—by Paul M. Kubek
Columbus & Cleveland, OH—As the State of Ohio participates actively in the national Health Home initiative to integrate primary healthcare with behavioral healthcare, it also continues to advance its long-standing commitment to behavioral healthcare services that integrate treatment for severe mental illness and substance abuse (SAMI).
Beginning this fall, the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) teams up, once again, with the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University to deliver a series of important trainings for medical professionals. The video conferences support OhioMHAS' commitment to increasing dual-diagnosis-treatment capability, integrated behavioral healthcare, and continuity of care throughout Ohio's system of inpatient and community-based services for people with severe mental illness, many of whom are vulnerable to addiction, homelessness, crisis and emergency care, psychiatric hospitalization, arrest, incarceration, and chronic medical conditions.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The training is free for medical professionals who practice in Ohio:
- Inpatient psychiatrists
- Psychiatrists practicing in community settings
- Primary care physicians
- Physician assistants
- Advanced practice nurses
- Registered nurses
TOPICS
The training will explore clinical, organizational, and system innovations and highlight the following:
- Pharmacology/medications for co-occurring severe mental illness and substance abuse (dual disorders)
- Ohio initiatives for treatment of Opiate Epidemic
- Ohio initiatives for treatment of new drugs of choice like bath salts, K2, others
- Motivational Interviewing (MI), the evidence-based treatment
- Stage-wise approach to care
- Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT)
- Dual Diagnosis Capability in Mental-Health Treatment (DDCMHT)
- Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT), the evidence-based practice
THE EVENTS
Register online today! These video conferences broadcast to multiple sites in Ohio, including the state's regional psychiatric hospitals. Attend at one near you.
The training series kicks off on September 5 and 19, 2013.
More dates will be announced for winter and spring 2014.
Attendance at both days is highly recommended but not required.
Part 1 | Medical Professionals Training: Universal Considerations in the Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders
September 5, 2013
Time: 1 pm to 4:15 pm
Location: Video Conference (attend at a site near you)
Cost: $0, Free. For Ohio providers only.
CMEs/CEUs: 3.0
Part 2 | Medical Professionals Training: Universal Considerations in the Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders
September 19, 2013
Time: 1 pm to 4:15 pm
Location: Video Conference (attend at a site near you)
Cost: $0, Free. For Ohio providers only.
CMEs/CEUs: 3.0
2014 | Medical Professionals Training
- Dates: TBA
- Time: TBA
- Location: Video Conferences
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