31st Annual Public Sector Psychiatry Conference
Families' Roles in Mental Illness:
Responses & Resilience in Rehabilitation & Recovery
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
University Campus, Amphitheatre III
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01655
(Directions and Parking Info)
Registration Form
This activity is jointly provided by the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
This program is sponsored by: DMH, Central MA Area
Target Audience
Public Sector: psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, families, others
Conference Description
This conference provides the learner information about the best ways to address the needs of families when one or more members has a serious or persistent mental illness, the benefits of successfully using evidence-based interventions to do so, and the human cost of failing to do so. The conference will examine how to assist parents with serious or persistent mental illness remain effective, custodial parents, how to mobilize family and other natural supports to maintain a mentally ill individual in a community setting. How to engage family members as allies and mitigate the risks of them becoming adversaries and how to help families deal with the pain of having a member with a mental illness. Learners of the conference will hear from professionals who deliver services and from two women whose mothers had serious, persistent mental illness; one who committed suicide. There's no better education than learning from the provider and the receiver of services.
Overall Conference Goal
To provide healthcare providers with evidence-based information on the short and long-term impact of a family member with serious mental illness on family functioning and on the functioning of each family member.
Overall Conference Objectives
- State how mentally ill parents and mentally ill children impact family process.
- Use the intervention described by speaker in their work with families of persons with serious or persistent mental illness.
- Treat family members with a new awareness of the long-term consequences of having a mentally ill parent or child.
- Understand the multi-generational impact of a suicide in the family.
- Gain an understanding of increased use of natural supports in treatment of families.
Agenda
| 7:30- 8:15 AM |
Registration/Light Breakfast | Registration – Old Medical School Lobby Breakfast (w/voucher) - Albert Sherman Center Café |
| 8:15- 8:30 AM |
Welcoming Remarks | Joan Mikula, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Douglas Ziedonis, MD, MPH, Chairman, UMass Dept. of Psychiatry |
| 8:30- 8:45 AM |
World Dignity Project | Jeffrey Geller, MD, MPH, Director, Public Sector Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School Medical Director - Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital |
| 8:45- 9:30 AM |
Family Inclusion and A Family Recovery Model in an In-Patient Setting | Deborah Saper, LMFT Program Development Specialist Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital |
| 9:30- 10:15 AM |
Improving health care systems to promote maternal mental health: A Massachusetts statewide initiative | Kathleen Biebel, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Systems and Psychosocial Advanced Research Center (SPARC) |
| 10:15- 11:00 AM |
Involving Families in Community-Based Treatments | Toni Wolf Executive Director, Employment Options Inc. |
| 11:00- 11:45 AM |
Dialogical Approaches to Psychosis (Open Dialogue) | Mary Olson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry UMass Chan Medical School |
| 11:45 AM-12:30 PM | A Family Member's Perspective | Jacki Lyden Journalist-Writer-Traveler TheSEAMS for NPR News |
| 12:30- 1:45 PM |
LUNCH & NETWORKING | • Albert Sherman Center Café |
| 1:45 – 4:15 PM |
The Power of Story: Here One Day -The Award Winning Documentary about Mental Illness, Suicide, and Family | Kathy Leichter Documentary Film Producer & Director Jeffrey Geller, MD, MPH |
| 4:15- 4:30 PM |
Wrap-Up |
Registration Fee: $150. Registrations should not be mailed unless receipt can be guaranteed by June 8, 2015. On-site registration: $175.
Group and Discounted Fee: $80. Employees of the Department of Mental Health are offered a discounted rate of $80. Institutions and organizations that enroll 5 or more persons at the same time are offered a discounted rate of $80.
This tax-deductible fee includes lunch, parking (in visitor parking garage, not valet) and continuing education credit.
Deadline: Pre-registration will be closed when space is full or at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 12, 2015 at the latest. Registration should not be mailed unless receipt before that time is guaranteed. On-site registration will not be accepted when space is full—so register early.
Cancellation Policy: If you cancel your registration before May 20, 2015 your fee is refundable less a $25 processing charge. After that date, no refunds will be given for any reason—including weather and other emergencies. Substitutions are always acceptable with prior notification.
Weather Emergency Policy: While the probability of delay or cancellation of the conference is highly unlikely, we recognize that we are all subject to the vagaries of New England weather. If a weather emergency does occur, and you are in doubt as to whether or not the course will be held, call (508) 368-0704 before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
Comfort: Business casual is very appropriate for this conference. Although every attempt will be made to ensure the comfort of our attendees, we suggest that you may wish to bring a sweater/jacket if you tend to be chilly.
Further Information and Special Needs: Conference site is an accessible, barrier-free location. Individuals with visual and/or hearing impairments, call (508) 368-0704 for assistance.
Statement on Faculty Disclosure: In accordance with the standard and the criteria set forth by the ANCC COA, speakers are asked to disclose the absence or presence of any relationship they have to companies producing pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, prosthetics, etc. that might be germane to the content of their lecture. It is the policy of the UMass Chan Medical School to ensure fair, balanced, independent, objective and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in Continuing Education activities sponsored by the UMass Chan Medical School are required to present evidence based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationship with those supporting the activity of others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials. Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias in the presentation, but is elicit to provide the attendees with information that might be of potential importance to them.
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits
The Massachusetts Psychiatric Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Massachusetts Medical Society through the joint providership of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society and the Public Sector Division of the UMass Chan Medical School's Department of Psychiatry.
The Massachusetts Psychiatric Society is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
All attendees must sign in and complete an evaluation form to receive CME credits for attending this activity. Please provide a sign in sheet for attendees and ask them to sign in. Participants are responsible for tracking the time they spend in the educational activity and must indicate how many credits they are claiming on their evaluation form.
Continuing Education (CE) Credits
In order to receive continuing education credit or contact hours for an event, participants MUST sign in, MUST remain the entire program, and MUST submit an evaluation upon the conclusion of the program.
Disclosures
In accordance with the standard and the criteria set forth by the ANCC COA, speakers are asked to disclose the absence or presence of any relationship they have to companies producing pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, prosthetics, etc. that might be germane to the content of their lecture. Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias in the presentation, but is elicit to provide the attendees with information that might be of potential importance to them.
Nursing
DMH Central Mass Area is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses INC., an accredited approver of American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This Continuing Education Activity carries 6.5 contact hours.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Mental Health, Central Massachusetts Area- Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nursing Association Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Social Work
This activity is approved for 6.5 Social Work Continuing Education Credits CMA #061715
Licensed Mental Health Counselors
DMH Central Mass Area is an NBCC Approved continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) #6387 and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. Number of contact hours: 6.5 . No partial credit will be awarded.
Occupational Therapists
Department of Mental Health Central MA Area is an AOTA approved provider (#7124). The Assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA
.55CEUs/6.5 contact hours. Learning Level: Intermediate. First Content Focus: Domain of OT, Second Content Focus: Occupational Therapy Process.
Psychologists
Department of Mental Health Central Mass Area is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Department of Mental Health Central Mass Area maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Number of CE Hours/Credits: 6.5.
Department of Mental Health Central West is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Department of Mental Health Central MA maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.