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The purpose of the Case Conceptualization for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) series is to introduce FEP therapists, skills trainers, and team leaders to three different case conceptualization approaches. In the first three sessions of this series, attendees learned the basics of building a Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-P) case conceptualization. Please see attached for the presentation slides from Session 3, which took place on December 8, 2022. Understanding my experiences with CBT-P:  Fillable Form

The purpose of the Case Conceptualization for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) series is to introduce FEP therapists, skills trainers, and team leaders to three different case conceptualization approaches. In the first three sessions of this series, attendees learned the basics of building a Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-P) case conceptualization. Please see attached for the presentation slides from Session 3, which took place on December 8, 2022. Understanding my experiences with CBTp Worksheet: Fillable Form

The purpose of the Case Conceptualization for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) series is to introduce FEP therapists, skills trainers, and team leaders to three different case conceptualization approaches. In the first three sessions of this series, attendees learned the basics of building a Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-P) case conceptualization. Please see attached for the presentation slides from Session 3, which took place on December 8, 2022.  

Join us for our monthly MHTTC event, Flying Starfish, Broken Pots, and Puppies in the River: Culture is Trauma-RESPONSIVE Care. Please click HERE to view the event recording. This event took place on December 14, 2022. 

Latinxs living in the US experience disparities in access and quality of mental health services. The social determinants of health, immigration status, immigration-related trauma, and the cumulative experience of inequity, combined with vulnerability during pregnancy and postpartum may result in a higher risk for mental health symptoms. Perinatal Mental Health Disorders (PMHDs) is a term used to include the various disorders that can affect individuals during pregnancy and postpartum. This advanced course provides relevant information on cultural considerations and culturally responsive treatment approaches for mental health providers working with Latinx populations experiencing or at risk for PMHDs. 

This presentation from December 7, 2022 dove into what it means to have culturally responsive services and key strategies for working with families of LGBTQ+ young people. Findings from a recent systematic review on cultural adaptations, as well as important insights from SAMHSA’s guide on Adapting Evidence-Based Practices for Under-Resourced Populations, were shared. Presenters were Angela Weeks and Leah Love from the Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity.

Providing care for patients with psychotic disorders is both an art and a science. In this presentation, Dr. Matcheri Keshavan provided:   An overview of approaches to providing care for patients with early course psychosis. This includes developing a therapeutic alliance, sharing diagnosis and disease understanding with the patients and families, and using shared decision making.  Principles of psychopharmacological management of psychotic disorders will be discussed  Approaches to psychotherapy of early cause psychosis patients will be discussed.   View a recording of this 12/14/22 event.   Dr. Keshavan is Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.   This event was a collaboration with the Massachusetts Mental Health Grand Rounds lecure series.

This webinar provided school staff with a guide to help them improve mental health literacy among students, educators, and their peers. Our roadmap focuses on: Understanding how to foster and maintain mental health Understanding mental health challenges and their treatments Decreasing stigma   View a recording of the event and the "6 Steps to Guide Your Mental Health Literacy Action Plan."   This community of practice is an extension of our Healthcare workers and Educators Addressing and Reducing Trauma (HEART) Collective—an intentional effort to enhance collaborations between community health centers and schools to support positive mental health and well-being for youth in school-based settings.

View Session Recording The Northeast & Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center invites school leadership, faculty, and staff to participate in a training on the mental health literacy package, Classroom WISE, and the new companion training course, Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE.     Classroom WISE Overview  Classroom WISE is a FREE 3-part training package that assists K-12 educators and school personnel in supporting the mental health of students in the classroom. Developed by the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network in partnership with the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH), this package offers strategies and skills to engage and support student mental health needs in the classroom.    Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE Overview  CIE WISE is a 2-hour, self-paced online course designed to promote cultural self-awareness and understanding of the impacts of social injustices on students. Learners will also be equipped with culturally inclusive and equitable strategies to promote student well-being and support students experiencing adversity, distress, and mental health concerns in the classroom.    Intended Audience  K-12 school leaders  K-12 teachers  School personnel    Webinar Learning Objectives  Increase understanding of Classroom WISE and CIE WISE development, structure, and content.   Learn strategies to promote student well-being and support students experiencing adversity, distress, and mental health challenges in the classroom.   Identify talking points and implementation ideas to support Classroom & CIE WISE utilization in schools or districts.  

Once considered the product of genius or divine inspiration, creativity--the ability to spot problems and devise smart solutions--is now recognized as a prized and teachable skill. Study of creativity is unfortunately not part of the formal curricular instruction in most academic healthcare settings. Creativity positively impacts clinical care, teaching effectiveness, and breakthroughs in research. However, time constraints, limited opportunities for fresh observations, and emotional exhaustion seem to have restricted our ability to cultivate creativity in our chore filled and task-oriented lives. Creativity thus becomes a valuable tool to mitigate the destructive impact of burnout in healthcare workers. Watch a recording of this event with Vineeth John, MD, MBA from November 18, 2022.

This talk with Jasmine Mote, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and Research Assistant Professor at Boston University, reviewed current knowledge on social isolation and loneliness for individuals with psychosis spectrum disorders and discussed evidence-based strategies for addressing loneliness in treatment. Watch a recording of this December 2, 2022 event. Access additional resources from the presenter. This event was co-sponsored by MAPNET.

View Session Recording Long COVID is used to describe the lingering symptoms that many are left managing long after recovering from the illness itself. Some of the symptoms include those related to depression, anxiety, fatigue, PTSD, and brain fog (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). The experience of these symptoms may affect attainment of important recovery goals, such as working, attending school, living independently, socializing, and overall emotional wellbeing. Behavioral health practitioners are in key positions to support individuals to better manage the functional implications and impact of long COVID symptoms, particularly those related to emotional wellbeing and attainment of community goals. The techniques and supports used in psychiatric rehabilitation are designed to assist people in finding hope and purpose after loss and illness. This workshop will explore established psychiatric rehabilitation tools and strategies to support individuals in establishing recovery goals, learning skills, and developing supports to live a meaningful and purposeful life. At the end of this two-part webinar, attendees will be able to: Define long COVID and its related symptoms and functional implications Review current research on the impact of long COVID on mental health Describe the benefits of using a recovery framework when addressing long COVID Explore psychiatric rehabilitation strategies that are assistive in the attainment of recovery goals despite symptoms of long COVID

View Session Recording Long COVID is used to describe the lingering symptoms that many are left managing long after recovering from the illness itself. Some of the symptoms include those related to depression, anxiety, fatigue, PTSD, and brain fog (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). The experience of these symptoms may affect attainment of important recovery goals, such as working, attending school, living independently, socializing, and overall emotional wellbeing. Behavioral health practitioners are in key positions to support individuals to better manage the functional implications and impact of long COVID symptoms, particularly those related to emotional wellbeing and attainment of community goals. The techniques and supports used in psychiatric rehabilitation are designed to assist people in finding hope and purpose after loss and illness. This workshop will explore established psychiatric rehabilitation tools and strategies to support individuals in establishing recovery goals, learning skills, and developing supports to live a meaningful and purposeful life. At the end of this two-part webinar, attendees will be able to: Define long COVID and its related symptoms and functional implications Review current research on the impact of long COVID on mental health Describe the benefits of using a recovery framework when addressing long COVID Explore psychiatric rehabilitation strategies that are assistive in the attainment of recovery goals despite symptoms of long COVID

The purpose of the Case Conceptualization for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) series is to introduce FEP therapists, skills trainers, and team leaders to three different case conceptualization approaches. In the first three sessions of this series, attendees learned the basics of building a Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-P) case conceptualization. Please see attached for the presentation slides from Session 1, which took place on October 13, 2022.

The purpose of the Case Conceptualization for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) series is to introduce FEP therapists, skills trainers, and team leaders to three different case conceptualization approaches. In the first three sessions of this series, attendees learned the basics of building a Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis (CBT-P) case conceptualization. Please see attached for the presentation slides from Session 2, which took place on November 10, 2022. Handouts:  Understanding my experiences with CBT-P: Fillable Form Understanding my experiences with CBT-P Worksheet:  Vignette Practice

This event took place November 9, 2022

View Session Recording Webinar Description: This webinar will support the implementation of a recovery-oriented system of care that aligns with Hispanic and Latino/é cultural values. The goal of mental health services is to cultivate an environment in which individuals with lived experiences of mental health concerns feel comfortable seeking care, engaging in treatment, and supported on their journey towards recovery. Understanding the various barriers to recovery-oriented reform (individual, cultural, and structural), developing recovery-oriented competencies, and communicating recovery-oriented messages within Hispanic and Latino/é communities can enhance a recovery-oriented system of care.   Presenters: Oscar F. Rojas Perez, Darice Orobitg, Katty Rivera, Caribel Sanbria Velez, Graziela Reis, Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, and Kristine Irizarry   Intended Audience: Mental health practitioners, peer providers, individuals with lived experience, and family members.   Learning Objectives: Understand structural challenges to supporting mental health recovery in Hispanic and Latino/é communities. Recognize recovery-oriented staff competencies to enhance and promote recovery with Hispanic and Latino/é individuals. Identify strategies on how to integrate Hispanic and Latino/é cultural elements and values with principles of recovery. Learn from a peer leader about the impact of peer support mental health services in supporting recovery among Hispanic and Latino/é communities.   This interactive webinar is a collaboration among the following Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers: New England, Northeast & Caribbean, and National Hispanic and Latino.   *Latiné (pronounced la·ˈ​ti·​ne) is a gender-neutral form of the word Latino, created by LGBTQIA+, gender non-binary, and feminist communities in Spanish speaking countries. The objective of the term Latiné is to remove gender from the Spanish word Latino, by replacing it with the gender-neutral Spanish letter é.

View Webinar Recording   On July 16, 2022 the three-digit number for suicide and mental health crises, 988, went live. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a network of more than 200 state and local call centers supported by the US Department of Health and Human Services through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 988 is part of a broader crisis continuum which includes the hotline, mobile crisis, and crisis stabilization. This webinar gives more information about 988, who should call, why to call, what happens when you call, how it differs from 911, and what the larger mental health crisis response system can do. 

Slides from the session Trauma Informed Care in Indian Country. Click HERE to view the event recording. This event took place on September 14, 2022. 

The Supportive Housing Virtual Learning Community (VLC) will facilitate learning about long-standing and emerging challenges in Supportive Housing using both interactive learning sessions and an online forum for interaction and engagement among trainers and Learning Community participants.   The goals of the VLC are to support providers in: Gaining a better understanding of their role and the role of landlords in supporting SH Learning additional strategies to retain and train staff who will need to adapt to changing work environments Mastery of outreach techniques in the contemporary environment Recognizing the importance of tenancy skills to supportive housing success and the ability to utilize skills training techniques more effectively

Slides from the session Native Food is Medicine: Providing Emotional/ Resilient Support for AI/AN Youth through the Healing Power of Food. Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic (https://www.sanartecommunity.com). Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods. Session #5

Slides from the session 988 National Crisis Number - A Tribal Outreach Approach. Please join us for our monthly MHTTC webinar. This event took place on August 24th, 2022. 

Slides from the session Native Medicine: Cultivating Mental Health Resilience and Deep Rooted Vitality for AI/AN Youth. Join us to activate (y)our full presence, power, and resilience. We will be guided by Gera Marin, a Traditional Healing Arts Practitioner, Sacred Runner (Chaski), urban farmer, and Coach guide us in a 6 class journey where he will share techniques to generate emotional stability amidst the storms. Whether you are an educator, parent, organizer, or tribal leader, this series will support you with physical and mental fitness tools to assist you in sustaining your highest potentials in service of AI/AN youth communities. Through a combination of guided movement, mindfulness practices, and neuro linguistic reconditioning; participants will release self-limiting thought patterns inflicted by the colonial capitalistic dominant society and restore their innate resilience. This series is designed to lovingly support and create a space for those of you that serve in inequitable and challenging conditions, a space for you to regenerate, while reinvigorating your personal practices/routines. Session #4

Slides from the session Native Food is Medicine: Providing Emotional/ Resilient Support for AI/AN Youth through the Healing Power of Food.  Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic (https://www.sanartecommunity.com). Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods. Session #4