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2015 Clinical Update
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February 26-27, 2015
McKimmon Conference Center
1101 Gorman Street • Raleigh, NC 27606
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Part of the NC AHEC Program
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2015 Clinical Update & Psychopharmacology Review
Featured Speaker: Jessie Close
Jessie Close will be the featured plenary speaker at 2015 Clinical Update and
Psychopharmacology Review.
Jessie Close wants to change how people talk and think about mental illness. An
ambassador for Bring Change 2 Mind, a not-for-profit organization founded by
Jessie’s sister, actress Glenn Close, Jessie fights stigma and misunderstanding to
create a clearer picture of mental disorders. Her own struggle with bipolar disorder
and alcoholism provides the backbone to a courageous story and an enlightened
perspective on the state of mental health in America.
Life has been a whirlwind for Jessie, who lived with anxiety, confusion and paranoia.
As a teenager, she dropped out of high school and contemplated suicide. Jessie
recalls, “I lived many years without medication, then, at age 45, I was put on two medications for bipolar disorder. I
drank to calm the mania.” She was an alcoholic and mentally unstable. Then her eldest son, Calen, was diagnosed
with schizo-affective disorder, a form of schizophrenia. Jessie asked her sister, Glenn, to help battle the stigma and
misunderstanding of mental illness. “It’s one thing to be aware of stigma in your own life but when Calen lost all his
friends, I couldn’t bare it.” In 2009, Glenn founded BringChange2Mind.org, an outreach and stigma-fighting mental
health advocacy group that provides invaluable resources and inspiration to people and families in need. October
2009 saw the start of the organization’s first national anti-stigma campaign. Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard
directed the first commercial, which highlighted how mental illness affects the whole family.
Resilience, Jessie’s memoir, was recently released. She will be available to sign her book for conference
attendees at the Quail Ridge Books booth. Jessie also blogs about living with mental illness for
BringChange2Mind.org and has made appearances on Good Morning America, Katie, Erin Burnett, and Piers
Morgan.
Additional Featured Speakers
Lori Raney, M.D.
Jeff Swanson, Ph.D.
Topic: "Gun Violence and Mental Illness"
Topic: "Evidenced Based Approaches to
Integrated Care"
Andy Short, Ph.D. and
Allan Chrisman, M.D.
Topic: "Mental Health in Disaster Response"
Lisa Amaya Jackson, M.D., MPH
Topic: "Addressing the Impact of Trauma
on Children"
Courtney Cantrell
Topic: "The State of Mental Health Services
in North Carolina"
2015 Clinical Update & Psychopharmacology Review
This annual conference is jointly sponsored by:
Southern Regional AHEC
Wake AHEC
North Carolina Psychological Association
North Carolina Psychiatric Association
Duke Department of Psychiatry
North Carolina Division of MH/DD/SAS
UNC Department of Psychiatry
Governor’s Institute on Substance Abuse
About the Location
The McKimmon Conference and Training Center hosts an average of over 2,000 events with more than 200,000
people coming through the Center each year.
McKimmon Conference and Training Center • 1101 Gorman Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
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2015 Clinical Update & Psychopharmacology Review
Purpose and Target Audience
2015 Clinical Update & Psychopharmacology Review
provides information on the most recent therapeutic and
medical approaches to the treatment of mental illness,
developmental disabilities and substance abuse.
This important conference continues in its tradition of
providing quality content for practitioners engaged in
providing mental health, developmental disability, and
substance abuse services in North Carolina.
Important topics covered will include:
• Evidence Based Practice in Autism
• Treatment Resistant Depression
• DSM-5 with the IDD Population
• Ethical Decision-making in Behavioral Health
Psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacists, nurses,
therapists, counselors, case managers, substance
abuse professionals, and others will find a variety of
topics on the agenda designed to meet their educational
needs.
Objectives
Upon completion of this conference, participants will be
able to:
• Provide information on the most recent therapeutic and medical approaches to the treatment of mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse disorders;
• Identify cutting edge psychopharmacology and clinical updates on relevant medications and approaches to psychiatric treatment; and
• Describe effective clinical practice guidelines and interventions to serve the populations in North Carolina.
"I am in an MCO (managed care
organization) and this information
can go towards best practice
standards and medical necessity."
-2013 Clinical Update and
Psychopharmacology Review Attendee
Planning Committee
John Bigger, MS, LPC
Southern Regional AHEC
Robin Huffman
North Carolina Psychiatric Association
Russet Rogers, MLS
Southern Regional AHEC
Marvin Swartz, M.D.
Duke University Medical Center
Jennifer Borton, RN, MSN
Southern Regional AHEC
Sally Cameron
North Carolina Psychological Association
Andrea Novak, Ph.D., RN-BC, FAEN
Southern Regional AHEC
Jack Naftel, M.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Nena Lekwauwa, M.D.
NC Division of MH/DD/SAS
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AGENDA
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015
7 a.m. Exhibitor Registration and Set-Up
8 a.m.
Registration - Visit Exhibitors
8:55 a.m.
Welcome and Housekeeping
John Bigger, MS, LPC
9 a.m.
Opening Plenary
Resilience in Mental Health Jessie Close
Objectives:
• Discuss what someone feels like who has mental
illness; and
• Explain the importance of empathy in helping
someone to overcome mental illness.
10:30 a.m. Break - Visit Exhibitors
11 a.m. Breakout Sessions I
A) Gun Violence and Mental Illness: Balancing Risk and
Rights for Effective Policy
Jeff Swanson, Ph.D.
Objectives:
• Describe the evidence for the association between
mental illness and violent behavior and suicide;
• Explain the traditional approach to firearms restrictions
applied to certain persons with mental disorders in
federal and state laws in the United States; and
• Discuss an alternative evidence-based approach to
firearms restrictions, known as “risk-based firearms
policy,” which is focused on time-sensitive behavioral
indicators of risk and history of violent behavior, rather
than mental illness per se.
B) Treatment Resistant Depression: A State of the Art
Evidence-based Review
Bradley N. Gaynes, M.D., MPH
Objectives:
• Review the current evidence base for identifying and
managing treatment resistant depression; and
• Correctly identify and develop a treatment plan for a
patient with treatment resistant depression.
C) Geriatric Mental Health Services: Navigating the
Maze
Ann Louise Barrick, Ph.D. and
Jennifer Shrewsbury, MSW
Objectives:
•List symptoms associated with the three most
common mental health issues that impact functioning
in older persons;
•Identify relevant tools for assessing service needs in
older persons;
•Name one of the most useful outpatient services and
the pathway for obtaining these services; and
•Describe current inpatient services and methods for
accessing them.
D) Ethical Decision-making in Behavioral Health
Tim Slaven, Ph.D., LPC, NCC
(Need Ethics hours? In addition to this session, you may attend
2D and 3D for a total of four (4) hours. Must attend 1D, 2D and 3D
consecutively.)
Objectives:
• Describe the significant principles related to ethical
conduct;
•Explain the major ethical issues in the field of
behavioral health;
•Review the various approaches to ethical decisionmaking; and
•Apply the ethical decision-making model to a case
study.
12:15 p.m.
Lunch provided - Visit Exhibitors
1:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions II
A) Adopting Medication Assisted Treatment as a Best
Practice in Substance Abuse Treatment Paul Nagy, M.S., LPC, LCAS, CCS and
Ashwin Patkar, M.D.
Objectives:
•Describe approved medications used to treat
substance dependence;
•Discuss clinical strategies for utilizing medications in
treatment of substance dependence;
•Review usual concerns associated with medication
assisted treatment; and
•Identify clinical challenges and review guidelines
for combined behavioral and medication assisted
treatment.
B) Intellectual and Developmental Disability in the age
of DSM-5
Rob Christian, M.D.
Objectives:
•Describe the differences in the DSM-IV and DSM-5 in
relation to IDD disorders;
•Explain how the diagnostic criteria can be applied to
various disorders; and
•Discuss the treatment implications regarding the
changes in the diagnostic criteria.
C) Addressing the Impact of Trauma on Children: State
and National Efforts
Lisa Amaya Jackson, M.D., MPH
Objectives:
AGENDA
•Describe the impact of adverse life events and trauma
on children and the Evidence Based Treatments
design; and
•Describe state and national efforts to address
trauma’s impact on children & families.
D) Ethical Decision-making in Behavioral Health
Tim Slaven, Ph.D., LPC, NCC (continued from 1D)
3 p.m. Break - Visit Exhibitors
3:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions III
A) Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Mary Kimmel, M.D.
Objectives:
•Describe perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
(PMAD) during pregnancy and the postpartum period
•Discuss known risk factors for PMAD and possible
etiologies; and
•Discuss appropriate management of PMAD.
B) Mental Health in Disaster Response: Issues and
Interventions
Andy Short, Ph.D. and Allan Chrisman, M.D.
Objectives:
•Discuss issues for mental health professionals
working in disaster response;
•Describe the nature of effective mental health
interventions in disaster settings;
•Explain how cultural factors & differences play a role
in disaster response and interventions; and
•Discuss ethical issues confronting mental health
professionals in disaster response.
C) CBT and Anxiety in Children
Chris Mauro, Ph.D.
Objectives:
•Describe childhood anxiety; and
•Review the components of the CBT approach in
children.
D) Ethical Decision-making in Behavioral Health
Tim Slaven, Ph.D., LPC, NCC (continued from 1D/2D)
5 p.m. Adjourn
Friday, Feb. 27, 2015
8 - 9 a.m.
Registration - Visit Exhibitors
9 a.m.
Plenary Session
Evidence Based Approaches to Integrated Care
Lori Raney, M.D.
Objectives:
•Discuss the evidence base for the collaborative care
model and variations in different populations;
•List the key members of the collaborative care team
and describe their specific roles and responsibilities;
and
•Identify the cultural differences between primary
care and behavioral health and how to address team
dynamics.
10:30 a.m. Break - Visit Exhibitors
10:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions IV
A) Evidence Based Practice in Autism
Aleck Myers, Ph.D., LP; Louise Buchholz Southern
M.Ed., BCBA; and Whitney Luffman, MA, LPA, BCBA
Objectives:
• Identify criteria for a practice to earn the label
“Evidence Based Practice";
•Identify larger methodological umbrellas under which
best practices in autism intervention fall; and
•Identify fundamental principles and strategies that are
often applied within quality intervention programs.
B) Psychopharmacology of Dementia
Julia O. Lunsford, M.D.
Objectives:
•Describe the approved drugs to treat dementia;
•Discuss the drugs that may be used to target mood
changes associated with dementia;
•Explain the drugs that may be used to target difficult
behaviors associated with dementia; and
•Discuss non-pharmacological approaches to
behaviors associated with dementia.
C) Evidence Based Approaches to Integrated Care
Lori Raney, M.D.
Objectives:
•Describe how the roles of the key members of the
collaborative care team work together to meet the
needs of the patients being served; and
•Review how team dynamics contribute to patient care.
AGENDA
D) Substance Abuse and Pregnancy
Hendree Jones, Ph.D.
Objectives:
•Compare and contrast the risks and benefits of using
different agonist medications to treat opioid use
disorders during pregnancy;
•Identify the myriad of factors that affect the substance
exposed infant and mitigate or exacerbate Neonatal
Abstinence Syndrome (NAS); and
•Compare and contrast the effects of prenatal
exposure to marijuana, benzodiazepines, alcohol and
stimulants.
12 p.m.
Lunch provided - Visit Exhibitors
1:20 p.m.
Presentation
The Second Annual Advancing Evidence Based
Practices Award
John Bigger, MS, LPC and Marvin Swartz, M.D.
1:30 p.m. Closing Plenary
The State of Mental Health Services in North
Carolina
Courtney Cantrell
Objectives:
•Describe the current service delivery system in North
Carolina and prospective changes to occur in 2015;
and
•Discuss how providers can be prepared for these
changes to ensure the needs of consumers are met.
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Adjourn
The Annual Advancing Evidence Based Practices Award
The NC EBP Center’s Annual Advancing Evidence Based Practices Award was established in 2014 to recognize an individual or
agency that best exemplifies the advancement of Evidence Based
Practices in the mental health field in North Carolina.
This award works to identify the efforts made at research, training of staff, implementing evidence based practices, and establishing positive outcomes based on evidence based practices.
Criteria for selection include, but are not limited to:
1) Staff training provided on the use of evidence based models.
The models selected are recognized as Evidence Based through
SAMSHA
2) Models of Evidence Based Practices identified in program
information: The models used by a given agency/individual are
listed on websites, program literature, and so on
3) Adherence to the fidelity of the models is demonstrated.
4) Outcome indicators have improved as a result of the utilization
of the Evidence Based Practices.
www.ncebpcenter.org
Future Nomination Process:
The NC EBP Center will announce a “Call for Nominations” in
November of each year. There will be a form to be completed by
the nominating party that describes the criteria, and how the
person/agency met the criteria. A selection committee based at
SR-AHEC will review nominations and decide the selectee. The
presentation will occur at Clinical Update in all subsequent years.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Ann Louise Barrick, Ph.D., is a retired
clinical professor from the University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Department of
Psychology and director of psychology at
Central Regional Hospital in Butner, NC.
She holds a doctoral degree in counseling
psychology from Ball State University and has been a
geropsychologist since 1986. She provides training to
professional staff in the assessment and treatment of
persons with dementia. She has conducted research
and published articles addressing behavioral symptoms
in dementia with a focus on personal care. She is
co-author of two books, a CD-ROM, a DVD and two
training films on methods for working with for persons
with dementia.
Courtney Cantrell, Ph.D., is the director
for the Division of Mental Health,
Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
and Substance Abuse Services, a clinical
psychologist and has her Doctorate from
Florida State University. The majority
of Dr. Cantrell’s work has centered around promoting
the integration of mental health, substance abuse and
other medical/health services, especially in vulnerable
populations. Following graduate research in health
psychology and experiences in state psychiatric
facilities and community hospitals, her career truly
began as an Air Force Captain and psychologist. She
then moved to North Carolina to continue her career
in integrated care as the Lead Behavioral Health
Coordinator at AccessCare, a CCNC network. She
facilitated integrated care partnerships between the
CCNC network and nine LME-MCOs. To further affect
integration, Dr. Cantrell then moved to the NC DHHS
Division of Medical Assistance (Medicaid), first as a
behavioral health policy manager and shortly thereafter
as assistant director for behavioral health where she
furthered her knowledge of Medicaid regulations and
supports and services for individuals with Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD). Dr. Cantrell
was tapped to focus on the Partnership for a Healthy
North Carolina in order to both ensure that Medicaid
reform emphasized whole-person care and to further
behavioral health and I/DD system improvements. Dr.
Cantrell possesses a unique perspective, as a veteran,
through her experience on the ground in rural counties
from the West to the East, and in her knowledge of
both state-funded and Medicaid-funded supports and
integrated health services for individuals with mental
health, substance use disorders, and intellectual/
developmental disabilities.
Robert Christian, M.D., received his M.D. from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is triple
boarded in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child Psychiatry
from Brown University. Dr. Christian holds strongly to
the notion that any one lens is far too narrow a tool
through which to view patients. This perspective drives
his clinical work, his teaching style, and his research at
The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities at
UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Christian's pre-dominate clinical
duties are within an interdisciplinary clinic with a
psychologist where they teach trainees and expose
them to this world view. It is fitting that their trainees
come from a variety of backgrounds including:
medicine, allied health sciences, psychology, and
education. Dr. Christian's research interests fall into
two main areas that are best described as oriented in
the comparative effectiveness research arena. The first
area relates to attempting to understand how to best
provide medical/behavioral services to this growing and
complex group of individuals and their families. The
second area focuses on attempting to understand the
real world effectiveness of psychotropic medication
usage in this population. As this line of research
develops, Dr. Christian plans to develop specific models
of care which can serve these individuals clinically and
simultaneously become platforms from which to conduct
real world practice based clinical and health services
research.
Allan Chrisman, M.D., is an associate
professor of Psychiatry Emeritus-Duke
University School of Medicine, Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Dr. Chrisman graduated from the George
Washington University School of Medicine,
did an internship in medicine at the Washington
Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. and psychiatric
training at Harvard University Medical Institutions.
During his 38 years of practice in general adult and
child psychiatry, he has worked on in-patient, residential
and outpatient settings. His interest in Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder started during his child psychiatry
residency and continued during his 13 years of practice
at an HMO, the Harvard Community Health Plan where
he was a consultant to pediatric and internal medicine
practices. Since coming to Duke from Cambridge, MA
his practice has specialized in consultations for all ages
with ADHD. He was the medical director of the Duke
ADHD Program and has been involved with clinical
trials as a senior psycho-pharmacologist and Principle
Investigator. He also worked with Dr. John March in the
Pediatric Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Program and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Trials
Network participating in many NIMH sponsored
comparative treatment studies of children with OCD,
anxiety and depression. From 2003-2011 he was the
program training director for the Duke University
Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency
Training Program.
Bradley Gaynes M.D., MPH, is a
professor and the associate chair of
Research Training and Education in the
Department of Psychiatry at UNC-Chapel
Hill. His post-graduate training has
included a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical
Scholar Fellowship at the University of North Carolina,
where he also received his Master of Public Health
degree in Epidemiology and completed a fellowship
in Preventive Medicine. Dr. Gaynes works at the
crossroads between clinical trials research and mental
health services research (including comparative
effectiveness reviews), and he focuses his clinical and
research efforts on treatment resistant depression and
on improving the delivery of depression care in nonpsychiatric settings, including primary care, obstetrical,
and HIV practices.
Lisa Amaya Jackson, M.D., MPH, is
a child and adolescent psychiatrist with
over 25 years of experience in the field
of child trauma treatment. She is tenured
in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at
Duke University Medical Center; associate
director at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child
Traumatic Stress - the coordinating center for the
SAMHSA funded National Child Traumatic Stress
Network; and is director of Duke Psychiatry’s Evidencebased Practice Implementation Center. She is a cofounder of the Center for Child & Family Health, in
Durham, N.C. - a tri-university collaboration that
provides specialty services and training curriculum for
community children exposed to trauma, and co-directs
its NC Child Treatment Program, a comprehensive,
public mental health initiative training clinicians to
deliver trauma EBTs across the state. Known for her
research in assessment, cognitive-behavioral treatment,
and effective implementation of child trauma-informed,
evidence-based interventions into community practice,
Dr. Amaya-Jackson’s research and training interests
currently center on training and decision-making
guidance on the use of EBTs to create a traumainformed mental health workforce. She has authored
publications in numerous peer-reviewed journals and
along with Berlin, Ziv, and Greenberg, she co-edited
Enhancing Early Attachments: Theory, Research,
Intervention, & Policy.
Hendree Jones, Ph.D., is a professor in the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of
Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill; an executive director of
Horizons (a comprehensive drug treatment program for
pregnant and parenting women and their drug-exposed
children); an adjunct professor in the Department of
Psychology, at UNC-Chapel Hill; and an adjunct
professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and in
the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the
School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Dr.
Jones is an internationally recognized expert in the
development and examination of both behavioral and
pharmacologic treatments for pregnant women and their
children in risky life situations. Dr. Jones has received
continuous funding from the United States National
Institutes of Health since 1994 and has published over
150 publications, two books on treating substance use
disorders (one for pregnant and parenting women and
the other for a more general population of patients)
and several book and textbook chapters. She is a
consultant for the United Nations and the World Health
Organization. Dr. Jones leads or is involved in projects
in Afghanistan, the Southern Cone, the Republic of
Georgia, South Africa, and the United States which are
focused on improving the lives of children, women and
families.
Mary Kimmel, M.D., is a clinical
assistant professor and medical director
of UNC’s Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient
Unit. Her clinical expertise is in treating
women’s mood and anxiety disorders
and in treating psychiatric disorders and
other mental health issues during pregnancy and the
postpartum time period. Dr. Kimmel’s research interests
include the study of hormonally-mediated mood and
anxiety disorders, the connection of postpartum mood
and anxiety disorders to postpartum weight retention,
and the transmission of stress and obesity from mother
to child.
Whitney Luffman, M.S., joined the
Autism Society of NC in November, 2014.
Whitney studied psychology, with a
concentration in applied behavior analysis,
while earning her Master’s degree at
UNC-Wilmington. Following completion
of her coursework, Whitney joined the team at the
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD to complete
her clinical internship. Whitney remained at KKI as a
post-graduate, gaining experience in the treatment of
pediatric feeding disorders, severe problem behavior,
and parent training. Whitney has worked with children
across a wide range of settings, including: 1:1 in-home
therapy, 1:1 therapy in a clinic setting, and school
consultation. Whitney has also presented research at a
variety of professional conferences and is a member of
the Association for Behavior Analysis International, as
well as regional associations for the practice of behavior
analysis.
Julia O. Lunsford, M.D., completed her
medical training and psychiatry residency
at UNC-CH, and worked for the next 20
years in Raleigh as an outpatient
psychiatrist. She had a solo practice that
allowed her to provide both psychotherapy
and pharmacological management, while cultivating
special interest in healthy aging, nutrition, and end-oflife care. In addition, she led small groups in mid-life
spirituality and therapeutic writing. Julia completed
a fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at Duke in 2014.
As the newest faculty member in the Department of
Psychiatry at UNC, she is looking forward to forging
coalitions and offering care to the older adults in the
area.
Chris Mauro, Ph.D., is an assistant clinical professor in
the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
and Division of Medical Psychology at Duke University
Medical Center, and Director of the Psychosocial
Treatment Clinic where he supervises and trains
graduate students, psychology interns, and psychiatry
residents on empirically supported psychosocial
treatments for children and adolescents. Dr. Mauro has
been a certified cognitive behavioral therapist (CBT) on
four NIMH funded clinical trials and was the CBT
supervisor for The Child and Adolescent Anxiety
Multimodal Treatment Study (CAMS) at Duke University.
He specializes in individual and family therapy for
children with anxiety disorders such as separation
anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social
phobia, and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Aleck Myers, Ph.D., has been the
clinical director at the Autism Society of
North Carolina since January, 2013. He
earned his Masters’ and Ph.D. degrees
from Utah State University in 1978 and
1981, respectively. He worked at Murdoch
Developmental Center as Psychologist, Director of
Psychology, Director of Professional Services, Director
of Programming and then, for the last 8 years of
his career there as Facility Director. While there, he
oversaw the development of the specialized programs
PATH, BART, STARS, and TRACK which have
effectively served many individuals with development
disabilities (including autism) and severe behavioral
challenges. After retiring from state employment,
Dr. Myers was most pleased to join with ASNC, the
organization that had been such a wonderful ally.
Aleck was honored to receive both the TEACCH Award
and the Fred Keller Aware for Excellence in Behavior
Analysis.
Paul Nagy, LPC, LCAS, CCS, received
his M.S. in counseling and human systems
from Florida State University. He is a
clinical associate in the department of
psychiatry and behavioral sciences at
Duke University Medical Center where
he serves as program director of the Duke addictions
program and director of substance abuse clinical
training and consultation for the Duke department of
psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Nagy has over 25
years of clinical, administrative, and teaching
experience. He conducts seminars and workshops to
audiences throughout the United States and presently
provides ongoing consultation to a number of private
and public organizations to assist with workforce
development and the adoption of substance abuse
treatment best practices. Mr. Nagy also works as an
expert content director overseeing the development
of treatment improvement protocols and technical
assistance publications for the center for substance
abuse treatment and is a member of the Motivational
Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).
Ashwin Patkar, M.D., is currently a
professor of Psychiatry and Community
and Family Medicine and the medical
director of Duke Addictions Programs and
Duke Center for Addiction Behavior and
Change at Duke University Medical
Center, Durham, NC. He is a faculty member for
Neuroscience Medicine at Duke Clinical Research
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Institute (DCRI). Dr. Patkar earned a medical degree
from GS Medical College in Bombay, India; an
MRCPsych from the Royal College of Psychiatrists,
England; and a neuropharmacology degree from the
University of Nottingham, England. He completed his
psychiatry residency at Thomas Jefferson University
in Philadelphia, PA and was the director of Biological
Psychiatry and Clinical Trials as well as the associate
director of Addiction Programs at Thomas Jefferson
University. He is certified in psychiatry with the
American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry with
subspecialty certifications in addiction psychiatry,
American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM),
addiction medicine and pain medicine (American Board
of Pain Medicine).
Lori Raney, M.D., is the medical director
of Axis Health System in Durango,
Colorado. She has worked in the design
and development of collaborative care
models in diverse locations including
Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural
Health Centers and School-based Health Centers in
rural Colorado. Through working with national leaders
in integrated care she helped design a curriculum to
teach these models to psychiatrists and primary care
providers and has been active in presenting this across
the country. She was asked to chair the American
Psychiatric Association’s Workgroup on Integrated Care
in January 2011 and continues to hold this position.
She speaks nationally on the topic of collaboration with
primary care and works with organizations to design
and implement these evidence- based care teams. She
is the owner of Collaborative Care Consulting, serves
as a consultant for the National Council, and has a
small private practice. She attended medical school at
the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC and
completed her psychiatric residency at Sheppard-Enoch
Pratt Hospital in Towson, MD. She is board certified by
the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Andrew Short, Ph.D., is chair of the
Disaster Response Task Force of the NC
Psychological Association. He serves as
coordinator of the Disaster Response
Network for North Carolina. He is a
licensed psychologist with a practice
in Chapel Hill and is Clinical Associate Professor of
Psychiatry at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Short has served
as a mental health volunteer and supervisor with the
American Red Cross. He has worked in shelters and
consulted in community response sites in Florida and
in North Carolina. Dr. Short has conducted training in
disaster mental health for professionals from a variety
of mental health professions.
Jennifer Shrewsbury, MSW, LCSW, is a
clinical social work supervisor on the
Geriatric Services Unit at Central Regional
Hospital in Butner, NC. She received her
MSW from the UNC School of Social Work
and her BA in Applied Sociology from
Salem College. She has worked in inpatient mental
health for more than two decades, focusing primarily on
care of patients with dementia and older persons with
SPMI. Ms. Shrewsbury provides training and support in
the areas of development of evidence-based, dementiaspecific programming, advance directives, information
technology application for social workers,
multidisciplinary treatment planning, and utilization of
resources.
Tim Slaven, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, serves as
organizational development consultant with Good
Neighbor Community Services and maintains a private
psychotherapy, supervision and consultation practice
in Richmond, Virginia. Tim is a former adjunct faculty
member at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU),
School of Allied Health Professions, Department of
Rehabilitation Counseling and has served as a CARF
Accreditation Surveyor and consultant since 1994. Tim
also is a consultant with the North Carolina Evidence
Based Practice Center. In these various roles, he
provides training and consultation in the areas of
behavioral health and substance abuse service delivery,
performance management, person centered treatment
planning. Tim is a Diplomate of the American Mental
Health Counselors Association, Clinical Mental Health
Specialist and National Board of Certified Clinical
Hypnotherapists. Dr. Slaven holds a Ph.D. in Urban
Services and a Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in
Counselor Supervision from Old Dominion University,
and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from
Ball State University. He is a Licensed Professional
Counselor and Board approved Supervisor in both
Virginia and North Carolina.
Louise Buchholz Southern M.Ed.,
BCBA, works as a lead trainer and lead
behavior analyst for the Autism Society of
North Carolina, and she is pursuing her
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at
North Carolina State University (NCSU),
with a concentration in Special Education. Louise has
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
been privileged to work with individuals with Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD) since 1998. She has
extensive experience implementing and overseeing
home-based programs that emphasize the integration
of evidence-based practices in intervention for young
children with ASD. In recent years, Louise served as
the content director for the National Institutes of Healthfunded JobTIPS project, a web-based resource for
adolescents and adults with ASD and other learning
differences who struggle to obtain and maintain
competitive employment. Louise has also worked as a
special education teacher in general and self-contained
contexts supporting high school students with ASD who
spend the majority of their day in the regular education
setting.
Jeffrey Swanson, Ph.D., is a professor in
psychiatry and behavioral sciences at
Duke University School of Medicine. He
holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Yale
University. Dr. Swanson is a nationally
recognized expert on policies to reduce
firearm-related violence and suicide among persons
with mental illness. He received the 2011 Carl Taube
Award from the American Public Health Association
and the 2010 Eugene C. Hargrove, MD Award from
the North Carolina Psychiatric Foundation, both for
outstanding career contributions to mental health
research. He is also the recipient of the 2013 NARSAD
Distinguished Investigator grant from the Brain and
Behavior Foundation. Dr. Swanson was a member
of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on
Mandated Community Treatment and currently serves
on the Methods Core of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Public Health Law Research Program.
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Inpatient Substance Abuse
Outpatient Partial Hospitalization
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Phone. (919) 250-7000 Fax. (919) 231-5302
Toll free. (800) 447-1800
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"I very much enjoy taking my CEU classes at Southern Regional AHEC.
The staff are (is) wonderful and I will continue doing so in the future."
- 2013 Clinical Update and Psychopharmacology Review Attendee
CREDITS, FEES & STATEMENTS
Professional Credit
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™: 10.0 hours
Credit Statement
Southern Regional AHEC designates this live activity, for a
maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians
should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Accreditation
The activity has been planned and implemented in accordance
with the Essentials and Standards of the North Carolina Medical
Society through the joint sponsorship of the Southern Regional
AHEC and Duke Department of Psychiatry, UNC Department of
Psychiatry, North Carolina Psychological Association North Carolina
Psychiatric Association, North Carolina Division of MH/DD/SAS, and
Governor’s Institute on Substance Abuse. Southern Regional AHEC
is accredited by the NCMS to provide continuing medical education
for physicians.
For Non-Physicians (Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners):
Additional Credit - Other health professionals will receive South­
ern Regional AHEC CEU and/or contact hours and a certificate
of attendance from an AMA PRA Category 1™activity. These
certificates are accepted by the NC boards for physician assistants,
nurse practitioners, nurses, physical ther­apists and athletic trainers.
License requirements are subject to change. Southern Regional
AHEC recommends that participants contact their licensing boards
with specific questions. Southern Regional AHEC will provide 1.0
Continuing Education Units (10.0 contact hours) to partici­pants upon
completion of this activity.
Disclosure Statement
The Southern Regional AHEC adheres to ACCME Essential Areas
and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical
education. Disclosure of faculty/planning committee members
and commercial relationships will be made known at the activity.
Speakers are also expected to openly disclose a discussion of any
off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices in
their presentations.
CEU
Southern Regional AHEC will award 1.0 CEUs to each
person who attends 100% of the program.
Category A Contact Hours
Southern Regional AHEC will award 10.0 Category A
contact hours for NC psychologists who attend 100% of
the program. Attendance verification will be required.
NBCC and NAADAC
Credit will be awarded to participants who
attend 100% of the program.
SR-AHEC adheres to NAADAC Education Provider
Guidelines Provider #843 (Substance Abuse Credit).
SR-AHEC is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider
(ACEP™) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that
meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP™ solely is responsible for all
aspects of the program.
Nursing
10.0 contact hours, CNE, will be awarded to participants
who attend 100% of the activity; credit is awarded by
day. Day 1: 5.75; Day 2: 4.25.
Southern Regional AHEC: Department of Continuing Education is
an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the North
Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the
American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on
Accreditation.
Fee
$189 for both days, if registration and payment are
received by February 6, 2015; $199 thereafter.
$109 for one day, if registration and payment are
received by February 6, 2015; $119 thereafter.
Payment Policy
SR-AHEC requires full payment for all registrations prior
to the program date. We no longer accept purchase
orders or supervisor’s approval signatures in lieu of
payment. Access to workshop materials and handouts
cannot be released until payment is received. Early and
regular rates will be determined by the date of receipt.
Questions and Suggestions
For information regarding workshop registration, please
call (910) 678-7226.
For questions regarding educational content or
professional credit, please call:
John Bigger, MS, LPC, (910) 678-7207
Administrator of Mental Health Continuing Education
Southern Regional AHEC
Substitutes/Refunds/Transfers
If you register for a program and are not able to attend,
you may:
•Send a substitute;
•Cancel three business days before the program and
obtain a refund for 70% of the registration fee; or
•Cancel three business days before the program and
receive a voucher for 100% of the registration fee for
use at one future Southern Regional AHEC Mental
Health program.
Cancellations less than three business days before
the program are non-refundable. If you register for a
program you don’t attend and don’t pay, you will be
billed for the full amount of the program registration fee.
North Carolina Evidence
Based Practices Center
What We Do
NC EBP Center supports behavioral health services by providing
customized training, technical assistance and consultation services.
Mental Health
First Aid
An eight-hour certification course to help communities understand mental illness and respond to psychiatric emergencies
Healthy Minds. Strong Communities
Building mental health literacy among:
• Parents, families, and the public
• Primary Care and other health care professionals
• Law Enforcement and correctional officers
• Colleges and school administrators/staff
• Human Resources and other business professionals
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March 11th & 12th
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□ Feb. 26 only–$109 before Feb. 12; $119 thereafter.
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Please choose one Breakout Session from each time frame for the day(s) you are attending. You will automatically be
registered for the plenary sessions.
Day 1: Feb. 26, 2015
11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
□ 1A. Gun Violence and Mental Illness
□ 1B. Treatment Resistant Depression
□ 1C. Geriatric Mental Health Services
□ 1D. Ethical Desicion-making in Behavioral Health
1:30–3 p.m.
□ 2A. Adopting Medication Assisted Treatment as a Best Practice in
Substance Abuse Treatment
□ 2B. DSM-5 with the IDD Population
□ 2C. Addressing the Impact of Trauma on Children
□ 2D. Ethical Desicion-making in Behavioral Health (must have attended 1D)
3:30–5 p.m.
□ 3A. Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
□ 3B. Mental Health in Disaster Response
□ 3C. CBT and Anxiety in Children
□ 3D. Ethical Desicion-making in Behavioral Health (must have attended 1D/2D)
Day 2: Feb. 27, 2015
10:45 a.m.–12 p.m.
□ 4A. Evidence Based Practice in Autism
□ 4B. Psychopharmacology of Dementia
□ 4C. Evidence Based Approaches to Integrated Care
□ 4D. Substance Abuse and Pregnancy
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Part of the NC AHEC Program