NYAPRS Note: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership is offering a webinar series on cultural diversity beginning on November 12th at 1 PM EST. Please see below for more information including registration links. As many of you may know, cultural competence is near and dear to us, as it provides appropriate lenses through which to view a diverse world.
November 12, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST Using My Cultural Voice: Health Activation from a Cultural Perspective
Do you really want authentic communication? If so, this webinar is for you! The webinar will provide an approach and resources to facilitate authentic communication between service recipients and providers. This new approach and resource is called “Cultural Activation Prompts,” a type of consumer health activation tool that affirms personal cultural views on health and supports the need for these views to be incorporated into all aspects of health care, particularly behavioral health care. Since the achievement of health literacy should take place in the context of culture and community, cultural activation is a necessary part of the process. This presentation will: provide the definition of the new “Cultural Activation Prompts” tool, describe how to facilitate culturally-oriented discussions utilizing these new cultural activation prompts, and illustrate the intricate role of the peer specialist in this process.
Vivian Jackson, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development
Lenora Reid-Rose, MBA, Director, Cultural Competency and Diversity Issues, Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
Carole Siegel, PhD, Former Director, NKI Center of Excellence in Culturally Competent Mental Health; Research Professor, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
Sandra Mitchell, Chairperson, Disability Committee, National Action Network
Register at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2680618514468921090
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December 10, 2015, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST Cultural Issues in the DSM-5: The Outline for Cultural Formulation and the Cultural Formulation Interview
In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 included an Outline for Cultural Formulation (OCF), revised from the one included in DSM-IV, and a new Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) of 16 questions to help clinicians obtain information for the OCF. The OCF includes ( 1) cultural identity, (2) cultural concepts of distress, (3) cultural stressors and supports, (4) cultural features of the clinician-patient relationship, and (5) overall assessment for diagnosis and treatment planning.
Francis Lu, MD, Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, Emeritus, UC Davis, will review the rationale for these two clinical tools to incorporate cultural issues in diagnosis and treatment, a roadmap to where cultural issues appear in DSM-5, and an overview of the OCF and CFI.
Register at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1822975256057965313
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January 14, 2016, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EST The Social Determinants of Mental Health
This session is focused on the social determinants of mental health and mental illnesses; those factors stemming from where we grow, live, work, learn, and age that impact our overall mental health and well-being, and those factors that contribute to mental illnesses. Although there has been considerable recent focus on the social determinants of physical health, there has been surprisingly little emphasis on the social determinants of mental health. Special consideration will be given to the social determinants of mental health, as they are largely neglected with regard to their role in causing and worsening mental illnesses. These underlying causes of mental illnesses are modifiable precursors to behavioral risk factors and are largely responsible for social injustice and mental health inequities.
Ruth Shim, MD, MPH, Vice Chair, Education and Faculty Development and Chief of Outpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry, Lenox Hill Hospital; Associate Professor, Hofstra North Shore – LIJ School of Medicine will provide an overview of important concepts and present evidence that supports the existence of these determinants. She will also discuss research, policy, and practice-based solutions.
Register at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4442816795932066049
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