Concurrent Sessions
Session 1
1A1 Primary case physician's perceptions of their knowledge and
comfort diagnosing and treating pediatric mental and behavioral health
disorders in four rural regions of the United States
The purpose of the study is to examine how knowledgeable and comfortable
pediatric primary care physicians perceive themselves to be in diagnosing
and treating child/adolescent mental health and behavior health disorders.
1A2 Developing the Case for the Integration of Behavioral Health
into Primary Care in a Rural Community
Discover how one rural hospital and local public health agency
collaborated to address not only behavioral health but also somatic issues,
by integrating psychiatric services into a primary care setting.
1B Implementing Change in the Wind: A Dialogue with Rural Mental
Health Programs In California Implementing Workforce Development and
Deployment in Difficult Fiscal Times
The California Institute for Mental Health, a technical assistance and
training organization for county mental health program, has developed a
panel of rural mental health programs to highlight the success they have had
in developing workforce and training programs in the face of numerous
obstacles that have resulted in real- life changes in their workforce. The
panel reflects the strength and perseverance of rural communities to sustain
a unique and valuable way of life by using investing in people and places
1C Getting Rural Peer Specialist Programs Up and Running
Dr. Ed Knight will present, a recognized researcher in this area, will
present basic research on peer to peer interventions. Consumer peer
specialists from three different rural settings will describe their work
1D Serving Immigrants and Migrant Farm worker Families in an
Integrated System of Care
The presentation will review the North Colorado Health Alliance and the
system of care it provides for immigrant and migrant patients. Findings will
be presented on patients' reported experience with integrated care.
1E Citizen Soldier Support Project: Helping Communities Support
Returning Veterans Across the Nation
This presentation will share information on a strategic partnership
between two organizations to disseminate training to health and behavioral
health professionals in rural areas for returning veterans and their
families.
Session 2
2A2 Case Study of behavioral health diagnoses and prescription
and management practices in a regional pediatric practice serving a rural
community in a Plains state
The purpose of this case study is to examine behavioral health diagnoses
and prescription and management practices in a regional pediatric practice
serving a rural community in a Plains state.
2B Identifying Problem, Compulsive, Pathological Gamblers within
your Caseload
Purpose of this workshop is to increase awareness of the need to assess
participation in gaming in a client's history and the need to educate how
participation in this activity may influence the client's recovery process.
2C One-Stop Resources to Support and Sustain Your Rural Mental
Health Organization
The presentation identifies how the National Library of Medicine and the
Rural Assistance Center can help rural communities support and strengthen
their mental health organizations by providing access to reliable
information focused on rural.
2D Cultural Attunement in Practice: Experiencing Behavioral
Health Through Elders' Eyes
In a healing circle format, participants will experience the wisdom of
Elders and the importance of a cultural attuned environment for educator,
workforce development, and treatment.
Session 3
3A Improving Behavioral Healthcare of Rural and Agricultural
People
This workshop/panel discussion describes ways to improve access to and
acceptability of services designed for agricultural people and rural
communities.
3B Transitions to support Sustainability
Understanding that the tested and proven PROSPER model for partnership
delivery of evidence based interventions is dependent of strong community
engagement for long term sustainability
3C Trauma and Telepsychiatry in Southwest Virginia
We will present 6 years of experience treating the mental health
consequences of various forms of trauma in Appalachian, examining issues of
co-morbidity, culture, and treatment through illustrative case examples.
3D Building Systems Change: An In-Depth Look at Holding Key
Values as part of Transformation
The participant will learn how to build an environment of partnership
that leads to systems change despite perceived system barriers.
3E Veterans Rural Health Resource Center-Western Region:
Fostering Innovations in Mental Health Care for Rural Veterans
This workshop will describe The Veterans Rural Health Resource Center
Western Region (VRHRC-WR) work in the area of mental health with and
emphasis on Native and elder veterans.
Session 4
4A1 Perceived Stigma and Mental Health Service Preferences for
Parents of Children with Significant Psychosocial Concerns
This is an empirical paper examining rural parents’ perceived stigma
around getting mental health services for their children. In addition,
parents’ preferences for traditional vs. innovative services (e.g.,
integrated care, school-based, telehealth) were evaluated.
4A2 Mental Health Seeking of Rural Young Adults: A Look at
Stigma and Help Seeking Barriers
Undergraduate thesis looking at influences of stigma and rural status on
help seeking behaviors of young adults. Acceptability of innovative service
delivery mechanisms may provide alternative sources of care.
4B Recognizing Signs of High Stress, Anger, Depression, and
Suicidal Thinking & Making Effective Referrals in Rural Settings
This workshop will provide research-based information, case examples, and
practical handouts. It will provide steps how to prepare for and respond
appropriately to rural clients with serious behavioral health issues.
4C 24/7 MH Crisis Services for Rural Communities
The issues involved in providing a comprehensive 24/7 crisis MH service
in rural communities will be reviewed. Staffing and training, the use of
technology in the provision of crisis services will be addressed.
4D Behavioral Health Literacy Education, ethno geriatrics, and
serving our aging clients
Health literacy is a challenge for all us and at different stages and
conditions of our lives. This is especially true for our aging citizens.
This session will challenge what we know about and how we provide behavioral
health services for our seniors.
4E1 Psychotropic prescription and referral practices of
pediatric primary care physicians in four rural regions of the United States
The purpose of the study is to examine the patterns psychotropic
prescription and referral practices in pediatric primary care across four
regions of the United States.
4E2 Methamphetamine Treatment in Rural Western North Carolina
This paper presentation will describe the implementation of an
empirically-supported intervention for methamphetamine abuse, and outcomes
will be contrasted with an intensive family-based intervention in rural
Western North Carolina.
Session 5
5A UPDATE: Transforming One Community at a Time from the Coast,
the Forest, and the Frontier
A panel discussion/roundtable will highlight stories and successes from
three unique rural areas of Texas in transforming mental health services
through the formation of sustaining community collaboratives to address
specific needs.
5B Sierra Summit Brings Mental Health Collaboration to New
Heights: The Formation of a Rural Collaborative
The Community Collaborative of Tahoe Truckee is a partnership of
non-profit organizations working together to address fundamental needs of
individuals and families in the Tahoe Truckee region of California. They are
comprised of over 35 local system providers including: mental health
providers, public health programs, social service agencies, education and
community-based organizations who meet monthly to collaborative, network,
share, and learn. The Tahoe Truckee Collaborative is working to address the
needs of students with disabilities and other non-traditional students
representing underserved communities who will be attending the new Sierra
Community College Truckee campus. Sierra Community College is partnering
with the collaborative to develop supported education and employment
services that dynamically respond to local needs. The collaborative is
dedicated to developing a local workforce that represent the community and
people receiving services and will provide an overview of their work and
experiences over the past two years, a local relationship with great
opportunity for a thriving rural community.
5C A Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Rural Primary
Care Providers
A new Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Rural Primary Care Providers will be
presented. The presentation will include rationale for development, an
overview of the Toolkit, and data from pilot testing.
5D Tales From Far Afield
Detail efforts to build awareness of trauma and mental health issues and
train a local corps of mental health paraprofessionals to serve as
counselors to refugees in Thailand.
5E Innovations in graduate education: Telebehavioral Health in
Alaska
Presentation describes a graduate course on telebehavioral health
services-- to improve access, reduce costs associated with MedEvacing
patients to hospitals, and provide care at the Alaska village level.
Session 6
6A Development of an Alaska Psychology Internship Consortium
Access to mental health care in Alaska is seriously challenged by
shortages across behavioral health professions. A pre-doctoral psychology
internship consortium is being developed to help address workforce needs.
6B Charting and Journaling for Mental Health Consumers and
Professionals
Consumers: learn ways of charting and journaling for mental health, and
how to apply them to yourself. Professionals: learn methods for supporting
rural consumers through charting and journaling
6C Co-Located Services in a Rural Virginia Primary Care Clinic
Most rural settings share a common challenge meeting needs with limited
resources. This presentation seeks to present one model that addresses some
of these challenges. Presenters will introduce an interdisciplinary
collaborative approach in a co-located setting, which maximizes existing
resources in order to provide better care.
6D1 Intervention- Whose responsibility is it?
Consumers in regional Australia are called upon to deal with crises by
other consumers. 6 scenarios will be used to highlight this intervention and
the outcomes for the consumers involved.
6D2 The role of empirically supported treatments in rural
services for children and families
This paper will present a review of some of the basic literature
regarding empirically supported treatments (ESTs) for children and families
and their efficacy in rural communities.
6E1 Using Technologically Assisted Psychotherapeutic
Intervention (TAPI) in the Treatment of Women Residing in Rural Utah
Diagnosed with Depression: An Examination of Outcome and Satisfaction.
A unique teletherapy service delivery method capable of transcending the
barriers of availability and accessibility is presented in the context of
treating women with depression residing in rural Utah. Participant outcome
and satisfaction are illustrated.
6E2 Inclusion in Early Childhood Settings: A Survey of
Center-Based Practices
This presentation reports the results of a study of early childhood
educators regarding provider education, training, and attitudes, and what
factors significantly influence the practice of inclusion in childcare
settings. Study implications regarding provider education and professional
development for improved childcare inclusion for children with mental health
issues will be discussed.
Session 7
7A Challenges to Effective Clinical Supervision in Rural
Practice
Rural clinical supervision is challenging. This paper reviews elements of
best practices in clinical supervision and discusses strategies including
telehealth technology for dealing with ethical, legal and clinical
difficulties encountered.
7B Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Core Competencies for
Health and Allied Health Professionals
This training will provide a brief overview of fetal alcohol spectrum
disorders (FASDs), including the psycho-social and cultural effects of
FASDs; present the findings from a multi-phase needs assessment illuminating
the educational needs of health providers related to prevention, diagnosis,
and treatment; and introduce the FASDs Competency-based Curriculum,
including FASD-related core competencies for health providers.
7C Trials and Tribulations of Establishing an Innovative Rural
Acute Treatment Unit
We will take participants from concept, through design, implementation
and finally operation of an innovative, rural, acute psychiatric treatment
unit - despite funding and state licensing barriers.
7D Emotions by Appointment Only: The impact of
compartmentalizing our feelings
Healthcare providers need to continually monitor their own levels of
stress and mental health. Recognizing and assessing one’s personal feelings
and emotions is important to providing high quality care.
7E Grand Ideas from Within
GRAND IDEAS FROM WITHIN is a school-wide, eighteen-week, creative
imagery, prevention intervention program for 11-17 year olds. It meets the
Language Arts Education Standards and is teacher-led using pre-recorded
imagery CDs.