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People have the right to participate in their own lives to the extent they can, and this applies to people with mental illnesses and other vulnerable populations. In this presentation, Dr. Linhorst defines empowerment, lays out the conditions and circumstances under which empowerment is likely to take place, and provides concrete examples of applying the principles of empowerment.
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Due to the home and community-based location of their work, community support staff and other in-home care providers have unique challenges in maintaining appropriate clinical boundaries with their clients. In this session participants will explore numerous potential pitfalls that can ensnare well-meaning professionals. The Code of Ethics for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioners will be used to demonstrate how an ethics code can be beneficial in guiding practice .
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We have gathered together four more perspectives in the area of Evidence-Based Practices in mental health treatment delivery to help you broaden your understanding of what constitutes an Evidence-Based Practice. There are two programs on Motivational Interviewing, one dealing with children’s issues and one on validation, which is a critical skill in the practice of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. We hope you find these useful in your practice.
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The Missouri Institute of Mental Health is pleased to offer a pair of DVDs that look at Motivational Interviewing.
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Further explore both the importance of the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing and guidelines for specific applications of MI. Topics include a brief review of empathic counseling skills (OARS) and in introduction to directive aspects of MI, dealing with resistance, and recognizing and eliciting change talk.
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Motivational Interviewing is a tool for use in helping people resolve their ambivalence, or internal conflict, about changing their behavior. This training covers what MI is, why you hear people talking about the Spirit of MI and why that that is so important. You will learn how MI works and why, and be given resources for further learning or finding information, and for comparing MI with other approaches.
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Use of psychotropic medications has increased dramatically in this generation. Illnesses once thought hopeless and untreatable have been brought under control, and the people with these illnesses have been allowed to live healthy, productive lives. Bearing witness to the positive and negative aspects of psychotropic medications, and often faced with the brunt of day-to-day questions about these drugs are the case managers, social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses, aides and other front line mental health care staff.
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Roger W. Sommi, PharmD, FCCP, BCPP, received his Bachelors in Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Utah in 1985, and completed a Clinical Services Fellowship in Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice at the University of Texas at Austin and Austin State Hospital. He is currently Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Psyhiatry at the Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Research Director of the Psychopharmacy Research and Education Program at Western Missouri Mental Health Center.
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This program is based upon the Dr. Iseminger’s research done for her Doctoral dissertation, and looks at the relationships between learning activities, domains of competence, and learning categories. Informal learning activities proved to be the best contributor to professional competence.Program Presenter:
Jan Iseminger, PhD , holds two Bachelor’s Degrees (Education and Therapeutic Recreation) a Master’s Degree in Social Gerontology and an Educational Specialist Degree from Central Missouri State University. She got her Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She’s worked in a community mental health center for the past 10 years as a case worker, and then as a supervisor of a case management team. And, she’s also taught for the State Fair Community College and Central Missouri State University as an Adjunct Professor for the past 6 years.
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This engaging series of panel discussions, sponsored by the Conte Center, took place September 28, 2007 and was recorded as it happened. Families and professionals shared information on the often challenging decisions that must be made when a loved one is diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Psychiatric and psychosocial treatment approaches, legal issues and even some current research are all highlighted in these programs.Series Host:
Richard Stevenson , Director of Special Projects for the Alliance on Mental Illness-St. Louis. Mr. Stevenson has served this organization for well over a decade in a wide variety of roles. Currently, he assists the St. Louis Area Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program, which is featured in one of the discussions.
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Summary:
This engaging series of panel discussions, sponsored by the Conte Center, took place September 28, 2007 and was recorded as it happened. Families and professionals shared information on the often challenging decisions that must be made when a loved one is diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Psychiatric and psychosocial treatment approaches, legal issues and even some current research are all highlighted in these programs.Series Host:
Richard Stevenson , Director of Special Projects for the Alliance on Mental Illness-St. Louis. Mr. Stevenson has served this organization for well over a decade in a wide variety of roles. Currently, he assists the St. Louis Area Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program, which is featured in one of the discussions.
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Summary:
This engaging series of panel discussions, sponsored by the Conte Center, took place September 28, 2007 and was recorded as it happened. Families and professionals shared information on the often challenging decisions that must be made when a loved one is diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Psychiatric and psychosocial treatment approaches, legal issues and even some current research are all highlighted in these programs.Series Host:
Richard Stevenson , Director of Special Projects for the Alliance on Mental Illness-St. Louis. Mr. Stevenson has served this organization for well over a decade in a wide variety of roles. Currently, he assists the St. Louis Area Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Program, which is featured in one of the discussions.
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This set includes three of our DVDs in one package allowing you to gain a greater understanding of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder from the perspective of the Clinician, the Family, and the Client.
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