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In this webinar, Mid-America MHTTC trainers discuss strategies for addressing the mental health needs of health care professionals, including types of supports employers and organizations can implement to help those who are tasked with helping others. Learn more: https://bit.ly/NewEpidemic2021 Authors: Christian Klepper, PsyD

This document outlines a broad range of post-deployment resources and services for Veterans. It is relevant for Veterans and their families, caseworkers, clinicians, and service providers who work with Veterans. This document is intended for use as an electronic resource guide with hyperlinks and can also be used as a printed resource with visible URL addresses. The resources in the document are examples of services that may be helpful to Veterans and their families. The Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center does not endorse services; Veterans and their care team are encouraged to assess resources on a case-by-case basis for potential benefits and risks (e.g., read customer reviews; check state licenses, industry certifications, and bonds, where applicable).

  TARGET AUDIENCE This enduring material is intended for behavioral health providers (psychologists and masters level counselors), primary care providers (physicians, NPs, PAs), and Nurses (RNs).   EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES At the conclusion of this enduring material, the participant should be better able to: Describe symptoms of and diagnostic criteria for ADHD Describe common alternative explanations for symptoms of ADHD and common comorbidities associated with ADHD, and why comprehensive evaluation is important Discuss comprehensive evaluation for ADHD Discuss empirically supported interventions for ADHD     Learn more about UnitedHealthcare Behavioral Health Education Series  

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  This session will introduce the integration of behavioral health providers in primary care practices as well as the technical assistance the Mid-America MHTTC offers in this field. Speakers will demonstrate how integration efforts increase access to behavioral health, increase appointment attendance, and reduce stigma. Members of the Mid-America MHTTC Integrated Care Program will welcome requests to establish and/or enhance integration efforts in primary care. At the conclusion of this webinar, the participant should be better able to: Define integrated behavioral health care.  Identify the consequences and costs of poor health to society, particularly poor behavioral health.  Explain the importance of primary care in mental health delivery.  Describe the advantages of integrated care for patients, physicians, and providers.   Learn more about UnitedHealthcare Behavioral Health Education Series  

  Addressing the Role Stigma Plays in Death by Suicide - Workshop Wednesday Session Access slide deck with the green download button above Recording coming soon   Session Description   September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention states that death by suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reports that death by suicide is often the result of an untreated mental health condition. Addressing the role stigma plays in preventing people from seeking mental health support and treatment is a critical step in helping to reduce death by suicide in our communities. Join our trainer Debra Brownlee, as she examines the nature of stigma, how to talk about it in your community, and strategies for addressing and overcoming it when seeking mental health support and treatment.   After attending this session, participants can expect to:   Increase their understanding of the role that stigma plays in the access of mental health services. Provide skills related to communication when helping those struggling with mental health symptoms. Provide the opportunity for dialog regarding effective approaches and intervention strategies when assisting people who are struggling with mental health symptoms.    Trainer Debra Brownlee, PhD

In this 90-minute webinar recording, representatives from the LA County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH), the San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health (SBC DBH), the California Mental Health Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC), and Third Sector share insights, tips, and lessons learned from California’s journey to build more outcomes-focused outpatient mental health services. Over the last four years, seven California counties and the MHSOAC have worked with Third Sector, a nonprofit advisory firm, to develop a more client-centered approach to serving California’s most vulnerable residents living with serious mental illness through Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs. In California, these FSP programs partner with individuals of all ages through a “whatever it takes” model of care to provide support on the path to wellness and recovery. Currently, over 60,000 individuals are enrolled in FSP programs across the state. The presentation includes insights from LACDMH’s outcomes-focused contracting transformation, SBC DBH’s data-driven approach to local service improvement, and the MHSOAC’s role in building more consistent and human-centered programs statewide. Participants who view the webinar recording can learn: • Foundations of an outcomes-focused approach to mental health • Strategies to navigate outcomes-focused contracting and build stakeholder buy-in across the county political and provider community • Actionable recommendations to build more outcomes-focused outpatient mental health services locally • Opportunities for state leaders to support and scale local innovations and outcomes-focused strategies

This presentation was developed for Organizational Well-Being in Health Care: A National Symposium held Aug. 5-6, 2021. Learn more about the symposium here. About Systems Solutions for Enhancing Professional Well-Being Dr. Grace Gengoux, PhD, BCBA-D, provides a keynote address on evidence-based practices organizations can implement to better support the well-being of behavioral health providers in a post-pandemic world and beyond. Systemic approaches are needed to mitigate risk of burnout for healthcare professionals and to enhance professional fulfillment and meaningful career impact. This address describes practical strategies for enhancing connection, flexibility, and professional growth, using a systematic approach grounded in the Stanford’s WellMD model of professional fulfillment, and identifies best practices for sustaining healthy teams and building an organizational culture of wellness. The video recording of this session may be accessed here or by clicking on the "view resource" button above. Please click here to access the slide deck for this presentation.  Speaker Bio Grace Gengoux, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is a Clinical Professor, Director of the Autism Intervention Clinic, and Well-being Director for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Dr. Gengoux has coauthored a book focused on professional well-being and practical strategies to promote resilience for providers of mental health care. In her work as Department Well-being Director, Dr. Gengoux leads a task force charged with developing solutions to combat burnout by improving efficiency of practice and cultivating a stronger culture of wellness in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Gengoux is also a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Gengoux serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. Dr. Gengoux received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California Santa Barbara and completed her clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center, before joining the Stanford University School of Medicine clinical faculty in 2010.

This presentation was developed for Organizational Well-Being in Health Care: A National Symposium held Aug. 5-6, 2021. Learn more about the symposium here. About Taking an Equity First Framework: Sustainability in Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Ashley Stewart, PhD, MSW, LSW, reviews the ways in which strong organizational practices that support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) lead to increased provider well-being. Structural and identity-based oppression can present compounding challenges for minority individuals working in high-stress behavioral healthcare settings. Dr. Stewart contextualizes the problems presented by structural oppression and offers solutions for how adopting DEI focused organizational practices can provide a roadmap to provider well-being for all providers. The video recording of this session may be accessed here or by clicking on the "view resource" button above. Speaker Bio Ashley Stewart, PhD, MSW, LSW is an Adjunct Expert, Trainer & Curriculum Development Specialist at C4 Innovations. She received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, College of Social Work and her Master’s at Columbia University. She is an Assistant Professor at Temple University, College of Public Health, School of Social Work, training interdisciplinary students about social justice theories and frameworks and translational skills for anti-oppressive practice. Ashley provides racial equity training, consultation, and support and understands and respects the intricacies inherent in equity-centered work. Her research includes assessing the intersections of identity, structural oppression, health and mental health, and policy. In addition to the advanced study of the consequence and causes of identity-based oppression, Ashley supports the implementation of anti-oppressive practices at organizational, structural, programmatic, and clinical interventions.

This presentation was developed for Organizational Well-Being in Health Care: A National Symposium held Aug. 5-6, 2021. Learn more about the symposium here. About Special Topics in Organizational Well-Being Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH and Colin West, MD, PhD, provide two special topics presentations on novel ways organizations can approach supporting provider well-being through growing internal leadership skills and better understanding provider distress. Dr. Peccoralo presents on programs she has created that utilize leadership development to enhance appreciation, coaching, and mentorship skills in medical providers to enhance provider well-being within organizations. Dr. West presents on his work related to understanding both provider well-being and provider distress and how his team has worked to address both concerns. The video recording of this session may be accessed here or by clicking on the "view resource" button above. Please click below to access the slide deck for Physician Well-Being: From Burnout to Thriving in Modern Medicine presented by Dr. West. Speaker Bios Originally from Seattle, Dr. Colin West received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Iowa in 1999. He completed residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Mayo Clinic, and joined the faculty in General Internal Medicine in 2004. He is currently Professor of Medicine, Medical Education, and Biostatistics at Mayo. He directs the evidence-based medicine curriculum for the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and is Assistant Dean for GME Scholarship at Mayo. Dr. West’s research has focused on medical education and physician well-being, and he is CoDirector of the Mayo Clinic Program on Physician Well-Being. His research has been widely published in prominent journals including Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, and JAMA Internal Medicine. Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH, is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Well-Being and Development and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Peccoralo earned her MD and Masters in Public Health and completed her internal medicine residency, chief residency and general medicine fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Peccoralo is a practicing primary care physician and medical educator. Prior to her work in her current role, Dr. Peccoralo founded and developed the Primary Care Track, an Integrated behavioral health program in her primary care practice and a Divisional Faculty well-being program. In her current well-being role, Dr. Peccoralo has developed a robust institution-wide Faculty Well-being Program, a leadership workshop in appreciation and coaching and has worked to reduce in-basket and clerical burden through work groups and a grant program. In her faculty development role, she aims to enhance career development programs, collaborate on leadership development opportunities; and create and promote mentorship programming. Dr. Peccoralo also serves as a senior member of Mount Sinai’s COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Worker Psychological research program. She has spoken at numerous national and international conferences on her work on the impact of COVID on Health Care worker mental health and on her Coaching and Appreciation Sessions for Leaders.

This presentation was developed for Organizational Well-Being in Health Care: A National Symposium held Aug. 5-6, 2021. Learn more about the symposium here. About National Perspectives for Improving Organizational Responses to Health Professionals’ Well-Being Panelists Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH, Carol Bernstein, MD, Andrew McLean, MD, MPH, Ashley Stewart, PhD, MSW, LSW, and Steve Wengel, MD, leaders in well-being from health care systems across the country, share strategies they have seen implemented at the organizational level for preventing and addressing burnout. They identify urgent system-level needs as well as lessons learned from their work in this area. Moderated by Jeffrey Gold, PhD. The video recording of this session may be accessed here or by clicking on the "view resource" button above. Speaker Bios Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH, is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Well-Being and Development and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Peccoralo earned her MD and Masters in Public Health and completed her internal medicine residency, chief residency and general medicine fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Peccoralo is a practicing primary care physician and medical educator. Prior to her work in her current role, Dr. Peccoralo founded and developed the Primary Care Track, an Integrated behavioral health program in her primary care practice and a Divisional Faculty well-being program. In her current well-being role, Dr. Peccoralo has developed a robust institution-wide Faculty Well-being Program, a leadership workshop in appreciation and coaching and has worked to reduce in-basket and clerical burden through work groups and a grant program. In her faculty development role, she aims to enhance career development programs, collaborate on leadership development opportunities; and create and promote mentorship programming. Dr. Peccoralo also serves as a senior member of Mount Sinai’s COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Worker Psychological research program. She has spoken at numerous national and international conferences on her work on the impact of COVID on Health Care worker mental health and on her Coaching and Appreciation Sessions for Leaders. Carol A. Bernstein, M.D. is Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Wellbeing, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Montefiore Medical Center /Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is also a Senior Scholar in the Department of Education and Organizational Development for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). She was previously Vice Chair for Education and Director of Residency Training in Psychiatry at NYU. From 2001- 2011, Dr. Bernstein also served as the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and the Designated Institutional Official for ACGME accredited training programs at NYU. Dr. Bernstein is a Past-President of the American Psychiatric Association and served the Association as Vice President, Treasurer and Trustee-at-Large and as the chair of multiple committees. She has served as a spokesperson for the American Psychiatric Association on many occasions and received the 1997 exemplary psychiatrist award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). She is the recipient of the APA/NIMH Vestermark Award in Psychiatric Education and the APA Alexandra Symonds Award for contributions to the advancement of women in leadership and in women’s health. In 2018, Dr. Bernstein received a special Presidential commendation from the APA for her work in educating the public about mental illness through her role on Sirius/XM Doctor Radio. In 2019, she received the John Gienapp Award for notable contributions to Graduate Medical Education from the ACGME and the Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Psychiatrists. Dr. McLean is Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He obtained his medical degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, completed a psychiatry residency at the University of Wisconsin and an M.P.H. degree from the University of Minnesota. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including the UND School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award, the American Psychiatric Association Bruno Lima award for outstanding contributions to Disaster Psychiatry, and teaching excellence awards. Dr. McLean previously was the Medical Director of the ND Department of Human Services. He has served on a number of clinical, administrative and regulatory boards including medical licensing and professional health programs. He has lectured internationally on pertinent behavioral and public health issues. Dr. McLean has a particular interest in working with and advocating for individuals with serious and persistent behavioral health issues. He also is interested in individual and community resilience. Steven Wengel, MD, is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and the first-ever assistant vice chancellor for campus wellness for UNMC and the University of NebraskaOmaha. Dr. Wengel is from Omaha and has been a practicing psychiatrist since 1991, specializing in geriatric psychiatry. He treats patients with a broad range of psychiatric conditions, including dementia, depression, and anxiety disorders. He is currently the director of the UNMC Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, and he previously served as the chair of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry, from 2004 to 2018. Dr. Wengel has a longstanding interest in the role of non-medication interventions for reducing stress and anxiety. He has employed meditation techniques in his personal, clinical, and academic practices for many years, and has worked with the University of Nebraska to create innovative academic and clinical programs in stress reduction. In his current role as the wellness champion for UNMC, he oversees academic programs reaching out to faculty and trainees in all disciplines. His goal is to reduce stress and burnout in health care students and staff, as well as to reach out to other populations across the state and region.

This presentation was developed for Organizational Well-Being in Health Care: A National Symposium held Aug. 5-6, 2021. Learn more about the symposium here. The video recording of this session may be accessed here or by clicking on the "view resource" button above. Speaker Bios Dr. Scardamalia’s research builds on her extensive experience as a school psychologist working with high needs youth and their families. In addition to providing services for traditional public school campuses, Dr. Scardamalia has worked as a school psychologist in juvenile justice settings including juvenile detention and post-adjudication residential treatment. Dr. Scardamalia has conducted research on factors influencing determinations of special education eligibility under the disability category of emotional disturbance. Her current research focuses on the intersection of the public education, juvenile justice, and mental health systems and their contribution to the disproportionate number of minorities impacted by the school to prison pipeline. Dr. Scardamalia’s research addresses universal prevention and intervention through her work on the development of a modularized, classroom based, social emotional learning curriculum and through her research on district-wide strategies to reduce exclusionary discipline practices. In addition to conducting school-based research, she provides training, technical assistance, and consultation support to school districts and educational leaders at local, state and national levels. Dominique Charlot-Swilley, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor, Senior Research Policy at the Center for Child & Human Development, Department of Pediatrics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Director of Provider Wellbeing for Early Childhood Innovation Network (ECIN). Dr. Charlot-Swilley’s work is co-situated at Children’s National Medical Center and the early childhood sector. Dr. Charlot-Swilley operated as one of the lead psychologists to implement HealthySteps in Washington, DC at Children’s Medical Center. She now serves as a Technical Assistant Specialist to other HealthySteps sites in the District of Columbia. During her work at Children’s, she and her colleagues developed a Provider Wellbeing Program for medical providers to help address compassion fatigue, burnout, and vicarious trauma. Dr. Charlot-Swilley has transitioned her wellness work to the early childhood workforce. She is also coprincipal investigator of the SAMHSA Awareness grant for early childhood which aims to increase the capacity of early childhood educators to recognize and appropriately respond to the social emotional health of young children. Prior to joining Georgetown and Children’s, Dr. Charlot-Swilley served as a faculty member at Johns Hopkins University, adjunct professor at Howard University, George Washington University, and Montgomery College, Takoma Park, and was Assistant Director of a private practice in Maryland. Dr. Charlot-Swilley completed her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology at Howard University with a focus on ethnic minority mental health. Her early research work was on parent- child attachment among Caribbean mothers at Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami. She has conducted training on trauma and youth violence prevention in Haiti and South Africa. She is married and the mother of three daughters, a singleton, and identical twins.

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View Slide Deck Healthcare Providers are meeting the challenge of providing compassionate and effective services throughout this challenging time. Healthcare providers also need to be compassionate with themselves, attention to self-care helps maintain wellness.  In this webinar, we will introduce the Self-Care Program Manual intended to help professionals in a range of disciplines and settings facilitate brief self-care sessions with their peers and colleagues. The Manual includes information for facilitating each session. After the webinar, we will host a series of sessions as well as a detailed outline of what the facilitator will say and do during each session.  Each session provides an opportunity to develop skills to improve well-being. When people take care of themselves first, they are better able to offer high-quality support and services, manage emotions, and re-connect to purpose and meaning in their work and life. Presenter: Peggy Swarbrick, Ph.D., FAOTA, is the Associate Director of the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies and a Research Professor in the Applied Department of Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers. She developed a strength-based 8-dimensional wellness model to promote recovery from mental health and substance use and has created self-care wellness programs for people in recovery, caregivers, families, youth, and professionals. As a co-investigator, consultant, and collaborator on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grants as well as the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) grants, she has contributed to research and been a lead for developing training and intervention manuals for many of these projects. Dr. Swarbrick was a co-investigator on Perspectives on the International Classification of Diseases (11th revision); Using lived experience to improve mental health diagnoses in the United States: INCLUDE – US Study. She worked for many years at the Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Wellness Institute. Related Products: Pause, Breathe, Move: Self-Care for Healthcare Providers Self-Care Program Manual Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others Movement Video Series Peer Support for Healthcare Providers

Healthcare Providers are meeting the challenge of providing compassionate and effective services throughout this challenging time. Healthcare providers also need to be compassionate with themselves, attention to self-care helps maintain wellness.  In this webinar, we will introduce the Self-Care Program Manual intended to help professionals in a range of disciplines and settings facilitate brief self-care sessions with their peers and colleagues. The Manual includes information for facilitating each session. After the webinar, we will host a series of sessions as well as a detailed outline of what the facilitator will say and do during each session.  Each session provides an opportunity to develop skills to improve well-being. When people take care of themselves first, they are better able to offer high-quality support and services, manage emotions, and re-connect to purpose and meaning in their work and life. Presenter: Peggy Swarbrick, Ph.D., FAOTA, is the Associate Director of the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies and a Research Professor in the Applied Department of Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers. She developed a strength-based 8-dimensional wellness model to promote recovery from mental health and substance use and has created self-care wellness programs for people in recovery, caregivers, families, youth, and professionals. As a co-investigator, consultant, and collaborator on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grants as well as the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) grants, she has contributed to research and been a lead for developing training and intervention manuals for many of these projects. Dr. Swarbrick was a co-investigator on Perspectives on the International Classification of Diseases (11th revision); Using lived experience to improve mental health diagnoses in the United States: INCLUDE – US Study. She worked for many years at the Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Wellness Institute.