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Violent Impulsivity in the Chronic Inpatient Unit

Speaker(s):

Jahan, Azmi, MD

Presentation:

Analyzing behavioral patterns in treating impulsiveness and aggression on the chronic inpatient unit.

Objectives:

  1. Identify medication properties that would effectively treat impulsivity
  2. Familiarize with impulsivity factors and its association with substance abuse
  3. Identify treatment challenges when selecting treatment regimen
  4. Identify medications, which provides effective results in treating violent impulsive behavior, while being familiar with the adverse side effects
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Jahan, Azmi, MD

Dr. Azmi Jahan completed his Bachelor’s of Arts from Georgia State University and went further to obtain his Medical Degree from St. James School of Medicine. He is currently completing his last year of Psychiatry residency training at UMKC. His presentation focuses on analyzing medications and/or additional factors that his patient responded to in treating aggression.

Presentation(s): 

Violent Impulsivity in the Chronic Inpatient Unit


 

 

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Trauma Informed: Victimization and Invisibility of Black Girls

Speaker(s):

Gray, Angela, MSW, EdS

Presentation:

Black girls often go through life feeling invisible like they do not exist or are not important. They are victimized by being suspended from school, sexually exploited and sent to juvenile detention centers at a higher rate than other girls from other races their own age. Black girls/women are also physically, emotionally, and sexually abused more than any other race. They often combat negative stereotypes of the Angry Black Girl/Woman syndrome often depicted on television and social media. Developmental consequences of Trauma and Trauma Informed Interventions will be explored to help Black girls heal and restore.

Objectives:

  1. Define what it means to be invisible as a Black girl.
  2. Examine how invisibility and victimization impacts preschool and elementary Black girls.
  3. Examine how out of school suspensions, expulsions, and poor attendance contributes to the invisibility and victimization of Black girls.
  4. Examine how everyday practices at school such as dress codes and hairstyles contribute to the victimization of Black girls.
  5. Explore how the media promotes sexual exploitation and objectification of Black girls.
  6. Explore the negative effects physical, emotional, and sexual abuse has among Black girls.
  7. Explore the history of colorism and how it was devised to create division among Black girls.
  8. Examine the negative stereotypes of Black girls/women such as the “Angry Black Woman Syndrome” portrayed in society.
  9. Examine the importance of Role Models.
  10. Define and understand how implicit biases, cultural responsiveness, social emotional learning and restorative justice practices can help eliminate unintentional discrimination which causes Black girls to become victimized and invisible.
  11. Explore trauma informed interventions and counseling activities to help restore and heal Black girls.
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Taking Your Breath Away: An exploration of the breath, its power and its dangers

Speaker(s):

Murray, Drew, MD

Presentation:

An evidence-based presentation on the topic of breathwork and mental health.  This presentation will cover the science behind the breath, the history of breathwork in other cultures, the types of breathwork, what evidence supports its use in practice, its side effects and potential contraindications. Demonstrations are included via video embedded in the presentation.

Objectives:

  1. Demonstrate familiarity with the types of breathwork and their purported benefits.
  2. Discuss the state of the research on breathwork and its uses within psychiatry and other fields of medicine.
  3. Appreciate the risks and contraindications to certain types of breathwork
  4. Apply these insights to their own lives and clinical practice.  
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Contemporary Ethical Issues: Personal Worldview and Professional Acculturation

Speaker(s):

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD

Woolery, Amber, BSW, CRADC

Larkin, Nicole, MS, SMFT, CADC

Presentation:

This presentation on ethics is beyond the ‘typical’ topics of dual relationships and abuse of power with clients. It is about us as professionals and our personal worldview and professional acculturation. Why do ethical codes exist? What to do when my values and morals conflict with ethical codes? How to deal with ethical dilemmas? Can I talk about faith and spirituality with my clients? How do I apply evidence-based treatment with diverse populations? This session will help you find the answers to any of those questions and address other questions you may have.

This is a session about ethics, values, morals, personal worldview and professional acculturation in the practice of treatment and recovery support for mental health and substance use disorders. Participants will learn about the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support and issues that arise with scientific discovery such as evidence-based practices and effective interventions, medication assisted treatment/recovery, integration of faith-based approaches, etc. Such contemporary issues tend to challenge the stability of any professional and require of them to affirm or resist change. They will learn models of working through dissonance and finding a new stability. They will identify external and internal influences that impact their emerging worldview, personal and professional acculturation. Discussion with participants will be based on morals, values, sources of power and influence in the acculturation process, and the ethics of providing value-sensitive care and due care to individuals and families.

 

Objectives:

  1. Discuss how participants can use existing Codes of Ethics, including AAMFT, NBCC and NASW, to inform and reflect upon their personal worldview and professional acculturation
  2. Identify personal lenses that cause dissonance among professionals in their practice. Recognize professional acculturation process through the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support approaches
  3. Identify issues that threaten status quo of the helper, prompt resistance or create dissonance, and require them to find a new professional stability
  4. Learn and utilize models to apply in their professional development when facing contemporary ethical issues
  5. Utilize these models in their work with colleagues and supervisees at their agency
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Murray, Drew, MD

  I am currently a 3rd year resident at the University of Missouri Kansas City pursuing my board certification in psychiatry. My interests over the years have focused on treatment resident depression and post-traumatic stress. Starting July 1st, I will be promoted to Chief Resident. I have been exploring academic opportunities in specialized treatment modalities such as interventional pain management, psychedelic assisted psychotherapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy and ketamine assisted therapy. With regards to my presentation, exercise has played an integral part in my life, both as it pertained to training for varsity soccer in high school and as an ever-present part of my daily/weekly stress management routine. I have had great success in improving my own sense of wellness and have a strong passion for teaching others evidence-based approaches to coping with stress/anxiety/depression and the daily struggles of life through a solid foundation in fitness.

Presentation(s): 

Taking Your Breath Away:  An exploration of the breath, its power and its dangers


 

 

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When Your Consumer Needs A Guardian: Practical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects of Seeking Guardianship

Speaker(s):

Reynolds, James, MD

Thomas, Denise, JD

Presentation:

Guardianship proceedings over a mental health consumer will result, if successful, in that consumer losing a great deal of personal autonomy. Such a decision by a family member or clinician is fraught with moral and ethical considerations. On the other hand, for those consumers rendered incapable of making rational choices regarding their health or personal affairs due to a mental illness or intellectual disability, failure to do so in a timely fashion can also lead to harm. Clinicians called upon to give testimony in this area may be inexperienced in court or in working with attorneys.

Dr. Reynolds will discuss clinical, legal, and ethical implications of instituting guardianship proceedings based on his experiences with the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He will also give tips on how to prepare for court and effectively present one’s case from the witness stand. This lecture will be similar to the one given on this topic in 2021, but with adjustments based on audience feedback. Questions and personal anecdotes from the audience will be encouraged.

Objectives:

  1. Identify major factors in recognizing the need for guardianship proceedings when working with a consumer.

  2. Learn effective ways of communicating clinical principles to legal professionals and jurors.

  3. Identify special areas of interest to the court in guardianship hearings, including the right to vote, the right to drive, and the right to marry.

  4. Identify some harms that might arise from delaying guardianship proceedings when they are clinically indicated.

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Implementation of an Evidenced-Based Trauma Treatment in a Virtual Environment

Speaker(s):

Riedel, Edward, MSW

Clark, Zachary, BA, CRADC

Presentation:

Preferred Family Healthcare along with four drug courts received a SAMHSA grant to implement alternative services for drug court participants who have barriers to accessing traditional substance use treatment. This presentation will focus on the implementation and outcomes of a virtual, evidence-based trauma education group during the first three years of the project. Information about the Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model (TREM), the modifications for the virtual environment, will be presented along with outcome and participant satisfaction data.

Objectives:

  1. Define the components of TREM, an eivdence-based trauma treatment
  2. Explain the EBP modification process for a virtual environment
  3. Identify key outcomes of virtual trauma treatments
  4. Describe participant emotional safety strategies for virtual treatment

 

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Helping People Achieve Employment-related Recovery Goals without IPS Services

Speaker(s):

Lynde, David, MSW

Presentation:

While many people with mental health challenges have employment as one of their recovery related goals, not all people have access to Individual Placement and Supports (IPS) or Supported Employment services. This workshop will provide information, ideas, strategies and lessons learned regarding helping people to achieve their employment related goals when access to IPS is not an option for the providers or the people in services.


Objectives:

  1. Identify the principles of successful IPS services
  2. Describe how to play a critical role in helping people with employment goals even without IPS services based on the principles of IPS
  3. Describe basic strategies and skills to enhance employment success when a referral to IPS is not possible

 

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Escaping the Pain: Dissociation in Young Children with Trauma

Speaker(s):

Hanks, Rachel, MSW, LCSW, RPT

Presentation:

“I don’t know what happened. She seemed fine and then she just started screaming.”
   
Young children who have experienced early adverse events have few tangible defenses. While fight and flight may be easily pictured, dissociation is an overlooked and often misunderstood survival mechanism for these children. While we all dissociate at times, the child who has experienced overwhelming or chronic traumatic stress may struggle to leave their protective dissociative states, even after the danger has presumably passed. This can cause difficulties with day-to-day functioning, relationships, and emotional regulation, leaving the child and family confused, frustrated, and even frightened by the seemingly-erratic nature of dissociative behaviors.
   
In this presentation, we will explore the presentation and mechanisms of dissociative behaviors in young children with developmental trauma across settings. We will also discuss implications for treatment by using play therapy techniques to engage the dissociative child by moving them into a state of felt safety.


Objectives:

  1. Identify symptoms of dissociation in young children who have experienced adverse events
  2. Describe relational and environmental factors that impact a dissociative child’s functioning
  3. Apply play therapy techniques to help engage the dissociative child