JCCA presents the 6th Annual Mental Health Forum

Location:

Lincoln Hospital Center Auditorium
234 East 149th Street, Bronx, NY 10451
(Enter on Morris Avenue & 149th Street)

Details from JCCA:

Mental Health Forum:
Where Do We Go From Here? Working In a Cross-Systems Culture

Workshops covering...

• Mental Health Services in the Bronx: Service Integration – Behavioral Health, Community Programs & Primary Care Services
• How can organizations work together to meet the needs of families?
• Current research & findings conducted in the Bronx
• Mental health services for immigrants and for victims of domestic violence
• Learn about available mental health services & how to access services

Keynote: Hon. Linda Gibbs, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

Closing Remarks: Rev. Alfonso Wyatt, Vice President, Fund for the City of New York

Resource Directories of Programs and Services & other materials will be made available free to all participants. Breakfast & lunch will be provided. This event is free and open to families & professionals by registration in advance only.

To register, download the form here and fax to Sabrina Stephens - (718) 742-7321

For additional information, please contact:
Esmeralda Romero at (718)-742-7206
Zory Wentt at (646) 667-3405
Linda Tillmon at (646) 423-8795
Sabrina Stephens at (718) 742-7232
John Rios at (718) 742-8544

Workshop details: Participants will be able to attend ONE workshop during the afternoon session. Please select your workshop preferences by letter on  the registration form.

WORKSHOP (A)
Intimate Partner Violence:
Understanding and Supporting Victims' Choice to Stay or Leave

This workshop will discuss the dynamics of intimate partner violence, why victims may choose to stay with the abuser, and why they may choose to leave the abuser; how to help victims best manage their risk whatever their decision; briefly discuss options available through the criminal justice system and victims' interactions with this system; and explore how to provide assistance and services that are client centered, compassionate and non-judgmental.

Maureen Curtis, LMSW MPH
Safe Horizon

WORKSHOP (B)
Needs, Wants and Wishes - Community Resources & Services

Let’s brainstorm together about programs and services that can bring much needed relief to your families. Bring your own treasures, and Gary Shulman of Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. will share some of his. Let’s provide support to each other in the form of information about family services and supports that you have found or that you need. Information = Power!

Gary Shulman, MS Ed.
Resources for Children with Special Needs

WORKSHOP (C)
Providing Clinical Care for Latina Suicide Attempters: Lessons Learned from Research with Bronx Residents

This workshop presents practical clinical tools for mental health professionals working with Latina adolescents who have attempted suicide. The workshop is organized around the description of different attempter’s functioning levels, placing special emphasis on their cultural understanding of mental health services. We reflect on the adolescent’s classification as mirroring family functioning styles. Finally, we provide clinicians with tools to plan their treatments by targeting these individual and family typologies.

Sandra Runes, Ph.D.
Carolina Hausmann-Stabile, MA, LMSW
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

WORKSHOP (D)
Nationally Recognized First Time Mothers Program: A Model for Collaborative Care

The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a unique evidence-based nationwide program serving low-income, first time mothers. The Visiting Nurse Service of New York operates a Bronx NFP program serving over 600 mothers, with approximately 40 staff. This nurse home-visiting parent education program recently incorporated a mental health professional within the staff to address the varying psychiatric and psychosocial issues that arise for the new mothers. This workshop will explore the evolution of that unique collaboration between the health, mental health and case management systems, including sharing relevant case examples. There will be a closing discussion on next steps and how to replicate this model in other programming.

Clarissa L. Igle, MS, BSN, RN, CLC
Carol Odnoha, RN, BSN, MPA
Deborah Wan, LCSW
Visiting Nurse Service of New York

WORKSHOP (E)
Culturally Responsive Mental Health Services for African Immigrants

This workshop will focus on mental health issues among the new and diverse immigrant populations in New York City, using African immigrant populations as case examples. We cover the concepts of mental health from a cultural/religious perspective, and explore how to provide services that are culturally responsive, client centered, and non-judgmental.

Zeinab Eyega, MSc.
Sauti Yetu Center for African Women