Behavioral Health Events

Child Psychiatry in Primary Care Conference on May 27, 2009, in Holyoke, Mass.

Baystate Children's Hospital and the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP) will be presenting its fifth annual conference designed for physicians, advanced practice nurses, and the mental health professionals who collaborate with them. This conference explores a wide variety of topics, including services for children with acute mental health problems, a clinical update on pediatric bipolar disorder, the mental health/school interface, living with Asperger's syndrome, sorting out severe behavior problems in very young children, treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder, and ADHD in adolescents. CME/CEUs will be offered.

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Behavioral Health Screening in the Primary Care Office: How Primary Care Clinicians Can Help Patients Access the New Children's Behavioral Health Initiative Services

In June, the MassHealth PCC Plan, the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP), and the University of Massachusetts Medical School Office of Continuing Education are sponsoring forums to explain the new Children's Behavioral Health Initiative Services (CBHI) planned to be available starting June 30, 2009. These services will be available to MassHealth children who are identified as having severe emotional disturbance (SED) intensive care coordination (ICC), caregiver peer-to-peer support/family partners, and mobile crisis intervention (MCI).

The forums will be held June 10, 2009 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center of West Springfield, 1080 Riverdale Street, West Springfield, MA and on June 16, 2009 at Massachusetts Medical Society, 860 Winter Street, Waltham, MA They take place from 7:30 to 9 a.m., with a continental breakfast served at 7 a.m. The programs are free, and CMEs will be offered. David Keller, MD, the founder and creator of the Rosie and Me blog, will be the presenter.

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