The document summarizes interviews from Empowerment Magazine, which promotes mental health and wellness in the Sacramento area. It profiles interviews with Dr. Ron Risley on integrating family medicine and psychiatry, Lynn Keune on her work as director of a counseling center, and Dr. Hazem Hashem on the relationship between patients, physicians, and psychiatric medications. The magazine publishes these interviews to share knowledge and resources for mental health in the community.

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Exclusive Interview with Ron Risley, M.D.
Dr. Risley is the first graduate of the combined residency program in family medicine and psychiatry at UC Davis. He is a former
assistant clinical professor and physician diplomat at UCD. In addition to practicing psychiatry at TCORE, he integrates family
medicine and psychiatry at Sacramento Medical Oasis, Inc (www.sacmedoasis.com). He lived for seven years on Sherman Way,
just across the boulevard from UCDMC. Click here to read avut the ntroduction to the interview by Gail Erlandson, M.A.
Ron Risley, M.D.
Special Interview with Lynn Keune, L.M.F.T, Director of LaFamilia Counseling Center.Clinical director and acts as the liaison
to Sacramento County DHHS when working with the County, she is on the cultural Competence Committee at the County, and
System Wide Committee promoting cultural competence. She is the Clinical Supervisor and Program Manager for the outpatient
mental health clinic. She has been with La Familia for almost eleven years. She has a master’s degree in Art Therapy and Family
Therapy from Notre Dame de Namurs, Ca., and a bachelor’s degree from the famous California College of the Arts in Oakland. She
is licensed as a marriage and family therapist (MFT) and art therapist (ATR). Bilingual in Spanish and English, she spends most of her
days taking calls. At home, she is an artist and spends her time painting and doing art with her children and grandchildren.
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Special interview with Doctor Hazem Hashem on the important triangle between the physician, the patient and their
psychiatric medications. Dr. Hashem is the medical director of Visions Unlimited and Wellness and Recovery Center North. He is
also Chief Psychiatrist/Chief of mental health at Solano State Prison, and Board Certified in general psychiatry and Forensic
Psychiatrist. Click to read
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Hazem Hashem, M.D.
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