Urban Mental Health 2020: Navigating and Negotiating the COVID World

Friday, November 6, 2020, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

1. Describe how COVID-19 has changed the landscape of behavioral health and addiction services in the US including the increasing use of telehealth.
2. Identify three unique challenges in addressing the mental health needs of children and adolescents.
3. Provide culturally informed and culturally sensitive counseling to LGBTQ patients.
4. Discuss three interventions that healthcare workers can use to help our patients navigate and negotiate the COVID world.
5. Describe the evidence-based healing effects of music in treating mental illness.
6. Discuss three interventions that healthcare workers can use to take care of ourselves.

General Fee:  $40

Student/Trainee Fee:  $20 - *student must e-mail [email protected] requesting promotion/discount code prior to registering*

Registration for this event is now closed. If you would like to register as a walk in please contact Laura Burns for information.

In support of improving patient care, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

 

Nurses:  This activity is awarded 4.5 contact hours (60 min CH). 

Physicians:  Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

  

Certified Counselors:  Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6198. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. (4.5 Clock Hours).

Social Workers (The New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners):  This program is approved for social work continuing education hours by Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care in accordance with New Jersey administrative code 13:44G-6.4 and recognized by The New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners.  This program is approved for  4.5 general continuing education hours.

Psychologists: Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care maintains responsibility for the program and its content.  Instructional Level:  Introductory.  (4.5 CE Credits).  

Certified Counselors:  This course will count for 4.5 re-certification credits for Certified Counselors as approved by The Certification Board of NJ, Inc.#200110620REC4.5

Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors: This course will count for 4.5 re-certification credits for Addiction Professionals as approved by The Certification Board of NJ, Inc. #200110620REC4.5

Marriage and Family Therapists:  This course will count for 4.5 re-certification credits for Marriage and Family Therapists as approved by The Certification Board of NJ, Inc. #200110620REC4.5

 

Disclosure Declarations

 If a participant or potential participant has any questions about professional contact hours at Rutgers Health University Behavioral Health Care, they may e-mail [email protected]   

CE Reviewer

In order to help ensure content objectivity, independence, and fair balance, and to ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public, UBHC Center for Continuing Education has resolved all potential real conflicts of interest through content review by a non-conflicted, qualified reviewer.  This activity was peer-reviewed for relevance, accuracy of content, and balance of presentation by:

Stephanie Marcello, PhD

Assistant Vice President of Education for Behavioral Research and Training Institute, and Chief Psychologist, Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Piscataway, NJ

In accordance with the disclosure policies of Rutgers and to conform with discipline professional contact hour and FDA guidelines individuals in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose to the activity participants:  1) the existence of any relevant financial relationship with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, with the exemption of non-profit or government organizations and non-health care related companies, within the past 12 months; and  2) the identification of a commercial product/device that is unlabeled for use or an investigational use of a product/device not yet approved.

This activity does not contain information of commercial products/devices that are unlabeled for use or investigational uses of products not yet approved.

 

Faculty

The faculty that have presented content for this conference have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Petros Levounis, MD, MA

Chun Tong, MD

Frank A. Ghinassi, PhD, ABPP

Cheryl A. Kennedy, MD

Rashi Aggarwal, MD

Grace Ro, BS

Off-Label Investigational Use: None to be discussed

 

The following reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

 

Stephanie Marcello, PhD

Laura Burns, LCSW

Randall Chadwick, MPH

Leonard Estrada, LCSW

Michele Miller, MSN, RN

Niveditha Meghadri, MD

CONTENT DISCLAIMER

The views expressed in this activity are those of the faculty. It should not be inferred or assumed that they are expressing the views of any manufacturer of pharmaceuticals or devices, or RBHS, or The Department of Psychiatry at the New Jersey Medical School. It should be noted that the recommendations made herein with regard to the use of therapeutic agents, varying disease states, and assessments of risk, are based upon a combination of clinical trials, current guidelines, and the clinical practice experience of the participating presenters. The drug selection and dosage information presented in this activity are believed to be accurate. However, participants are urged to consult all available data on products and procedures before using them in clinical practice.

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (4.50 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (4.50 hours), CADC Recertification Credits (4.50 hours), CRSP Recertification Credits (4.50 hours), General Attendance (4.50 hours), LPC/LAC: Recertification Credits (4.50 hours), NJ MH Screener: TAC CE Credits (4.50 hours), NJDCA-MFT Recertification Credits (4.50 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (4.50 hours), Psychologist: APA CE Credits (4.50 hours), Social Worker: NJBSWE CE Credits (4.50 hours)

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.

Rutgers Health UBHC has received no commercial support for this activity.