Course Code: REL-BHC-0-IIESP
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2027
Learning Objectives:
Recall the symptoms and early warning signs of psychosis.
Identify evidence-based interventions to support those experiencing psychosis.
Describe the Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) model for the early stages of psychosis.
Outline:
Section 1: Understanding Psychosis
What is Psychosis?
Symptoms of Psychosis
Quick Check
Continuum of Psychosis
Phases of Psychosis
Psychotic Disorders
Cultural Awareness
Quick Check
Key Takeaways
Section 2: Evidence-Based Interventions for Psychosis
Recovery from Psychosis
Challenges to Identification and Interventions
Interventions for Early-Stage Psychosis
Quick Check
Key Takeaways
Section 3: Coordinated Specialty Care Model
Coordinated Specialty Care Services
Quick Check
Key Takeaways
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Subject Matter Expert: 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."
Writer: Amanda Gayle, Ph.D
Amanda Gayle received her PhD. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Georgia in the Counseling and Testing Center. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in the Occupational Health Department working in both the internal and external employee assistance programs. She is licensed in North Carolina, where she was in private practice for 15 years, serving primarily adults in individual and couples counseling with many presenting issues. Her focus was on cognitive behavioral therapy to treat anxiety, mood disorders, grief, relationship difficulties, stress management, self-esteem, and parenting. She joined Relias as a subject matter expert writer for behavioral health in 2021.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Behavioral Health Counselors; Marriage and Family Therapists; Nursing Personnel; Psychologists; Social Workers; Substance Use Counselors; in the following settings: Behavioral Health: Community Services.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.