Course Code: REL-BHC-0-RIESP
Hours: 1.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2024
Learning Objectives:
Identify symptoms and early warning signs of psychosis, as well as the phases of schizophrenia.
Recall the history of and evidence base for early intervention for psychosis.
Describe the Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) model for transition age youth in the early stages of psychosis.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Context for Early Intervention in Psychosis
Early Stage Psychosis: 1981
Early Stage Psychosis: 2021
History of Early Intervention for Psychosis
What Is Psychosis?
The Continuum of Psychosis
What Disorders Include Psychosis?
Additional Terms Related to Psychosis
Phases of Schizophrenia
Psychosis – It May Not Look the Way You Expect
Predicting Prognosis
Review
Remember Chris?
Summary
Section 3: Early Detection & Coordinated Specialty Care
What Is Early Intervention?
Early Detection: Taking a Population Health Approach
Components of Coordinated Specialty Care
Delivery of Coordinated Specialty Care
What Does Early Intervention Look Like?
Does Early Intervention Work?
Review
Summary
Section 4: Maximizing Treatment Efficacy for First Episode Psychosis
What are Common Early Warning Signs of Psychosis?
Strategies for Engaging Young People Early in Psychosis into Care
Embracing the Values of CSC into Your Practice
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Instructor: Jessica Pollard, PhD
Dr. Pollard is a Licensed Psychologist, and Director of the Office of Behavioral Health for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. She recently served as an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine, and Clinical Director of the Specialized Treatment Early in Psychosis (STEP) Program. After completing her B.A. at UMaine Farmington, Dr. Pollard earned her MA and PhD at the University of Connecticut where she studied jail diversion programs, particularly the relationship between perceived coercion and outcomes, gender and trauma specific treatment for justice involved women, and other services research for the commissioner's office of the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addictions Services (DMHAS). During graduate school, Dr. Pollard had an influential clinical experience of working with a young person in the early stages of psychosis, which inspired her to pursue training in early intervention at Yale, where she completed a 2-year fellowship and served as STEP's first project director. She returned to her home state of Maine, founding an early intervention service for psychosis there before returning to Yale to join the faculty in 2013. Dr. Pollard's interests include refining early intervention, prevention, and detection for psychosis; workforce development in Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) for early psychosis; successful transition from CSC programs; and, coming full circle, the overlap between first episode psychosis and the justice system. She is Program Chair for Mental Health for the American Public Health Association (APHA), Chair Elect for the Mental Health Section of APHA, and a past recipient of the APHA Mental Health Section Award "For Excellence in the Field of Mental Health."
Staff Writer: Jennifer Niles, LCSW, LCAS, CCS-I
Jennifer received her Bachelor’s degrees in Social Work and Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Master’s degree in Social Work with a Certificate in Substance Abuse Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has over 13 years of experience providing psychotherapy, counseling, and case management to a variety of populations. Her experiences and clinical interests are centered around addiction treatment, harm reduction, severe mental health conditions, psychosis, LGBTQ+ issues, gender diversity, integrated care, and clinical supervision.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Entry level Psychologists; Intermediate level Alcohol and Drug Counselors; Intermediate level Marriage and Family Therapists; Intermediate level Professional Counselors; Intermediate level Social Workers; Nurses; in the following settings: Health and Human Services.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.