DMH UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership
286 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOur mission: In partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, the Public Mental Health Partnership at UCLA aims to realize a vision for excellence in care for vulnerable populations that incorporates typically marginalized perspectives and builds capacity to foster health equity.
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General Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills and Practical Applications, Part 1
April 20, 2022 21:37 - 1 hour - 61 MBThis presentation will outline the basics of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an evidence-based psychotherapy for emotion dysregulation that helps people become more mindful as they simultaneously work on improving interpersonal relationships, tolerating distress, and regulating intense emotions. This presentation will introduce you to practical applications of DBT through discussion, vignettes, video clips, and opportunities to practice. The intended audience is clinicians working with i...
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Phases of Treatment: Crisis Intervention
April 11, 2022 22:01 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBStigma and cultural practices in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities play a significant role in help seeking behavior in the face of mental health crises. This training will help mental health providers better recognize the various factors that may give rise to the challenges in crisis intervention work, with consideration to some of the complexities between age, inter-generational differences, and ethnic groups. Providers will be able to identify and share resources and p...
Moral Agency in Homeless Engagement
April 11, 2022 17:51 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MBThis training draws from anthropological theory and methods to inform a recovery-oriented approach for clients experiencing homelessness. We define important aspects of moral agency (e.g., autobiographical power, peopled opportunities, social bases of self-respect) that matter for both homeless outreach specialists and for the clients they serve. Using ethnographic data, this training discusses how moral agency is built and practiced in different contexts. Focusing on 4 different contexts of...
Asian American Pacific Islander Care Coordination Panel
April 11, 2022 17:23 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBThis panel is designed especially for LA County providers working with individuals experiencing (or at risk for) homelessness and experiencing mental illness. Care coordination requires a level of understanding of community partners, navigation amongst multiple systems, and persistence for client care needs. Our experts, Dr. Trang Hoang, Dr. Glenn Masuda, and Yvonne Sun, LCSW, will be taking Q&A and facilitating discussion regarding the nuances for care coordination across diverse population...
Housing Hurdles in LA County, Part 2: Understanding Why Things are the Way They Are and How to Navigate Limited Choices
March 08, 2022 23:38 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBThis two-part training will help generate an understanding of why the housing landscape in Los Angeles looks the way it does while offering up strategies that providers can use to navigate it. Day 1 will examine the histories and policies that have shaped LA’s housing supply and will outline where we are going in the future. It will also help providers identify what housing is currently available, including tips on how to locate appropriate options for clients who are unhoused or have unstab...
Housing Hurdles in LA County, Part 1: Understanding Why Things are the Way They Are and How to Navigate Limited Choices
March 08, 2022 22:16 - 43 minutes - 39.3 MBThis two-part training will help generate an understanding of why the housing landscape in Los Angeles looks the way it does while offering up strategies that providers can use to navigate it. Day 1 will examine the histories and policies that have shaped LA’s housing supply and will outline where we are going in the future. It will also help providers identify what housing is currently available, including tips on how to locate appropriate options for clients who are unhoused or have unstab...
Indigenous Health Flourishes Where Ancestral Love Is Nourished
March 07, 2022 21:20 - 1 hour - 51.6 MBThis session is meant to orient clinicians to basic foundational knowledge about the American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) population, including but not limited to demographics, diversity within AIAN people, and how AIAN identity may affect access to health care. Participants will additionally understand how structural determinants of health (e.g. Federal Indian policymaking) has contributed to current health outcomes, socioeconomic indicators, and intergenerational trauma. Lastly, partic...
Psychotherapeutic Techniques with Older Adults - Part 3: Psychotherapeutic Services for Older Adults with Psychotic Disorders
March 03, 2022 18:46 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBOlder adults exhibit psychotic symptoms for many different reasons. Treatment may require medical and psychiatric intervention, family support, linkages to community services, and more. The role of psychotherapy with older adults that experience psychosis has received little attention. This training will describe a psychotherapeutic approach to treating older adults with psychotic symptoms based on the literature and the presenter’s clinical experience. The approach includes outreach to iden...
Psychotherapeutic Techniques with Older Adults - Part 2: Mental Health Services with Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment
March 03, 2022 17:22 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBThis training outlines different types of cognitive impairment often found among older adults. Given a common understanding that mental health services for persons with “dementia” or cognitive impairment cannot be billed for, the presenter will describe Medi-Cal regulations regarding insurance billing for mental health services for persons with cognitive impairment who also have a co-occurring mental illness. This presentation will describe common emotional and other internal experiences of ...
Psychotherapeutic Techniques with Older Adults - Part 1: Enhancing Meaning with Older Adults
March 03, 2022 00:51 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBLater life can often be a time of many different losses, such as loss of friends or loved one, loss of physical functioning and/or health, loss of cognitive acuity, and loss of status. When clients have experienced several of these, it can present challenges to mental health professionals as to how to encourage improved mood and mental health, when interpersonal, physical, social, and financial resources are narrowed. This training will present several approaches within mental health interve...
Addressing Addictive Disorders in AAPI Clients, Families, and Communities
February 22, 2022 23:37 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBThis training will provide an overview of clinical presentations and characteristics of addictive disorders among Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) clients, families, and communities. Best practices for the screening, assessment, and treatment of commonly presenting addictive disorders such as tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, opioid, and stimulant use disorder will be covered. Specific attention to gambling disorders will be presented given the elevated rate of this disorder among Asian Amer...
AAPI Phases of Treatment: Active Care and Interventions Part II
February 11, 2022 21:58 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBCulturally sensitive care leads to positive health outcomes and client satisfaction, yet there remain gaps in the availability of culturally sensitive providers and training on AAPI-focused mental health. This training focuses on the integration of culturally informed practices and cultural adaptions needed to work effectively with AAPI communities. Link to watch the trailer for "The Healer and the Psychiatrist" at the 36 minute marker: https://vimeo.com/430128372?embedded=true&source=video_...
Assessing Grave Disability: A Review of Key Concepts
January 31, 2022 18:31 - 55 minutes - 51 MBPresented by Elizabeth Bromley, MD. In this refresher training, we will review the concepts that inform decision-making about whether an individual meets criteria for grave disability. The training briefly addresses the history and intent of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. We will discuss the kinds of clinical scenarios that can lead to a determination of grave disability. We will review strategies for assessing grave disability and for confirming or disconfirming whether grave disability is...
Assessing Grave Disability: A Review of Key Concepts by Elizabeth Bromley
January 31, 2022 18:31 - 55 minutes - 51 MBIn this refresher training, we will review the concepts that inform decision-making about whether an individual meets criteria for grave disability. The training briefly addresses the history and intent of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. We will discuss the kinds of clinical scenarios that can lead to a determination of grave disability. We will review strategies for assessing grave disability and for confirming or disconfirming whether grave disability is an appropriate determination. We wi...
AAPI Phases of Treatment: Active Care and Interventions: Part I
January 26, 2022 00:16 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBCulturally informed care refers to the capacity to provide quality informed interventions that acknowledges, honors, and integrates clients’ historical experiences, cultural values, beliefs and practices. This training will provide information on how reactions to trauma and mental health presentations vary across Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) cultures. We will delve deeper into culturally sensitive care and the importance of tailoring assessment questions to better understand ho...
Hoarding Disorder: Practical Interventions for Service Professionals
January 21, 2022 19:13 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBThis presentation will explore the basics of Hoarding Disorder, such as its symptoms, criteria for diagnosis, and neurological and genetic components. We will then look at ways of assessing its severity and determining the level of insight and readiness for treatment of the client. From there participants will be introduced to intervention techniques for both resistant and non-resistant clients with the goal of improving the client’s health and safety in the home. Please note that CEs are on...
AAPI Phases of Treatment: Outreach and Engagement
January 05, 2022 22:36 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBOutreach and psychoeducation are crucial first steps in providing quality mental health treatment. Often, there is a disconnect and lack of resources when reaching out to the AAPI communities. Despite the need for mental health services, a substantial number of AAPI individuals do not seek help. This training will focus on some of the AAPI communities’ barriers and stigmas in seeking mental health services. We will also explore other factors that contribute to underutilization of services. W...
The Need for AAPI Historical Empathy
December 16, 2021 22:14 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBThe evolution and continuation of anti-AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) hate throughout U.S. history was based on the belief that AAPIs were inferior and a threat to mainstream Americans. Supported and fostered by legislation, media, and hate crimes, the AAPI population became marginalized individuals. Building an understanding of AAPI history provides a context to counterbalance racism with truth and insight. From the 1850’s to the present, anti-AAPI hate has impacted the psyche of ou...
Brief Overview of Psychiatric Disorders
December 16, 2021 21:55 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBThe Brief Overview of Psychiatric Disorders training, presented by David Haynik, is a two-hour overview of symptoms and presentations that are consistent with major psychiatric disorders. It is a refresher for experienced mental health clinicians and ideal for those new to mental health. While specific diagnoses will be discussed, the emphasis is on the symptoms and how those symptoms may be experienced by individuals. The training is person-centered and recovery-focused. Use of vignettes an...
Provider Wellbeing and Self-Care: Radical Acceptance
December 16, 2021 21:15 - 52 minutes - 43.8 MBThis training discusses the practice of radical acceptance, a distress tolerance and emotional regulation skill, and component of reality acceptance from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Linehan, 2005). In particular, this training will focus around the application of radical acceptance in coping with uncertainty, especially as it relates to experiences that many are faced with during the COVID-19 pandemic on professional and personal levels. The overall aim of the training is to provide attend...
Supported Employment and the Road to Recovery, Part 5
December 16, 2021 17:25 - 27 minutes - 20.6 MBThis training series focuses on the services and supports that promote recovery in individuals with serious mental health conditions. This training centers on key factors that influence positive physical and mental health outcomes among people in recovery, including poverty, stigma, and other social determinants. Specifically, the training will dive into the role that supported employment plays as it enhances independence and is a social determinant of health. Many people with serious mental...
Supported Employment and the Road to Recovery, Part 4
December 16, 2021 00:08 - 58 minutes - 43.5 MBThis training series focuses on the services and supports that promote recovery in individuals with serious mental health conditions. This training centers on key factors that influence positive physical and mental health outcomes among people in recovery, including poverty, stigma, and other social determinants. Specifically, the training will dive into the role that supported employment plays as it enhances independence and is a social determinant of health. Many people with serious mental...
Supported Employment and the Road to Recovery, Part 3
December 15, 2021 17:04 - 55 minutes - 51 MBThis training series focuses on the services and supports that promote recovery in individuals with serious mental health conditions. This training centers on key factors that influence positive physical and mental health outcomes among people in recovery, including poverty, stigma, and other social determinants. Specifically, the training will dive into the role that supported employment plays as it enhances independence and is a social determinant of health. Many people with serious mental...
Supported Employment and the Road to Recovery, Part 2
December 15, 2021 00:56 - 51 minutes - 47.9 MBThis training series focuses on the services and supports that promote recovery in individuals with serious mental health conditions. This training centers on key factors that influence positive physical and mental health outcomes among people in recovery, including poverty, stigma, and other social determinants. Specifically, the training will dive into the role that supported employment plays as it enhances independence and is a social determinant of health. Many people with serious mental...
Supported Employment and the Road to Recovery, Part 1
December 14, 2021 22:34 - 52 minutes - 49.1 MBThis training series focuses on the services and supports that promote recovery in individuals with serious mental health conditions. This training centers on key factors that influence positive physical and mental health outcomes among people in recovery, including poverty, stigma, and other social determinants. Specifically, the training will dive into the role that supported employment plays as it enhances independence and is a social determinant of health. Many people with serious mental...
Grave Disability Part 1: Understanding Grave Disability
December 09, 2021 21:57 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBUnderstanding Grave Disability, presented by Elizabeth Bromley, MD, PhD, reviews the concepts that inform decision-making about whether an individual meets criteria for grave disability. The course briefly addresses the history and intent of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act and the development of community-based mental health treatment. The course reviews the kinds of scenarios in homeless outreach that can lead a team or outreach specialist to consider whether an individual is gravely disable...
Assisted Outpatient Training (AOT) 101 Training, Part 3
November 29, 2021 21:25 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBThis series of trainings begin by outlining the AOT statute, criteria, referral process, and components for outreach and engagement for FSP providers. During Part 2, there will be an emphasis on processes for enrolled clients, from AOT specific measures to navigation of levels of care. The final training will detail how to draft declarations, progress reports, and testimony for court proceedings that interact with AOT clientele. This three part training will utilize skill building activities...
Assisted Outpatient Training (AOT) 101 Training, Part 2
November 29, 2021 18:53 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBThis series of trainings begin by outlining the AOT statute, criteria, referral process, and components for outreach and engagement for FSP providers. During Part 2, there will be an emphasis on processes for enrolled clients, from AOT specific measures to navigation of levels of care. The final training will detail how to draft declarations, progress reports, and testimony for court proceedings that interact with AOT clientele. This three part training will utilize skill building activities...
Assisted Outpatient Training (AOT) 101 Training, Part 1
November 29, 2021 16:52 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBThis series of trainings begin by outlining the AOT statute, criteria, referral process, and components for outreach and engagement for FSP providers. During Part 2, there will be an emphasis on processes for enrolled clients, from AOT specific measures to navigation of levels of care. The final training will detail how to draft declarations, progress reports, and testimony for court proceedings that interact with AOT clientele. This three part training will utilize skill building activities...
Living Your Values and Growing Professionally
November 18, 2021 20:17 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this training you will identify your own values and how you can use your values to help identify professional development opportunities that will help you reach your professional goals. These may be formal professional development opportunities (attending a training) or informal (asking to lead a meeting about a project you're working on). We will also discuss where you can find professional development opportunities outside of your workplace. Lastly, you'll learn how to ask for, and rece...
Working with Conservatees: A Conversation with OPG
September 21, 2021 17:45 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBPlease join us for an informative conversation with the Office of Public Guardian (OPG). As Full Service Partnership continues to expand, collaboration with OPG is becoming an essential part of coordination of care. This training will enhance providers understanding of working with the Office of Public Guardian, conservatees, and mental health court as it pertains to their client care.
Summer Refresher Session: Motivational Interviewing, Part 1
September 17, 2021 19:54 - 50 minutes - 37.9 MBThis 2-part course will cover the basics of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its underlying spirit. MI’s core skills will be covered including open-ended questions, reflective listening, summarizing, affirmations, and giving advice with permission. Participants will also be able to apply the skills learned based on interactive practice scenarios. Part 1.
Summer Refresher Session: Motivational Interviewing, Part 2
September 17, 2021 18:57 - 57 minutes - 53.2 MBThis 2-part course will cover the basics of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its underlying spirit. MI’s core skills will be covered including open-ended questions, reflective listening, summarizing, affirmations, and giving advice with permission. Participants will also be able to apply the skills learned based on interactive practice scenarios. Part 2.
Evaluating Seniors for Cognitive Impairment: Testing and Observations
September 07, 2021 20:05 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBCognitive decline poses challenges for safe and independent living for older adults. Although gradual cognitive wear is a normal part of aging, steep declines that result in severe memory problems and executive dysfunction are often signs of underlying disease. Participants will (1) learn about cognition in normal and abnormal aging; (2) distinguish warning signs of cognitive impairment; (3)become familiar with how neuropsychological testing can identify cognitive impairment; (4) recognize m...
Summer Refresher Session: Introduction to Care Transitions
September 07, 2021 18:46 - 40 minutes - 30.4 MBThis course will cover components of successful discharge planning and early aftercare in the engagement of recently hospitalized individuals. Participants will better understand the role of hospitalization and continuity of care post-discharge.
Summer Refresher Session: Social Skills Training
September 02, 2021 23:12 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MBPresented by Chelsea Simms, LCSW, MSW. This course will define and describe what is meant by the term social skills. Participants will learn about why social skills are important and understand the approach and steps used to teach social skills with clients.
Transgender Issues in Mental Health Treatment - A Deeper Look
September 01, 2021 20:56 - 2 hours - 74.4 MBMany if not most LGBTQI+ youth and adults risk (or have experienced) rejection from their families, churches and spiritual communities, and even some institutions that they may choose for their secondary education. In addition, adults often can face continued discrimination in both housing and employment, health care, and blatant societal rejection, which are compounded in communities of color. This multi-level risk for rejection increases the mental health risk for suicide, substance abuse,...
Problem-Solving Therapy Training, Part 2
August 03, 2021 17:54 - 1 hour - 68 MBProblem-Solving Therapy (PST) is a flexible and adaptable approach to assist individuals in coping with a wide-range of problems. There is increasing evidence to demonstrate its effectiveness for a variety of populations and settings. This course will provide participants with an overview of the evidence and then focus on how it is delivered to service recipients in the Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs across LA County. The training will walk through the treatment strategy to include ...
Problem-Solving Therapy Training, Part 1
August 03, 2021 17:44 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBProblem-Solving Therapy (PST) is a flexible and adaptable approach to assist individuals in coping with a wide-range of problems. There is increasing evidence to demonstrate its effectiveness for a variety of populations and settings. This course will provide participants with an overview of the evidence and then focus on how it is delivered to service recipients in the Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs across LA County. The training will walk through the treatment strategy to include ...
Summer Refresher Session, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Overview, Tools, and Interventions
July 27, 2021 17:50 - 36 minutes - 27.3 MBThis course will cover the background, theory, concepts, and principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Participants will learn about tools including functional analysis and interventions such as cognitive restructuring and behavioral activation.
FSP Training Collaboratives: Systems-Oriented Care, Part 3
July 21, 2021 17:15 - 2 hours - 59.3 MBThis course builds on the prior Full Service Partnership Training Collaborative series topics to introduce, explore, and unpack the factors across the socio-ecological system (i.e., factors at micro-, meso-, exo-, and macro- levels) impactful to FSP in Los Angeles County, and most relevant to the individual wellbeing outcomes for FSP clients. Part 3.
FSP Training Collaboratives: Systems-Oriented Care, Part 2
July 14, 2021 20:15 - 1 hour - 74 MBThis course builds on the prior Full Service Partnership Training Collaborative series topics to introduce, explore, and unpack the factors across the socio-ecological system (i.e., factors at micro-, meso-, exo-, and macro- levels) impactful to FSP in Los Angeles County, and most relevant to the individual wellbeing outcomes for FSP clients. Part 2.
FSP Training Collaboratives: Systems-Oriented Care, Part 1
July 12, 2021 16:56 - 2 hours - 62.2 MBThis course builds on the prior Full Service Partnership Training Collaborative series topics to introduce, explore, and unpack the factors across the socio-ecological system (i.e., factors at micro-, meso-, exo-, and macro- levels) impactful to FSP in Los Angeles County, and most relevant to the individual wellbeing outcomes for FSP clients. Part 1.
Hope, Recovery, and Wellbeing: Cultivating Spiritual Competency for Mental Health Providers
July 06, 2021 22:40 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBEmerging research suggests that the integration of religion/spirituality (R/S) into mental health treatment has the potential to improve client outcomes. This 90-minute training surveys principles and strategies of spiritual competency and explores spiritually-integrated treatment models and assessment tools. We will reflect upon our own attitudes, beliefs, and practices to discuss how these world views may impact therapeutic encounters. Finally, we will examine ethical boundaries and concer...
Humility Is A Superpower! Cultivating Culturally Sensitive Practices for Mental Health Providers
July 02, 2021 16:58 - 53 minutes - 50 MBJoin us for an informal, inclusive discussion about cultural humility, and how it fosters culturally-sensitive trauma-informed care. Research suggests that in a multicultural world where power imbalances exist, cultural humility is a process of openness, self-awareness, and incorporating self-reflection when interacting with diverse individuals. The results of [practicing] cultural humility are mutual empowerment, respect, optimal care, and lifelong learning. Cultural humility helps us bette...
Clinical Aspects of Major Neurocognitive Disorders
July 02, 2021 00:41 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBThere are currently over 52 million individuals over the age of 65 in the United States. Older adults are at increased risk for developing major neurocognitive disorders including Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Frontotemporal Dementia. The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that approximately 5.2 million Americans suffer from late onset Alzheimer’s Disease, which is the most common type of major neurocognitive disorder. While these diseases are character...
Documentation Resources, Reminders & Tips
June 30, 2021 16:16 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBThis presentation highlights key Medi-Cal, Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) requirements, documentation tips, and issues commonly encountered by practitioners providing SMHS in Los Angeles County. This presentation also, provides a brief overview of the resources available to Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Directly Operated and Contracted providers, that support adherence to the documentation and claiming requirements associated with the provision of Medi-Cal, (SMHS).
Justice Involved Mental Health 101
June 23, 2021 18:00 - 2 hours - 56.7 MBWorking with those that are Justice Involved and requiring mental health treatment requires a knowledge base on historical impacts that have led many to incarceration from structural racism within state and federal policies to the philosophical framework of prisons from Foucault. Bringing this to the present day, Telecare implements Recovery Centered Clinical Systems (RCCS) as a guide for the treatment of individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders wh...
Palliative Care for FSP Providers: An Overview and Practical Applications
June 16, 2021 20:02 - 59 minutes - 54 MBPalliative Care is an approach to providing care that aims at alleviating symptoms and other issues resulting from a life-threatening or life-altering illness in a holistic and patient-centered fashion. Historically, palliative care has not been utilized in the community mental healthcare setting. However, research supports the value of applying palliative care principles when caring for patients with co-morbid serious mental and medical illnesses with the aim of improving quality of life fo...
Music for a Sound Mind & Body: Incorporating Music Wellness into Practice, Part 2
June 16, 2021 19:35 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBThis dynamic, resourceful 2-part workshop will empower providers to bring art into their practice. Facilitators will share music-based techniques from their work at Urban Voices Project, Colburn School, and Creative Arts Therapies. We will explore musical ways to address Social Emotional Awareness (SEL), Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), nervous system resets, wellness practices for mind & body, and overall self-care. Music eases interpersonal connections because it reminds us who we are...