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Redwood Community Health Coalition Announces a
Series of Mental Health Trainings
for Primary care Providers to Improve Patient- Centered Care
Redwood Community Health Coalition has begun an effort to increase mental health access, strengthen integrated health services, and improve patient-centered care by hosting a series of workshops for family doctors and other primary care providers. Focusing on enabling doctors to render appropriate mental health prevention screenings, treatment and medicine management, these workshops will help primary care providers to develop a regional approach for diagnosis and care.
Prevention and early detection of mental health illness must be available to all people. A large segment of the working poor are at risk for mental illness and often do not get screened for mental illness. RCHC community clinic are uniquely positioned to reduce this disparity through early detection and treatment since we are the medical homes for approximately 150,000 people in Sonoma, Marin, Yolo and Napa counties.
Research has shown that the underlying behavioral health disorders account for up to seventy percent of all primary care visits. As such, several community health centers in our community and throughout our state have achieved advanced mental health integration. Our project will leverage the experiences and best-practices of those clinics to achieve a level of advanced health integration in our region. The goals of the workshop aim to:
- Increase access to culturally-competent, integrated mental, behavioral and primary health care services.
- Reduce stigma and disparities in access to early mental health screenings and interventions.
- Strengthen active mental and behavioral health prevention services at community health centers.
The RCHC Mental Health Workshops Planning Committee is pleased to announce the first of our series.
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Early Detection of Mood & Anxiety Disorders & Basic Principles
of Psychopharmacology in Primary Care
John Preston, Psy.D., ABPP
May 30th, 2008, 8:00 A.M– 3:30 P.M.
Napa County Office of Education
2121 Imola Ave., Napa, California 94559
Dr. John Preston is a board certified neuropsychologist and has an ABPP in counseling psychology. Dr. Preston has been in clinical practice for over 25 years. He is the author of eighteen books on psychological assessment, psychopharmacology, neurobiology and psychotherapy.
Attached, please find the registration form with additional details. Lunch will be served. These initial trainings available are only open to primary care providers in Sonoma, Solano Marin, Napa and Yolo counties, and preference will be given to primary care providers who are affiliated with an RCHC health center. Please forward the registration form to Donna Paul at dpaul@RCHC.net, or via FAX at (707) 542-4488.
Primary Care Providers are uniquely position to increase Early Detection of Mental Health illness:
Studies also show that most people who are not yet undiagnosed with mental health disorders are much more likely to seek care from their medical doctor than from a mental health provider.
Research also shows that behavioral health patients who have trusting and “therapeutic” relationships with their primary care doctors are more likely to follow their medication regimen, less likely to have side effects as a result, and more likely to obtain psychiatric services when referred.
The next four workshops will focus on the following topics:
1) Early detection and treatment of Bipolar Disorder,
2) Early detection and treatment of Personality Disorders and Co-occurring disorders,
3) Early detection and treatment of Psychotic Disorders,
4) Early Detection and treatment of Child and Adolescent mental health disorders, including eating disorders and ADHD.
The RCHC Mental Health Workshops Planning Committee is comprised of the following individuals:
Dr. Robert Moore, Medical Director for Clinic Ole,
Dr. Linda Winters, Behavioral and Mental Health Director for Petaluma Health Center,
Dr Chris Cammisa, Medical Director for Partnership HealthPlan of California,
Dr. Michael Mcglathery, Behavioral Health Director for Clinic Ole,
Mr. Pedro Toledo, RCHC Director of Community and Government Relations.
About Redwood Community Health Coalition
RCHC health centers are the medical homes for approximately 150,000 people, making it the largest provider of care for the working poor and uninsured in Marin, Napa, Sonoma and Yolo counties. By providing cost-efficient, high quality, culturally competent health care services to people regardless of their ability to pay, RCHC clinics are able to improve quality of life for their patients, control health care costs and ease the burden on local hospital emergency rooms. For additional information about the series of workshops or RCHC, please feel free to contact me at (707) 542-7242 x 17or via e-mail at ptoledo@rchc.net.
Thank you for your support.
Truly yours,
Pedro Villela Toledo, JD, MA
Director of Community and Government Relations
Redwood Community Health Coalition
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