MIMH meeting 030514
UMSL “Be Inspired” and the UMSL Volunteer Program
Facilitating Healthcare Kit
People with serious mental illness suffer significantly higher rates of chronic medical conditions than the general population and die, on average, 25 years younger. These increased levels of morbidity and mortality are largely due to preventable causes including a high prevalence of modifiable risk factors, a lack of adequate preventative care, and the side effects of some psychiatric medicines.
Chronic medical illness is a major obstacle to recovery from serious mental illness. The Facilitating Healthcare series contains important information about the unique health challenges people with mental health conditions face, and ways those challenges can be reduced through the application of practical cooperative care strategies linking primary care and behavioral health establishments.
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Empowering People with Mental Illness through Treatment Planning booklet
Empowering People with Mental Illness through Treatment Planning booklet (right-click and choose save-as to download the PDF)
Advanced Issues in the Psychological Treatment of Complex Anxiety Disorders booklet
Advanced Issues in the Psychological Treatment of Complex Anxiety Disorders booklet (right-click and choose save-as to download the PDF)
Sustaining Appropriate Clinical Boundaries in Home and Community Care booklet
Sustaining Appropriate Clinical Boundaries booklet (right-click and choose save-as to download the PDF)
Diabetes Management for Persons with Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities booklet
Diabetes Management for Persons with Mental Illness and Developmental Disabilities booklet (right-click and choose save-as to download the PDF)
Take Charge Training: Exercise and Nutrition for Individuals with Mental Illness booklet
Take Charge Training: Exercise and Nutrition for Individuals with Mental Illness booklet (right-click and choose save-as to download the PDF)
What is Motivational Interviewing booklet
What is Motivational Interviewing booklet (right-click and choose save-as to download the PDF)
How is Motivational Interviewing Applied booklet
How is Motivational Interviewing Appllied Booklet (right-click and choose save-as to download the PDF) How is Motivational Interviewing Applied CEU Booklet (right-click and choose save-as to download the PDF)
Motivational Interviewing for Medicaid Health Providers
Behavior problems are common and change is hard. Treatment as usual tends to emphasize advice and prescription, but patients are often ambivalent about change and physician insistence is often a poor motivation. Research has shown the Motivational Interviewing is effective in helping clients develop their own intrinsic motivation for change.
Skin Cancer Update for the Family Physician
Skin cancer is an epidemic. The incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer in 2006 was over 3,500,000, and one in five individuals living in the United States will develop a non-melanoma skin cancer over the course of their lifetime. The incidence of both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer is rising year after year. Because of this, it is important that patients are trained on “sun smart” behaviors and skin self exams. Further, primary care providers play a critical role in examining patients for cutaneous malignancies at regular office visits as part of overall health maintenance. This presentation will discuss the three most commonly diagnosed forms of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Epidemiologic information, clinical features, diagnostic techniques and considerations as well as treatments will be discussed in a condensed fashion targeted to the audience. Sun protective measures that patients should be educated about will be discussed as well. Upon completion of this exercise, the audience should have increased comfort in the assessment of lesions suspicious for skin cancer and improved knowledge regarding diagnosis and treatment of these three malignancies.
