This is a copy of the program handed out at The Second Curtis J. Berger Symposium on Mental Health, "Assisted Outpatient Treatment in Context: Gaining Compliance in the Community". The program includes an agenda of the presentations as well as biographies on the presenters and panelists.
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Using the 2011 Definition of Addiction of the American Society of Addiction Medicine as well as its historical roots, attendees will learn how addiction is not just about alcohol or other drugs, but it’s about brains; and how it’s not just about mesolimbic reward circuitry, but is about the role of other brain regions in the relationship that persons with addiction develop with sources of reward and relief. Learn more at http://RogersHospital.org
Using the 2011 Definition of Addiction of the American Society of Addiction Medicine as well as its historical roots, attendees will learn how addiction is not just about alcohol or other drugs, but it’s about brains; and how it’s not just about mesolimbic reward circuitry, but is about the role of other brain regions in the relationship that persons with addiction develop with sources of reward and relief.
A Neurobiological Look at the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Disease: Defining A...Rogers Memorial Hospital
Using the 2011 Definition of Addiction of the American Society of Addiction Medicine as well as its historical roots, attendees will learn how addiction is not just about alcohol or other drugs, but it’s about brains; and how it’s not just about mesolimbic reward circuitry, but is about the role of other brain regions in the relationship that persons with addiction develop with sources of reward and relief. Learn more at http://RogersHospital.org
New York State Assisted Outpatient Treatment Evaluation: Review of Major Find...The Bridge
Marvin S. Swartz, M.D., currently serves as Interim Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University where he is also Professor and Head of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry. Dr. Swartz's major research and clinical interests are in improving the care of severely mentally ill individuals. He is a Network Member in the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment examining use of legal tools to promote adherence to mental health treatment and leads the Duke team studying the use of Assisted Outpatient Treatment in New York. He also co-leads a North Carolina study examining the effectiveness of Psychiatric Advance Directives and co-leads the Duke team investigating the role of antipsychotic medications in treatment outcomes in schizophrenia as part of the landmark NIMH funded CATIE study. Dr. Swartz is also Director of the National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives.
These photos were taken at The Bridge's picnic in the park on Thursday, August 5th, 2010. Clients, volunteers and staff participated in activities including softball, card and board games, soccer and basketball. After lunch, people were teamed up to complete the scavenger hunt created by our executive director, Dr. Peter Beitchman.
The Bridge Groups Artists show IMAGINATION at MoMaThe Bridge
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New York State Assisted Outpatient Treatment Evaluation: Review of Major Find...The Bridge
Marvin S. Swartz, M.D., currently serves as Interim Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University where he is also Professor and Head of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry. Dr. Swartz's major research and clinical interests are in improving the care of severely mentally ill individuals. He is a Network Member in the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment examining use of legal tools to promote adherence to mental health treatment and leads the Duke team studying the use of Assisted Outpatient Treatment in New York. He also co-leads a North Carolina study examining the effectiveness of Psychiatric Advance Directives and co-leads the Duke team investigating the role of antipsychotic medications in treatment outcomes in schizophrenia as part of the landmark NIMH funded CATIE study. Dr. Swartz is also Director of the National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives.
These photos were taken at The Bridge's picnic in the park on Thursday, August 5th, 2010. Clients, volunteers and staff participated in activities including softball, card and board games, soccer and basketball. After lunch, people were teamed up to complete the scavenger hunt created by our executive director, Dr. Peter Beitchman.
The Bridge Groups Artists show IMAGINATION at MoMaThe Bridge
The Bridge Group Artists began twenty-three years ago under the direction of Judith Raskin Rosenthal, ATR. Many of the artists began with very little or no formal training. Eventually the group attracted individuals with some art education or experience. All have come to understand that the desire to create is in itself an expression of mental wellness and that—as artists—there is always room for growth. Over the past year, MoMA's Department of Education and The Bridge’s Art Department participated in their sixth annual extended partnership.
Presentation with fellow MVP Jussi Mori (@jussimori) from Peaches Industries at the European SharePoint Conference (#ESPC16) in Vienna, Austria on the topic of gamification.
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Barriers to Practice and Impact on CareAn Analysis of the P.docxrosemaryralphs52525
Barriers to Practice and Impact on Care:
An Analysis of the Psychiatric Mental
Health Nurse Practitioner Role
Heather Muxworthy, DNR PMHNP-BC
Nancy Bowllan, EdD, MS, RN
• Abstract
This paper is a retrospective review of the literature analyzing the role of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in
the community. Presented here is an appraisal of national and state mental health initiatives. Professional nursing regulations
are reviewed, focusing on New >brk State advanced practice nursing. Barriers to practice are assessed with discussion on how
barriers, such as statutory collaboration, impede access to treatment in the community for mentally ill psychiatric patients.
The current New )brk State legislative agenda is featured. Clinical vignettes from a nurse practitioner's private community
practice are presented to introduce and conclude how clinical practice barriers impede autonomous practice.
Clinical vignette (2007)
An advanced practice psychiatric mental
health nurse practitioner (APRN-PMHNP)
provides mental health services within a
small community based private practice. The
New York State Nurse Practice Tlci mandates
that a psychiatric nurse practitioner (NP)
maintain a statutory collaborative agreement
with a collaborating psychiatrist in order
to provide comprehensive mental health
services. Although some third-party insurance
companies authorize APRN-PMHNPs on
panels, a collaborative agreement must be
established with a psychiatrist from each
insurance panel. This becomes a critical issue
when the collaborative psychiatrist decided to
close his practice and abruptly discontinued
the collaborative agreement. In order to prevent
discontinuity in care, the APRN-PMHNP needed
to establish a collaborative agreement with
another psychiatrist and develop a practice
agreement (Form 4NP) based on protocols
established by the State of New York. This
time-consuming process resulted in a disruption
in treatment for several patients. The APRN-
PMHNP managing this case reported a major
incident by a high-risk patient that occurred
as a result of this disruption in continuity of
care. This case vignette highlights the potential
negative consequences related to statutory
collaborative agreements as well as the ability
of an APRN-PMHNP to provide effective, safe,
and consistent care.
Introduction
Several national initiatives in the past
decade have identified mental healthcare
indicators that address system issues and the
efficiency of access to mental health treatment
by consumers within the community. Healthy
People 2010, Healthy People 2020, and the
National Consensus Statement on Mental
Health Recovery are o n l y a few of the
national initiatives that recognize the lack
of access and need for more mental health
Heather Muxworthy is a psychiatric/mental health r^urse practitioner at Wegman s School of Nursing. St. ¡ohn Fisher College in Rochester. NY. Nancy Bowllan
is a clinical nurse specialist track coordinator and associate.
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The job is just to read each individual peer post that I put there and respond to them with a response of 3-4 sentences long
Peer #1
For the Research Assignment, I have chosen to focus on an area of Healthcare that rarely gets the
attention it deserves Mental health. I
chose this topic because I am personally effected by it and so are many millions of Americans. Mental illness is also one of the leading causes of
death in our nation and one life is lost as a result of suicide, abuse or incarceration every 17mins in the United States. Mental illness has been my
area of focus throughout this program and the advocacy and participatory philosophy will be useful for the final project because it suggests that “
that research inquiry needs to be intertwined with politics and a political agenda” (Creswell, p.9). I do believe that mental health has a specific
agenda for a study and that there has been constant aim for reform in healthcare and mental health. This social issue is definitely pertinent right
now and topics that address it such as “empowerment, inequality, oppression, domination, suppression, and alienation” (Creswell, p.9), and are
really the focus of the study. The goal of this project for me, is to provide a voice to participants and give them the ability address the concerns that
will lead to reform.
According to Kemmis and Wilkinson (1998) this philosophy offers four key features of the advocacy/participatory framework of inquiry:
1. Participatory actions are focused on bringing about change, and at the end of this type of study, researchers create an action agenda for change.
2. It is focused on freeing individuals from societal constraints, which is why the study begins with an important issue currently in society.
3. It aims to create a political debate so that change will occur.
4. Since advocacy/participatory researchers engage participants as active contributors to the research, it is a collaborative experience.
Research Problem Statement
My Vision is to Provide members of the community with the opportunities and education needed to prevent death due to suicide, acts of self-harm
and the traumatic impact of mental illness. By promoting resilience, the enhancement of community resources, conflict resolution and support for
individuals, families and the communities of those who suffer with mental disorders, illness or have a sudden mental health crisis. The target
population includes all individuals within Chatham County, with unmet mental health needs. These individuals are currently not being served by
traditional methods due to financial, structural, and personal barriers including access and stigma. Untreated mental health issues of these
individuals put them at risk for exacerbation of physical health problems, suicide attempts, premature moves to long-term care se.
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Tom Selleck, an enduring figure in Hollywood. has captivated audiences for decades with his rugged charm, iconic moustache. and memorable roles in television and film. From his breakout role as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. to his current portrayal of Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods. Selleck's career has spanned over 50 years. But beyond his professional achievements. fans have often been curious about Tom Selleck Health. especially as he has aged in the public eye.
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The Second Curtis J. Berger Symposium on Mental Health and the LawProgram
1. Assisted Outpatient Treatment in Context:
Gaining Compliance in the Community
The Second Curtis J. Berger Symposium
on Mental Health and the Law
November 20, 2009
8:30am – 12:30pm
Conference Program
8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Introduction
Peter D. Beitchman, DSW, LMSW
Executive Director, The Bridge Inc.
9:10 a.m. Welcome
Vivian O. Berger, Esq.
Professor Emerita, Columbia Law School
9:15 a.m. Moderator’s Remarks
Paul Appelbaum, M.D.
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Psychiatry and Medicine, Columbia University
9:25 a.m. Techniques for Gaining Outpatient Compliance: Findings from the National Research
John Monahan, Ph.D.
John S. Shannon Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia Law School
9:50 a.m. ACT as a Case Study of Outpatient Compliance
Beth Angell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Social Work
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. New York State Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program Evaluation:
Review of Major Findings
Marvin S. Swartz, M.D.
Principal Investigator & Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine
11:05 a.m. Perspective on Assisted Outpatient Treatment
Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D.
Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health
11:30 a.m. Reactor Panel and Discussion
Steve Miccio, Executive Director, PEOPLe, Inc.
Julissa Viana, Board Member, NAMI NYC-Metro
Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D., Executive Director, Pathways to Housing
12:20 p.m. Closing Remarks
Paul Appelbaum, M.D.
2. Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D. is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law, and Director,
Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
University. He was previously A.F. Zeleznik Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Chairman of the Department of
Psychiatry, and Director of the Law and Psychiatry Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is
the author of many articles and books on law and ethics in clinical practice and research. Dr. Appelbaum is a Past
President of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and the
Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, and twice served as Chair of the Council on Psychiatry and Law for the American
Psychiatric Association. He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
John Monahan, PhD, a psychologist, holds the Shannon Distinguished Professorship in Law at the University of
Virginia, where he is also a Professor of Psychology and of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He was the
founding President of the American Psychological Association's Division of Psychology and Law. Dr. Monahan is
the author or editor of 15 books and has written over 200 articles and chapters. His casebook with Laurens Walker,
Social Science in Law, is in its 7th edition. He has twice won the Manfred Guttmacher Award of the American
Psychiatric Association, and has been elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of
Sciences. He directs the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Mandated Community Treatment.
Beth Angell, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and the Institute for Health, Health
Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. After training and practicing as a
social worker in assertive community treatment programs in Madison, Wisconsin, Dr. Angell has conducted research
on various aspects of ACT. Most particularly, she has studied how adherence problems are managed in ACT and
other similar programs at the ground level, as manifest in interactions between providers and clients. She is
currently completing a study of an ACT program tailored to serve people with mental illnesses leaving state prisons,
and is also collaboratively engaged in projects evaluating Critical Time Intervention for prison reentry and the
implementation of Crisis Intervention Teams within a large urban police department.
Marvin S. Swartz, M.D., currently serves as Interim Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences at Duke University where he is also Professor and Head of the Division of Social and Community
Psychiatry. Dr. Swartz's major research and clinical interests are in improving the care of severely mentally ill
individuals. He is a Network Member in the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mandated Community
Treatment examining use of legal tools to promote adherence to mental health treatment and leads the Duke team
studying the use of Assisted Outpatient Treatment in New York. He also co-leads a North Carolina study examining
the effectiveness of Psychiatric Advance Directives and co-leads the Duke team investigating the role of
antipsychotic medications in treatment outcomes in schizophrenia as part of the landmark NIMH funded CATIE
study. Dr. Swartz is also Director of the National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives.
Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., was confirmed in March 2007 as Commissioner of Mental Health in New York State.
The NYS Office of Mental Health operates 25 accredited psychiatric hospitals, and oversees New York’s $5B public
mental health system that serves 650,000 individuals annually. Dr. Hogan previously served as Director of the Ohio
Department of Mental Health and Commissioner of the Connecticut DMH. He chaired the President’s New Freedom
Commission on Mental Health in 2002-2003, and was appointed as the first behavioral health representative on the
board of The Joint Commission in 2007. He has also served on NIMH’s National Advisory Mental Health Council, as
President of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and Board President of NASMHPD’s
Research Institute. He has received leadership awards from the National Governor’s Association, the National
Alliance on Mental Illness, the Campaign for Mental Health Reform, the American College of Mental Health
Administration and the American Psychiatric Association.
3. Steve Miccio has been the Executive Director of PEOPLe, Inc., a consumer/peer operated advocacy agency for
the past 10 years. Under Mr. Miccio’s leadership, PEOPLe, Inc. has developed a peer operated complementary
continuum that addresses psychiatric crisis in a more proactive manner consisting of warm lines, peer staff working
directly in a hospital emergency room, a hospital diversion house and mobile peer companions. Mr. Miccio has been
working with The Institute of Behavioral Health Improvement to assist in creating alternatives to crisis services for
hospitals across the nation. He also speaks and consults nationally and internationally on developing more effective
approaches to crisis diversion with the use of peers. Mr. Miccio is a member of the Mid Hudson NYS Office of
Mental Health Suicide (SPEAK) Coalition, co-founder of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Hudson
Valley Chapter, and is an appointed member of the New York State Council of Mental Health Services. He is past
co-chair of New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS) and serves as faculty advisor to
the Institute for Behavioral Improvement Institute and is a member of the American Association for Emergency
Psychiatry.
Julissa Viana is Vice President of the Board of Directors at the National Alliance on Mental Illness NYC Metro
Chapter and Board Member of the Rockland County NAMI Chapter. Ms. Viana also serves as a member of the
NYC Mental Health Care Monitoring Advisory Committee for the Care Monitoring Demonstration Project. Ms. Viana
has served on the Board of NAMI-NYC on and off for the past decade and brings a unique perspective as a
healthcare communications expert, specifically in the areas of CNS, but also as a family member. Ms. Viana has
shared her communications expertise with NAMI-NYC Metro to broaden the organization's reach and deliver its
messages to those who may not be aware of its services. Ms. Viana’s dedication to NAMI and her professional
focus on mental health issues have been motivated by her brother, who suffered for more than nine years with
schizophrenia until he took his own life in 2004. She credits NAMI and their resources, support and family education
programs as a key factor in providing her with the knowledge needed to advocate and manage, sometimes
successfully, her brother’s illness.
Sam Tsemberis, PhD, a clinical-community psychologist, founded Pathways to Housing, an organization based on
the belief that housing is a basic right, in 1992. He currently serves as the Executive Director. Pathways developed
the Housing First program that provides immediate access to permanent independent apartments and intensive
treatment and support services for individuals who are homeless and who have psychiatric disabilities and
substance use disorders. Pathways’ Housing First is listed on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Administration national registry of evidence based programs and has received recognition and numerous awards
including the American Psychiatric Association’s Gold Award in the area of community mental health. Dr. Tsemberis
serves on the faculty of The Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. He has also served
as principal investigator for several federally funded studies of homelessness, mental illness, and addiction, and has
published numerous articles and book chapters on these topics. In 2006, Dr. Tsemberis was the recipient of the
prestigious Macy Award for individual achievement in the battle to end homelessness from the National Alliance to
End Homelessness.
About Curtis J. Berger
Curtis J. Berger was teacher, scholar, lawyer, humanitarian, “birder” and volunteer who approached everything he
did with intellect, gusto and dedication. He served The Bridge as a board member for close to 20 years and as
president for 6 years encouraging the development of housing for clients and securing more than $4 million in
funding to relocate The Bridge to its current headquarters. He joined the Columbia Law School faculty in 1962 and
was named Lawrence A. Wien Professor of Real Estate Law, a position he held until his death in 1998. Curtis
Berger was a Bridge Builder who helped pave the way for our success.