Resource Topic: Mental Health

EBTI CMOC January 2023 Session “Mental Health 101” and “Case Management Best Practices Toolkit”

Faculty: Corey Beauford, LICSW, LCSW-C
Owner, Inspired Consulting Group
Clinical Instructor with the University of Maryland School of Social Work

Mental Health 101: Social workers, case managers, and other counselors face significant challenges in working with people living with HIV (PLWH) and their families. HIV-affected populations typically require a full range of services to manage the illness and the significant stress and problems HIV causes. Service needs are increased when clients have mental health problems in addition to living with HIV. This training will give an overview of various mental illnesses, signs and symptoms, and treatment options.

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Understand general knowledge on diagnostic criteria for selected mental and substance use disorders
  • Identify various factors, including cultural factors, that contribute to a patient being diagnosed with a mental or substance use disorder. 
  • Discuss treatment considerations – including psychopharmacology – specific to patients with mental and substance use disorders. 
  • Understand the impact that countertransference and transference can have on the therapeutic relationship and identify strategies useful for resolving worker biases.

Case Management Best Practices Toolkit: This webinar discusses the Case Manager Best Practices toolkit which includes treatment protocols, models of care coordination, challenges and how to address them, and an integrated team approach.

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Define the duties of a Care Coordinator and Case Manager
  • Define and describe Treatment Improvement Protocols established by CSAT outlining the roles of a Care Coordinator
  • Identify strategies useful for addressing comm.on client psychosocial needs
  • Explain the “Integrated Treatment Team Approach.”

The Intersection of Mental Health and HIV Among Youth

People with HIV (PWH) – especially children, adolescents, and young adults – are at an increased risk for developing mental health disorders compared to those who don’t have HIV. PWH commonly internalize negative attitudes and beliefs resulting from widespread HIV stigma, which leads to poor mental health outcomes and difficulty medically managing HIV. Challenges with mental health can negatively affect engagement in medical care and adherence to medical treatment.

This webinar will increase the audience’s understanding of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and young adults with HIV. The webinar will provide strategies for addressing particular needs and promoting overall physical and mental health.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, you will be able to:

  • Identify at least three common mental health challenges that children, adolescents, and young adults face when living with HIV.
  • Describe how mental health challenges can impact medical care and treatment.
  • Describe at least three ways to address the particular mental health challenges that children, adolescents, and young adults living with HIV face in order to improve their self-perceived health and reception of medical treatment.

Continuing education credits are available for this session.

Winter Wellness: Reimaging Mental Health

Healthcare providers have continued to experience worsening mental health symptoms, which can be exacerbated during the holiday season. This offering reimagines mental health as an essential component of whole-body wellness, identifies coping strategies to re-set, refocus and refresh, and provides an understanding of people-centered resources.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Examine the importance of mental health in expanding providers’ overall health and quality of life
  2. Explore communication tools, self-care strategies, and coping techniques to counter holiday stressors
  3. Identify community and workplace resources to reduce stress, improve mental health, and provide healthy options for self-care.

Faculty:
Ebony Johnson, A Drop of Prevention