Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
January 29, 2007, Vol. 07-24

The Challenge of Promoting Health in Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses -- From Science to Service

March 28-31, 2007

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Cambridge, MA

Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and the School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry are partnering together in conjunction with Bayridge Hospital for a series of seminars that promote a comprehensive and integrated approach to health and mental health care for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. These seminars inform practitioners and decision makers about needs and strategies, as well as demonstrate effective models of service delivery that bridge that gap between medicine, psychiatry, and rehabilitation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Psychiatrists
• Primary care physicians
• Nurses
• Psychologists
• Social workers
• Rehabilitation practitioners
• Community support providers
• Other health care professionals
• Consumers
• Families
• Researchers
• Mental health and rehabilitation administrators/managers

AGENDA

Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 8:30-4:15

Mental Health Treatment and Health Promotion: Effecting Lifestyle Changes -- Part 1

Focus on defining the issues and describing rehabilitative approaches to health promotion, nutrition, exercise, and smoking cessation in programs and systems.

Thursday, March 29, 2007, 8:30-4:15

Mental Health Treatment and Health Promotion: Effecting Lifestyle Changes -- Part 2

Focus on practical and effective approaches to medication issues; combining sound medical practice with consumer choice for positive results; addressing balance in medications for medical and psychiatric conditions; addressing risk-benefit analysis in medication planning.

Friday, March 30, 2007, 8:30-4:00

Science and Service Across the Continuum: The Complex Clinical Task of Treating Symptoms While Managing Health

Focus on the complexity of treating persons with serious and persistent mental illness in a variety of treatment contexts.

Saturday, March 31, 2007, 8:30-4:15

Illness Management and Recovery -- Innovative Approaches: Health Curriculum and Evidence-Based Practices

Focus on use of an evidence-based health curriculum; results from an innovative education- based program; and research on nurse practitioner interventions at a large mental health center.

ACCREDITATION

All sessions offer Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for physicians. Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, & Psychology credits are being applied for. Professional Development Program certificates are available for Social Work, Rehab Counseling and Licensed Mental Health Counselors.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Or to register online, please download a brochure by clicking http://www.bu.edu/cpr/resources/ecast/archive/2006/2006-12.html.

The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation has been jointly funded as a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) in mental health by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) and the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The Center has been designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center in Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

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