opportunities to sustain these programs using new funding (e.g., federal) sources and, when possible, anticipate which previously counted-on funding sources may see the largest cuts.   By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to: 1. Identify new sources of financing for school-based mental health services derived from governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. Discuss the potential implications of state budget crises for school-based mental health financing. 3. Illustrate the importance of state, federal, and local sources for financing school-based mental health services in different states and communities in the Southeast.

Drs. Kenneth Ruggiero and Margaret Anton describe strategies to address COVID-related and other barriers to care and demonstrate an iPad-based toolkit that houses a collection of games and activities clinicians can use to improve quality of care in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). By the end of the webinar, participants are able to: Describe the benefits of telehealth based platforms Recognize the limitations of telehealth platforms Understand the potential benefits of protocol-driven games and activities in the context of child mental health treatment Describe the state of the science relative to telehealth and technology-based solutions Understand how to better serve patients while we struggle with COVID-19

Find our June 2020 newsletter here. In this issue, we highlighted new resources for returning to school after COVID-19, resources for supporting LGBTQ students and resources for supporting student mental health in the context of racial inequity and violence.   >> Click "View Resource" above Sign up for our School Mental Health Newsletter! Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

Hispanos y latinos Mayores en los Estados Unidos con Condiciones de Salud Mental es una hoja informativa basada en el webinar facilitado por el Dr. Bernardo Ng, psiquiatra Latino y ex presidente de la American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry. La población de latinos mayores es heterogénea y está subrepresentada en la investigación, lo cual representa un desafío para los clínicos. Entre los trastornos de salud mental más frecuentes entre los latinos mayores se encuentra la depresión, la enfermedad de Alzheimer y otros trastornos neurocognitivos. Los proveedores de servicios de salud mental que atienden latinos mayores deben considerar el uso de traductores e intérpretes, o tener acceso a profesionales que hablan español para personas monolingües. Además, pueden aumentar la literacia en salud de sus clientes al desarrollar y diseminar materiales educativos en español u otros dialectos. A su vez, los clínicos interesados ​​en ofrecer servicios a los latinos mayores deben evaluar su propio nivel de sensibilidad cultural con respecto a las poblaciones hispanas y latinas.   Versión en inglés  

Hispanos y latinos Mayores en los Estados Unidos con Condiciones de Salud Mental es una hoja informativa basada en el webinar facilitado por el Dr. Bernardo Ng, psiquiatra Latino y ex presidente de la American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry. La población de latinos mayores es heterogénea y está subrepresentada en la investigación, lo cual representa un desafío para los clínicos. Entre los trastornos de salud mental más frecuentes entre los latinos mayores se encuentra la depresión, la enfermedad de Alzheimer y otros trastornos neurocognitivos. Los proveedores de servicios de salud mental que atienden latinos mayores deben considerar el uso de traductores e intérpretes, o tener acceso a profesionales que hablan español para personas monolingües. Además, pueden aumentar la literacia en salud de sus clientes al desarrollar y diseminar materiales educativos en español u otros dialectos. A su vez, los clínicos interesados ​​en ofrecer servicios a los latinos mayores deben evaluar su propio nivel de sensibilidad cultural con respecto a las poblaciones hispanas y latinas.   Versión en inglés  

En este webinar comenzamos conociendo los conceptos básicos de la comunidad LGBT. Además, nos adentramos al contexto psicosocial de la comunidad trans, cuir y no binarie para poder ser empáticos, sensibles y efectivos en la provisión de servicios de salud a esta población.   Slides are available here.

En este webinar comenzamos conociendo los conceptos básicos de la comunidad LGBT. Además, nos adentramos al contexto psicosocial de la comunidad trans, cuir y no binarie para poder ser empáticos, sensibles y efectivos en la provisión de servicios de salud a esta población.   Slides are available here.

Session two Approaching and Treating Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Farming and Rural Communities This webinar discussed co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in farming and rural communities. Speakers outlined the prevalence of mental health and substance use co-occurring disorders, linking research to real-world impact of these disorders. Presenters also touched on the impact of COVID-19 within these communities. Participants learned how primary care providers can screen and identify signs and symptoms of co-occurring disorders as well as potential options for treatment plans.   Slide deck Recording Co-Occurring Disorders Resource Guide   Trainers Maridee Shogren, CNM, DNP Rebecca Roller, PsyD, LMFT                      Four-part Series Addressing Mental Health Care in Farming and Rural Communities  COVID-19 is taking a tremendous toll on farming communities across the U.S., which already faced financial hardships before the pandemic. Now, the agricultural community is grappling with greater levels of uncertainty of what will happen to their livelihood in the coming months and years. The pandemic creates a new set of challenges.    Session one  Improving Mental Health Care by Understanding the Culture of Farming and Rural Communities June 25, 2020 This webinar addressed the mental health crisis and unique stressors caused by COVID-19 within farming and rural/frontier communities. Presenters spoke to the ways health practitioners and community leaders should address stigma, stressors, mental risk factors, and provide treatment resources in these communities. Participants learned about improving mental health engagement and the unique aspects of providing services within these communities while also getting a "boots-on-the-ground" perspective on mental health care for farmers.   View Resources from Session One   Trainers Monica Kramer McConkey, LPC Kristi Phillips, PsyD   Session three  Providing Mental Health Telehealth Services in Farming and Rural Communities July 9, 2020 This webinar addressed how the COVID-19 pandemic affects access to care, specifically mental health services. Presenters discussed how access to care is critical for farming and rural and frontier communities and highlighted the unique barriers these communities face. Presenters also provided information about telehealth service and resources, and how best practices developed prior and during the pandemic may provide longer-term solutions to mental health care access for farmers and rural communities.    View Resources from Session Three   Trainers Holly J. Roberts, PhD Deborah C. Baker, JD Stephen Gillaspy, PhD   Session four Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Farming and Rural Communities: Assessment, Ethics, and Preventing Compassion Fatigue July 16, 2020 This webinar continued the conversation about co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in farming and rural communities begun by Dr. Rebecca Roller and Dr. Maridee Shogren. In this follow up session Dr. Roller and Dr. Shogren provided additional information for using assessment tools to screen for co-occurring disorders in farming and rural populations, examined the unique ethical considerations created by providing care in small communities, and touched on ways to identify and prevent provider compassion fatigue. Participant questions from the session on Approaching and Treating Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Farming and Rural Communities were used to help guide this presentation.   View Resources from Session Four   Trainers Maridee Shogren, CNM, DNP Rebecca Roller, PsyD, LMFT   Additional Resources Farm Stress and Mental Health Rural Mental Health Resources  

Opioid use disorder has reached an alarming rate in the United States. As more and more people struggle with opioids, it is important for behavioral healthcare workers to understand how to best support people in need; specifically, members that identify within the sexual and gender diverse community. Members of this community are disproportionately affected by substance use disorders, inclusive of the opioid epidemic. This presentation will highlight the impact of opioid use disorder on sexual and gender diverse populations, best practices, trauma-informed care, and behavioral health integration into primary care. Webinar Objectives: Highlight the difference between sexual (affectional) identity and gender identity Describe the implications of opioid use disorder for the LGBTQ+ population Discuss best practices for working with LGBTQ+ who have opioid use disorder   View presentation slides and transcript  

Understanding Opioid Use Disorder within the LGBTQ+ Community Presentation Slides and Transcript

Recovery in the Hispanic and Latinx Community Presentation Slides and Transcript

Recovery from SMI has been studied and documented by researchers, practitioners, and individuals with lived experience around the world and across time. Recovery is real. Recovery can be supported by practices and services that encourage participant engagement, community inclusion, valued social roles, and overall wellness. This webinar introduces recovery from SMI and many of the evidence-based and promising practices that support recovery. This session focuses on recovery in the Hispanic and Latinx community.  Webinar Objectives:  Review the terminology used to describe the Hispanic and Latinx demographic  Identify the cultural aspects that may affect mental health in the Latinx community Discuss the impact of culture, gender roles, religion/spirituality, and acculturation in the recovery process Identify strategies to make counseling culturally sensitive Identify interventions that are considered best practices for counseling   View presentation slides and transcript