Pressure: Making Good Decisions Quickly in Real World Mental Health Settings
December 15, 2016
Herberman Conference Center, Pittsburgh, Pa
Making challenging ethical decisions quickly, consistently and correctly is a great challenge for front line clinicians. Traditional academic approaches to medical ethics may not offer timely or satisfactory resolution of these problems; decisions often need to be made in seconds or minutes and cannot wait until the next day for an ethics consult or second opinion. The language of medical ethics does not always lend itself to practical decision making; post-structuralist andfeminist ethical theory may well have illuminating perspectives on power and coercion, but this does little to aid the clinician deciding when to release a person from restraints. Clinicians, especially in high acuity settings need a framework for rapid, practical ethical problem solving. Particular attention will be paid to understanding duties to third parties (i.e., “Tarasoff Duties”) and malpractice risk management.
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SOCIAL WORKERS AND LICENSURE:
- Social workers must complete three credits of ethics training by the end of 2016 for their licensure renewal in Feb. 2017. This is necessary for all renewal cycles.
- As a condition of renewal, social workers must complete 2 hours of Department of State/Board approved continuing education in child abuse recognition and reporting within the required renewal period (24 month period). This is Act 31 and is necessary for all renewal cycles. Find more information here.
- Act 74 was passed in July 2016. This requires professionals to get one hour of training in assessing and treating suicide. Social workers will begin this mandated requirement with the next licensure cycle (Feb. 2017-December 2019). Psychologists must complete this during this current renewal cycle. Find more information here.
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The STAR-Center's 30th Anniversary - Research Symposium is designed for mental health and primary care practitioners to provide the most current information offered by the international leaders in the field of youth suicide. The symposium focuses on the causes of youth suicide, the best ways to assess risk, and a review of the latest evidence-based treatment and prevention approaches.
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Are you hosting a training or event and want OERP to highlight it in its fortnightly e-newsletter?
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Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic’s Crisis Training Institute has scheduled a 3 day Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) training. This training, which will cover both the Assisting Individuals in Crisis and the Group Crisis intervention training, will provide the 2 core CISM trainings recommended by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.
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"Treating OCD in the Autism Community" brings leading experts in the emerging field together to discuss the best known methods to effect positive change in the lives of these individuals. The morning program will guide you through assessment, recognition of the symptoms which can be targeted and how to modify exposure based treatment plans to meet the unique requirements of this population. In addition, participants will be given the opportunity to explore additional topics in greater depth during the afternoon session.
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On November 18th, during the 33rd Pittsburgh Schizophrenia, former OERP Director Mary Healy was honored for her commitment to educational programming throughout the Southwestern Pennsylvania region. The OERP team congratulates her on this recognition.
(Pictured to the Left: Mary receiving the award from Dr. Chengappa and Dr. Ganguli)
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SAVE THE DATE
- Critical Incident Stress Management
January 25-27, 2017 - Champion Commons Building
- Clinical Homicide & Aggression Management Practices for Inpatient, Outpatient & Nontraditional Settings
February 13, 2017 - Herberman Conference Center
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Training
April 19-20, 2017 -- University Club
- Psychosomatic Medicine Conference
April 22, 2017 - University of Pittsburgh
- Treating OCD in the Autism Community
April 27, 2017 - Westin Convention Center
- STAR-Center's 30th Anniversary Research Symposium
May 3-4, 2017 - University Club
- STAR-Center Conference - "Treatment of Suicidal Youth: A Glimpse into the Future"
May 5, 2017 - University of Pittsburgh
- Day of Self Discovery
May 18, 2017 - Rodef Shalom
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