This webinar is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS).
Description: Providing clinical services in sparsely-populated rural areas can present a variety of challenges. The presenters discuss issues related to the treatment of first episode psychosis (FEP) in remote settings, covering topics including: community education and outreach; considerations for infrastructure development; delivering medical and psychosocial interventions over distances; workforce development issues; and strategies for setting up a telehealth system.
Date & Time: Thursday, July 7, 2016, at 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern
Presenters:
- Caroline Bonham, MD; Director of the Division of Community Behavioral Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences
- Tonya Brown, LCSW, FEP Team Leader at the Carey Counseling Center, Inc. (Tennessee)