A biweekly drop-in therapy group for LGBTQIA+ adults with experiences of religious hurt from varying backgrounds. The purpose of Sacred Wounds is to facilitate self-discovery, catharsis, and recovery for those who have been harmed within religious contexts.

A biweekly drop-in therapy group for LGBTQIA+ adults with experiences of religious hurt from varying backgrounds. The purpose of Sacred Wounds is to facilitate self-discovery, catharsis, and recovery for those who have been harmed within religious contexts.

This training will address epidemiology, neurobiology, effective screening and assessment, and evidence-based treatment. More specifically, you will learn: the neurobiological difference of adolescents and how substance use impacts that development; how to identify evidence-based screening, assessment, and treatment strategies for adolescents with substance use disorders; to consider the impact that co-occurring psychiatric disorders can have in youth with substance use disorders; and how to identify language and stigma as a barrier for substance use disorder assessment and treatment.

A peer support group for individuals who have a family member or loved one with mental illness.

A biweekly drop-in therapy group for LGBTQIA+ adults with experiences of religious hurt from varying backgrounds. The purpose of Sacred Wounds is to facilitate self-discovery, catharsis, and recovery for those who have been harmed within religious contexts.

In person drop-in therapeutic support group for those experiencing holiday stress.

A peer support group for individuals who have a family member or loved one with mental illness.

A peer support group for individuals who have a family member or loved one with mental illness.

A peer support group for individuals who have a family member or loved one with mental illness.

A peer support group for individuals who have a family member or loved one with mental illness. 

A peer support group for individuals who have a family member or loved one with mental illness.

A peer support group for individuals who have a family member or loved one with mental illness.

This continuing education workshop explores elder abuse through the lens of trauma and behavioral health disorders as well as the overlap in mental, physical, and behavioral symptomatology. Strategies to best support older adults in these circumstances are emphasized.

This 32-hour online training for ORAL interpreters is offered FREE of charge by the Virginia Healing Partnership with the support of the DSS Office of New Americans Refugee Services and DBHDS Office of Behavioral Health Wellness. The instructional time is conducted via Zoom. This course provide participants with basic knowledge and skills to render high quality interpreting when serving mental health, substance use, and developmental disability related cases in educational settings.

Finding the right mental health services and supports can be challenging. For Latinx/Chicanx people, searching for culturally responsive providers with a heightened awareness about their particular needs and concerns, the challenge can be even more daunting. The Institute of Chicanx Psychology along with the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has been able to finally bring this much needed network together! Our gatherings are on Zoom. This is the link for our SEPTEMBER gathering!

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84161455164?pwd=ZUhWTmJTSmJ3UkVFaE82ZHVrQ2xKZz09

Meeting ID: 841 6145 5164

Passcode: 205853

 

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

The Austin Latinx Chicanx Behavioral Health Network (LCBHN) was created to help the Latinx/Chicanx community members who are interested in mental health issues connect with one another. Comprised of behavioral health professionals, consumers, youth and their families, faith leaders, community leaders and community members, the network identifies and brings together local supports for individuals living with mental health, substance use, and/or developmental disabilities.

We hope you can join us!

Region 10 Opioid Learning Collaborative and the Primary Care Association are hosting a forum on tele-behavioral health

Join Innovation Lab and Bon Secours Mercy Health for our virtual Start-up Demo Day featuring insights and innovative solutions from the hottest startups in behavioral health. Our ecosystem of venture partners, health systems, universities and accelerators are coming together to showcase these premier companies.

Space is limited! Register NOW for this FREE virtual event!

Here are the great startups that will be presented!

Athena Music & Wellness Therapy, Inc. is a global mental health and wellness solutions provider, that focuses on Music Therapy, Innovative Digital Health tech. and Wellness Education, harnessing the power of music to help others with a myriad of challenges from autism to Alzheimer's, and from addiction to depression.

Athena has three pillars of business: Cutting-edge, science-based music therapy treatment systems by board-certified music therapists. Innovative Digital Health Tech including TuneWell - a personalized music wellness/mHealth App, with music and content 100% created by certified music therapists; a patterned assistive digital smart therapy device for rehabilitation for children and adults; and a Music Wellness Therapy blended learning platform.

Clarigent Health designs products to empower clinicians to make better decisions for better outcomes. Our patented artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms detect vocal biomarkers of mental health risks to help inform care decisions and monitor treatment progress. The AI platform builds on over a decade of clinical research, with further research and advancements continuing as part of our commitment to bring science to mental health. Our first product, Clairity, is an app-based listening tool that analyzes speech with AI trained to identify patients at risk of suicide and depression. Clairity is HIPAA compliant, telehealth compatible, and can be administered by any trained staff, while results are interpreted remotely by the overseeing clinician.

Savor Lining partners with businesses to empower their people to recognize the joy and potential in each of their days and moments. Savor Lining’s mission-driven team, including experienced licensed therapists, provide practical mental health instruction and skill-building in live, online, group classes and listening sessions. These company-wide mental fitness events position individuals, and their organizations, to live more joyful and productive lives.

ShareTek is an innovative at home diagnostics company that provides remote drug and alcohol testing products without sacrificing quality in the testing results. Based in Scottsdale, AZ, ShareTek was founded in 2019 by a close-knit team of professionals who have deep personal connections to addiction, illness, crime, and redemption. Steve Moak, CEO and Founder created the company after his personal journey with addiction. When he walked out of a treatment facility seven years ago, he realized there needed to be a new model of care. He saw the lack of access and tools for supporting people early in recovery had not been updated in decades. ShareTek’s rapid growth was boosted with the rise of at home services due to Covid and is now the largest provider of DNA confirmed at home drug tests in the nation.

Spark Neuro Medical focuses on diagnostic tools for more accurate and objective measurement of brain-based disease onset, progression and recovery. They have applications for Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury and are establishing more effective measures of theraputic efficacy for mental health conditions including depression, anxiety and PTSD.

TomBot: Tombot makes robotic animals that transform the daily life of individuals, families and communities facing mental health adversities. Designed to provide specific medical benefits for seniors with dementia, Tombot Puppies have been pre-ordered for residential, assisted living, skilled nursing and acute care applications. Tombot Puppies have also been preordered for seniors subjected to social isolation due to COVID-19, children with Autism, adults with high impact chronic pain, major depressive disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and PTSD. Peer-reviewed studies show that robotic animals positively affect some peoples’ ability to cope with stress, anxiety, loneliness, depression and pain, improving quality of life and reducing the need for psychotropic and opioid medications. Tombot Puppies will be the first robotic animals to be both FDA medical devices and remote safety and health monitoring platforms.

Unfortunately, problems associated with sleep are a common issue among individuals in the general population, with even higher rates reported among those diagnosed with a mental illness and/or chemical health disorder. As such, it is imperative for these impacted individuals to receive appropriate supports and services from mental health and substance use treatment professionals who understand the complexities of sleep dysfunction. Designed for professionals working in mental health and substance abuse treatment settings, this training provides attendees with a working understanding of the causes, consequences, and interventions associated with sleep disturbances and disorders among client-based populations. Special emphasis is placed on implications for screening, intake, and treatment and discharge planning throughout this training. Empirically based research findings and case study examples will be highlighted throughout this training.

People with mental health (MH) conditions and substance use disorders (SUD) die on average 10-20 years earlier than the general population and smoking is the single largest factor in this disparity. Around one third of adult tobacco consumption is among people with a MH or SUD condition, with smoking rates more than double that of the general population. People with MH or SUD conditions are just as likely as other smokers to want to quit, but are also more likely to be heavily dependent on tobacco, live in communities targeted by the tobacco industry, and face multiple systemic barriers to resources. They need more support to be successful.  

To reverse these trends, professionals in every part of the health and social care system must work together. We will explore how tobacco treatment can improve physical health and also behavioral, social, and economic outcomes. We will highlight local innovative approaches to integrating tobacco treatment into housing, mental health, and recovery programs in a patient-centered way that supports individuals in their goals of gaining freedom from tobacco and reclaiming the stolen years. 

Schedule: 2.5 hours of instructional time and 30 minutes of break. Breaks and closing portion are not counted for CE credits.

9am-9:15am Introduction of topic and outline of symposium program 

9:15-9:35 AC Public Health Update on Tobacco Sales Local Ordinances-Menthol update  

9:35-10:20 Keynote Presentation: Joe Guydish, PhD

10:20-10:30 Break  

10:30-10:50 EBCRP Research Team: Tobacco Attitudes, Usage, and Cessation Attempts among Co-Occurring Populations

10:50-11:00 Break 

11:00-12:25 Panel Discussion: Innovative Approaches to Integrating Tobacco Treatment into the Care of Vulnerable Populations

Moderator: Dr. Samali Lubega 

12:25-12:30 Closing, Evaluations 

Learning Objectives 

1. Describe how two (2) local ordinances relate to tobacco product sales in Alameda County and how this increases the community’s interest in quitting tobacco. 

2. Describe two (2) ways in which treating patients while in substance use or mental health treatment facilities can be beneficial to their overall treatment plan.  

3. Discuss at least two examples of program level barriers to creating smoking treatment access in substance use and mental health treatment facilities.   

4. Discuss three (3) program or policy strategies to reduce tobacco use among program staff, substance use and mental health populations. 

5. Summarize the rates of tobacco use in MH/SUD clients as presented in local program research (EBCRP Treatment for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness) and describe clients’ receptiveness to ongoing tobacco treatment.  

6. Summarize the experiences of two (2) community organizations and the steps they took to integrate tobacco treatment into their scope of work. 

7. Describe three (3) benefits of quitting tobacco and its direct positive impact on employment, housing opportunities, improved health outcomes, mental health stability, and success in recovery from all substances. 

Keynote Speaker Joseph Guydish, PhD 

Joseph Guydish, PhD, is Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. His research concerns access, delivery, and organization of substance abuse treatment services. He has led studies evaluating efforts to improve access to publicly funded drug abuse treatment, assessing federal policy to end drug addiction and alcoholism as an SSI disability category, and investigating Drug Court and intensive case management interventions for drug-involved offenders. In recent years, his work has focused on tobacco dependence in addictions treatment, because of the high rate of smoking in this population, the known health consequences, and the increasing evidence that quitting smoking in addictions treatment also improves drug abuse outcomes. 

 

About Lifelong Medical Care, Tobacco Treatment Program: we are contracted by Alameda County Behavioral Health and Tobacco Control, Alameda County Public Health to provide specialized clinical staff training and technical assistance to local organizations and health systems interested in enhancing their tobacco treatment services in Alameda County.  Our team is medical consultant and lead trainer Dr. Samali Lubega, MD, program manager Patricia Sanchez, MPH, and program coordinator Alex Hay. If you have questions about this symposium or future trainings, or wish to schedule a training for your staff, contact Alex Hay [email protected]

This symposium is funded by Alameda County Behavioral Health and Tobacco Control Public Health. 

 

Continuing Education (CE) credit is only provided for County and ACBH contracted Provider staff. This course meets the qualifications for 3.0 hours of CE credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (ACBHCS) is approved by the California Assoc. of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for the target audience of this training, Provider No 65749; for Addiction Professionals by the California Consortium of Addiction Programs & Professionals Education Institute (CCAAP_EI), Provider No. 4C-04-604-0622; for RNs by the California Board of Registered Nurses, BRN Provider No. 12040; and for Psychologists as an approved provider by the California Psychological Assoc., Provider No. ALA006. ACBHCS maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Please note: to receive CE credit, it is the participant’s responsibility to attend the full training, sign in and out, achieve a score of at least 70% on the post-test(s), and complete the evaluation. No partial credit can be given. CE Certificates will be emailed to qualifying participants within 30 days of the training.To request reasonable accommodation or to file a grievance about an ACBH sponsored training, go to: http://www.acbhcs.org/training-calendar

Finding the right mental health services and supports can be challenging. For Latinx/Chicanx people, searching for culturally responsive providers with a heightened awareness about their particular needs and concerns, the challenge can be even more daunting. The Institute of Chicanx Psychology along with the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has been able to finally bring this much needed network together! Our gatherings are on Zoom. This is the link for our JUNE gathering!

 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81069481616?pwd=WEJLQTVkRGFQMVlMUUsvS2FLMG9rUT09

Meeting ID: 810 6948 1616

Passcode: 087719

 

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

The Austin Latinx Chicanx Behavioral Health Network (LCBHN) was created to help the Latinx/Chicanx community members who are interested in mental health issues connect with one another. Comprised of behavioral health professionals, consumers, youth and their families, faith leaders, community leaders and community members, the network identifies and brings together local supports for individuals living with mental health, substance use, and/or developmental disabilities.

We hope you can join us!