Introduction to Traumatic Brain Injury

October 7, 2011 in Trauma, All, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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There are very few injuries or medical conditions that can impact every aspect of a person. Brain injury does not just impact the individual, it impacts their family members and their loved ones. Learn the prevalence, causes, and consequences of traumatic brain injury as well as diagnosis and treatment options.

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Suicide Among African American Teens and Young Adults - A Discussion for People In A Position To Help

September 20, 2011 in All, suicide, Family, Mental Illness, Child and Adolescents, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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Stigma often prevents individuals from gaining awareness and understanding of suicide. Talking candidly about suicide with parents and caregivers can be difficult barrier to overcome when cultural stigma exist. Common misconceptions or cultural beliefs discourage many from seeking treatment, and many educators and individuals in helping professions are not convinced that suicide is a genuine health concern for African American communities. This educational training aims to raise awareness and understanding of suicidal behavior among African American adolescents (ages 14-24 years), as well as to provide individuals with strategies and resources to appropriately intervene with a young person considering suicide.

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Youth at Risk

September 20, 2011 in Family, All, Mental Illness, Client Care, Communication Skills, Child and Adolescents, DVD Training by admin

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The goal of this DVD is to give clinicians an overview of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Reality Therapy in working with angry, aggressive clients. Viewers will learn practical strategies on how to work with millennium youth to help them be more academically and socially successful. This training will be especially helpful to those who work with adolescents in a school setting or in a private practice.

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Purposes, Principles and Functions of the Strength-Based, Person-Centered Approach to Community Mental Health

February 10, 2011 in All, Client Care, Communication Skills, DVD Training by admin

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In this DVD training, Dr. Kisthardt highlights key concepts that serve to guide and direct strengths‐based, person- centered case management. These include the promotion of normal interdependence, citizenship, partnership, mutual expectations, reciprocity, collaboration and shared
decision making. He will also share alternative concepts for the traditional understanding of “motivation”, “problem”, and “change.” Through this training, Dr. Kisthardt hopes that you will gain a deeper understanding of the key concepts related to the purpose of helping in strengths‐based case management, and learn the particulars of the Strengths Assessment and how to effectively utilize it in your work with people.
Program Presenter:

Walter Kisthardt, PhD has been involved in the research, dissemination and training of the Strengths Model of Case Management for over 25 years. He has worked with state policy makers and direct service providers in 43 states, in England, and New Zealand.Dr. Kisthardt has provided training and technical assistance in Missouri with several mental health programs and provided statewide training in Missouri’s Futures program. He has also consulted with the Division of Children’s Services in Jackson County, and has provided training, technical assistance, and researched the impact of strength-based case management with the homeless in the greater Kansas City area. Currently, he is providing training for substance abuse counselors, mental health therapists, case managers, and community corrections officers in Kansas who work with people who struggle with co-occurring disorders. Dr. Kisthardt is a Chair and BSW Program Director at Park University.

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Trauma 101: Understanding the Impact of Trauma

August 27, 2010 in All, Corrections, Abuse, Trauma, Family, Self Help Support, Case Management, Client Care, Forensic Services, Mental Illness, DVD Training by admin

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Many people, children and adults alike, suffer experiences that meet the definition of trauma. The impact of traumatic events on individuals varies but approximately one third of people experiencing trauma will require professional intervention. A definition of trauma is presented; the impact that trauma has on individuals described; and various ways to treat trauma introduced. Several evidence based interventions are included among the various treatment modalities discussed.

Program Presenters:

Margaret Comford is the founder of the Midwest Trauma Treatment Center with over 20 years experience working in the field of trauma. She is trained in the three identified best practices in treating traumatized youth and is committed to the spread of these interventions. Margaret provides individual and family therapy utilizing the evidence-based interventions. She continues to increase awareness and understanding of trauma, evidence-based treatments and other relevant topics by providing trainings to the community, mental health providers and agencies.


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Emotional Skills: A Key to Successful Behavior

January 27, 2010 in All, Client Care, Communication Skills by admin

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Emotional fitness is a set of skills that allow the user to experience the full range of human emotion and respond appropriately and effectively. Sandra Martin explains the implications of recent neurological studies indicating the brain’s ability to modify itself through repetition, and outlines the steps necessary to make permanent, positive changes in the ways that we handle emotions.

Program Presenter:

Sandra Martin has been an RN for over 30 years. She has been in wellness for over twenty years. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Health Science, and is currently pursuing a Doctoral degree in Adult Education. Her research topics include spirituality, motivation, overeating and the limbic brain. Sandra began her career in hospital nursing.  Her fascination has always been in understanding what makes people behave the way they do. This focus has led her to completing her degrees as well as multiple certifications that include Myers Briggs Type Inventory, Solution skills, and Equine Assisted Growth and Learning

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Helping Children with Functional Pain

January 15, 2010 in Family, All, Self Help Support, Client Care, Communication Skills, Child and Adolescents, DVD Training by admin

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Many children suffer from recurrent or chronic pain that is not due to a medical problem. This type of pain is referred to as functional pain. The most common types of functional pain reported by children are recurrent stomachaches and headaches. The cost of functional pain is considerable. Children with functional pain make frequent doctor visits and are often referred to tertiary care facilities. In addition, several hundred thousand school days are lost each month as a result of functional pain and school absences can negatively impact a child’s academic and social development. A number of psychological interventions have been found to be highly effective in decreasing the frequency, duration, and intensity of pain episodes. Nevertheless, it can be difficult for families to access effective treatment.

Program Presenter:

Sarah Hanly, PhDreceived her first Doctorate in Molecular Biology from Rockefeller University in New York. She went on to do a post-doctoral fellowship at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the Duke University Medical School in Durham, North Carolina. She earned her Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her work as a Psychology Intern for the St. Louis Psychology Internship Consortium brought her to the Missouri Institute of Mental Health, where she helped create Camp Pain Retreat, a program that provides information to parents and offers suggestions to help children with functional pain.

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Frontline Ethics: Issues in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling

March 27, 2009 in All, Ethics, Substance Abuse, Client Care, Alcohol, Communication Skills, DVD Training by admin

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Ethical issues and dilemmas challenge the practitioner. What are the guiding principles that inform ethical decision-making? How do the codes of ethics under which clinicians practice fit with the guiding principles? This interactive workshop focuses on the use of the guiding principles, the codes of ethics, and practice applications.

Program Presenter:

Peggy J. Keilholz, ACSW, CASAC is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Advanced Substance Abuse Counselor in Missouri. She is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW), a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor.

In addition to maintaining a private practice in individual, couples, and family therapy, Peggy teaches part-time in the Family Therapy Specialization at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis. She is a past President of the St. Louis Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. From 2005-2007 she served as the Ethics Chair for the Missouri Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

During 24 years in practice Peggy has worked with numerous individuals and families coping with alcoholism and drug addiction and chronic mental and physical conditions. She has presented numerous workshops on social work ethics. Peggy received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Fontbonne College, a Master of Arts in Religion and Education from St. Louis University, and a Master of Social Work from Washington University in
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Exercise and Nutrition plus Diabetes Management 2 DVD set

February 4, 2009 in Set, All, Developmental Disabilities, Treatment Interventions, Mental Illness, Case Management, Client Care, Eating Disorders, DVD Training by admin

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The Missouri Institute of Mental Health is pleased to offer a pair of DVDs that look at Exercise, Nutrition and Diabetes Management.
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Diabetes Management for Persons with Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities

February 4, 2009 in Family, All, Developmental Disabilities, Support Groups, Mental Illness, Client Care, Eating Disorders, Case Management by admin

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The diagnosis of diabetes is serious, and of particular concern when an individual also has a mental illness or a developmental disability. People need to take an active role in the management of diabetes just as they do with a mental illness. In this presentation, Ms. Farley explains how diabetes is recognized and managed, and shares her experiences caring for people who have diabetes along with a developmental disability or a mental illness.

Program Presenter:

Becky Farley, RN ,graduated from nursing school in 1971. She served at Saint Louis University for five years in the Open Heart Unit, then in various emergency departments for about 25 years, including about ten years of management. She then served as an RN Consultant for New Horizons Community Support Services in Jefferson City, Missouri, and has been full time for about ten years at New Horizons, now serving as the Director for the Residential Services Program.

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Eating Disorders

January 22, 2009 in All, Eating Disorders, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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In this video Dr. Flannery discusses the basic features of an eating disorder, explains the various types of disorders and discussing the physical, cognitive, and emotional aspects of the disorder. Dr. Flannery also discusses treatment options for those who experience eating disorders.
Program Presenter:
Randall Flannery, PhD ,is Director of Child and Adolescent Services, Eating Disorders Program at St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute. He is also Associate Professor, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Community and Family Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Flannery has 20 years experience working with folks who have eating disorders.

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Advanced Issues in the Psychological Treatment of Complex Anxiety Disorders

December 1, 2008 in All, Mental Illness, Client Care, Anxiety Disorders, DVD Training by admin

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In this program, Dr. Pollard discusses the changes in approaches to treating complex Anxiety Disorders, the move from diagnosis-driven interventions to model-driven interventions, the significant role basic laboratory research plays in the life of the clinician, the use of medications alongside psychotherapies, and near- and far-term research. Treatment resistance and ambivalence, and family inclusion are also addressed.

Program Presenter:
C. Alex Pollard, Ph.D. is the Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute, and Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Saint Louis University. He is the Chair of the Clinical Advisory Board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, and a consultant for the National Insitute of Mental Health Anxiety Disorders Education Project. He serves on the editiorial board or as a reviewer for numerous journals, and has organized national training programs for both the ADAA and the OCF. Dr. Pollard has authored at least 85 professional and scientific publications pertaining to Anxiety Disorders and related topics, including two books, Dying of Embarassment: Help for Social Anxiety and Phobia, and The Agoraphobia Workbook. His primary research interest is the nature and treatment of refractory anxiety disorders.

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Empowering People with Mental Illness through Treatment Planning

November 3, 2008 in Treatment Interventions, All, Mental Illness, Client Care, Case Management, Communication Skills, DVD Training by admin

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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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Sustaining Appropriate Clinical Boundaries in Home and Community Care

August 26, 2008 in Mental Illness, Family, All, Management, Human Resources, Case Management, Communication Skills, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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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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Motivational Interviewing 2 DVD Set

July 11, 2008 in Set, All, Evidence Based Practice, Motivational Interviewing, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, Case Management, Communication Skills, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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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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The Challenge of Validation

July 11, 2008 in All, Evidence Based Practice, Treatment Interventions, Mental Illness, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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Validation is a critical component of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and a skill which practitioners will need to learn, practice, and fine tune in order to be truly effective. Dr. Ronda Oswalt Reitz talks with us about who benefits most by the use of validation. She also explains in detail the Six Levels of Validation as proposed by Dr. Marsha Linehan, the architect of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Understanding and practicing these validation levels will help you as a clinician and the people you serve to engage each other in an open, trusting, therapeutic environment.

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Evidence-Based Practice in a Children’s System of Care

July 11, 2008 in All, Evidence Based Practice, Family, Client Care, Child and Adolescents, DVD Training by admin

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In this presentation, Dr. Carter explains Evidence-Based Practices and how they apply to providing services and supports to children and families. She discusses how to select a practice, and how to apply it. Likewise, she explains when not to rely exclusively on Evidence-Based Practices. This is a frank, open conversation regarding the often challenging world of finding the right treatment strategies for the children you serve.

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How is Motivational Interviewing Applied

July 11, 2008 in Treatment Interventions, All, Evidence Based Practice, Motivational Interviewing, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, Case Management, Communication Skills, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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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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What is Motivational Interviewing

July 11, 2008 in Treatment Interventions, All, Evidence Based Practice, Motivational Interviewing, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, Case Management, Communication Skills, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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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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An Overview of Psychotropics Made Simple

February 27, 2008 in Substance Abuse, Treatment Interventions, All, Personality Disorders, Mental Illness, Case Management, Client Care, DVD Training by admin

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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.

Program Presenter:
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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What Makes an Excellent Case Manager

December 12, 2007 in Mental Illness, All, Management, Client Care, Case Management, Communication Skills, DVD Training by admin

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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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Evidence-Based Practices in Mental Health

September 26, 2007 in All, Evidence Based Practice, Family, Treatment Interventions, Client Care, Mental Illness, DVD Training by admin

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We now know that people can and do recover from mental illness, and we know more and more about what treatment approaches work. An evidence-based practice has four key components: it must be a standardized treatment with guidelines or manuals; it must have been studied using a controlled research design; the research studies must have employed a variety of research teams; and, the outcomes must matter to the recipient of the care. Selection of an evidence-based practice must take into account not only the treatment, but the characteristics of the person and the desired effect. While evidence-based practices are proven, many good practices are still viable and should not be abandoned. In this presentation, Dr. Selleck discusses how a practice becomes evidence-based, what some examples of evidence-based practices are in the mental health field, and the ongoing evolution of mental health care.
Program Presenter:
Virginia Selleck, PhD is the Clinical Director for the Division of Comprehenisive Psychiatric Services for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Prior to that, she spent fifteen years in Minnesota as the Supervisor of Adult Mental Health Services with the Mental Health Division’s Department of Human Services. That followed eighteen years in Chicago, at a psychiatric rehabilitation center called Threshholds, and time as a mental health counselor in rural Illinois.
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OCD: Clinical/Family/Client Set

September 6, 2007 in Family, Set, All, Treatment Interventions, Mental Illness, Anxiety Disorders, Case Management, Client Care, DVD Training by joel.epstein

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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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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Client’s Perspective

September 5, 2007 in All, Client Care, Anxiety Disorders, DVD Training by thom.pancella

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Discussion in this video focused on Ms. Tarter’s experience of OCD. This experience involves a repetitive cycle of overwhelming obsessions that causes great anxiety and elicits her attempts to decrease this anxiety through the use of rituals that are only briefly satisfying in decreasing the anxiety. Ms Tarter explains that there is no cure for OCD and iterates the idea that folks must learn how to cope with the illness through techniques such as controlled breathing, the use of coping statements, tactile strategies and finally, medication.
Program Presenter:
Amanda Tarter was diagnosed with OCD and PTSD after an accident involving her brother. Ms. Tarter has been treated for both OCD and PTSD for the past 5 years. She is currently a student at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville studying special education. In addition to her studies, Ms. Tarter serves as a volunteer with special needs children. Ms. Tarter and her family are currently involved in a research study which is examining genetic links for OCD.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Family’s Perspective

September 5, 2007 in Support Groups, Family, All, Self Help Support, Client Care, Anxiety Disorders, Community Resources, Child and Adolescents, DVD Training by thom.pancella

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Mr. Bahr, founder of the St. Louis OCD Support group discusses his process of identifying and utilizing a system of support for his son who was diagnosed at an early age with OCD. This process involved educating himself and his family, educating the public, and guiding families and clients to seek information, and treatment resources within their communities.Program Presenter:
Bernie Bahr is the father of a son diagnosed with OCD in 1979, Mr. Bahr, along with his wife began educating themselves on OCD from 1979-1990. In 1990 attended the National OCD meetings, Mr. Bahr and his wife started the St. Louis OCD support group in 1990. They are still very much involved in this effort.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Clinical Intervention

August 24, 2007 in All, Treatment Interventions, Client Care, Anxiety Disorders, DVD Training by admin

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OCD is characterized by the experience of obsessions and compulsions that greatly affect the quality of an individual’s life. Obsessions are thoughts, feelings, and urges that result in great discomfort. Compulsions are the strategies that people use to decrease or neutralize discomfort experienced by the obsessions. In order to meet the criteria for a diagnosis of OCD, a person must spend 1 hour a day in either mental or behavioral ritual or the obsession must cause great distress and/or it must cause significant problems in their life. Furthermore, OCD has an impact of the individual’s family and other systems of support.In this video, Mr. Mitchell describes Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and identifies the criteria for its diagnosis. In addition, Mr. Mitchell describes how OCD is manifested in behavior and identifies treatment options for the disorder. Further discussion centers on how family and other support systems are affected by the person with OCD.
Program Presenter:
Gary Mitchell, MSW, LCSW is a clinical social worker who has expertise in the treatment of children and adults with anxiety disorders and related problems. He is the Assistant Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center of St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute, which specializes in the treatment of refractory and complicated cases. Mr. Mitchell has also worked in residential treatment providing Cognitive, Behavioral and Family Therapy for emotionally disturbed children. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the St. Louis University School of Social Services, where he teaches Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy.
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