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OVERVIEW

Editor's Note, 4/24/13:- This page has been updated with post-event information.
- Download free PDFs.
- PowerPoint presentation 1, Riechers: (click here).
- PowerPoint presentation 2, Serna: (click here).
- This event is a video conference that will broadcast from the Mandel Center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, to multiple sites around the state.
- Attend at a site near you (see "Locations" tab).
Abstract
Providing
integrated services for traumatic brain injury (TBI), other traumas, and co-occurring substance use
disorders to veterans of the U.S. armed forces and their family members
requires a special sensitivity to the military culture of the veteran
and their unique experiences. While veterans seek services throughout
the Ohio public mental-health and addiction-treatment systems for many
reasons, there is a vast array of services within Veterans Affairs (VA) to
access. Therefore, it is important for all providers to be aware of and
to facilitate access to VA-based services.
Key words/topics:
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
- Substance use disorders
- Co-occurring disorders
- Polytrauma
- Military culture
- Benefits eligibility
- VA system of care
- Family members/caregivers
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to ...
- Describe diagnostic criteria for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or co-occurring substance use disorder
- Identify key elements of military culture and implications for clinical approaches to care
- Explain TBI and other polytrauma services available to veterans and family members and how to access them
- Appreciate the dynamics of being a family member and implications for best serving them
Presenters
The Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center:
- Ronald G. Riechers, II, MD, is medical director of the Polytrauma Program at the Cleveland VA and assistant professor of Neurology at the Case Western Reserve University Medical School.
- George S. Serna, PhD, is a neuropsychologist at the Cleveland VA and clinical instructor of Psychiatry at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University:
- Patrick Boyle, MSSA, LISW-S, LICDC, is director of implementation services at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (get bio).
THE VA SERIES
This event is one of a three-part series co-sponsored by the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University and the Veterans Administration (VA) medical centers. Click each to learn more:
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Patrick Boyle, PhD, LISW-S, LICDC-CS
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Our training events are open to professionals from multiple
disciplines, service settings, and systems of care who provide
healthcare, behavioral healthcare, and other services to people with
mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use
disorders. Examples of people who attend our events include the
following:
Service roles
- Program managers
- Team leaders
- Clinical supervisors
- Medical staff
- Quality assurance professionals
- Administrators
- Policymakers
- Direct-service staff
- Peer specialists
Service settings
- Behavioral healthcare organizations (e.g., mental health, addiction services)
- County boards (e.g., mental health, addiction services)
- Psychiatric hospitals (state and community)
- Hospitals
- Criminal justice (e.g., police, courts, jail, probation, parole)
- Residential
- Housing
- Health clinics (primary health)
- Health Homes
Professional disciplines
- Mental-health services
- Addiction services
- Social work
- Psychology
- Primary healthcare
- Psychiatry
- Nursing
- Occupational therapy
- Residential
- Housing
- Criminal justice
- Vocational rehabilitation
Service models and strategies
Individuals
and service teams from organizations implementing the following practices and service strategies are also encouraged to attend:
- Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT)
- Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
- Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT)
- Dual Diagnosis Capability in Mental Health Treatment (DDCMHT)
- Tobacco Recovery Across the Continuum (TRAC)
- Supported Employment/ Individual Placement and Support (SE/ IPS)
- Illness Management and Recovery (IMR)
- Wellness Management and Recovery (WMR)
- Integrated Primary and Behavioral Healthcare (IPBH)
- Health Homes
LOCATIONS
ADAMHS Board for Montgomery County - Dayton
Description:
No details are available for this location
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Community Support Services - Akron
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Heartland Behavioral Healthcare (RPH) - Massillon, Ohio
Description:
A State of Ohio Regional Psychiatric Hospital (RPH).
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No lodging & travel details are available for this location.
Nord Center - Lorain
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No details are available for this location
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Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare (RPH) - Northfield, Ohio
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A State of Ohio Regional Psychiatric Hospital (RPH).
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No lodging & travel details are available for this location.
Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital (RPH) - Toledo, Ohio
Description:
A State of Ohio Regional Psychiatric Hospital (RPH).
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Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare (RPH) - Athens, Ohio
Description:
A State of Ohio Regional Psychiatric Hospital (RPH).
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No lodging & travel details are available for this location.
Summit Behavioral Healthcare (RPH) - Cincinnati, Ohio
Description:
A State of Ohio Regional Psychiatric Hospital (RPH).
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Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare (RPH) - Columbus, Ohio
Description:
A State of Ohio Regional Psychiatric Hospital (RPH).
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Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) - Columbus, Ohio
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Shawnee Mental Health Center - Carlton-Davidson Lane (Coal Grove)
Description:
Registrations at this site are reserved for employees of Shawnee Mental Health Center only.
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Shawnee Mental Health Center - Portsmouth
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Registrations at this site are reserved for employees of Shawnee Mental Health Center only.
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Support Mental Health Services - Cambridge
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9259 Liberty School Road, Suite B
Cambridge Ohio 43725
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Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Community Studies - Cleveland
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Case Western Reserve University
11402 Bellflower Road
Cleveland OH 44106
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Note:
Room 114
Description:
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Community Studies is located on the Campus of Case Western Reserve University in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland. It is a part of and located on the same street as the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (school of social work) at Case Western Reserve.
Lodging & Travel Details:
Event registrants are encouraged to arrive 30 minutes or more before the start of the event to provide enough time to find parking and walk to the building. Visitors to the Mandel Center for Community Studies may not park on Hessler Court (west side of building) or at the lot across the street, which is reserved for patrons of L'Albatros Restaurant and the Diner. There are metered spaces on the streets throughout the University Circle neighborhood. However, these spaces tend to fill up quickly. Several parking garages are located near the Mandel Center:
- Severance Garage
(Between Severence Hall and Kelvin Smith Library)
11001 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
Ref: #3 on Parkopedia website (click here)
- Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
Ref: #5 on Parkopedia website (click here)
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