KDADS
LARNED – Larned State Hospital (LSH) will host “Frontiers in Mental Health,” its 14th annual mental health conference August 7-9, 2017, in the Larned Community Center, Larned State Hospital Superintendent Bill Rein announced today.
“This annual conference has become one of the premier behavioral health events in Kansas. We conduct this conference annually to aid the professional development of those working in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, nursing, social work and corrections, but it is open to anyone with an interest in mental health,” Superintendent Rein said.
LSH is the largest psychiatric facility in the state serving the western two-thirds of Kansas with nearly 1,000 employees and the capacity to treat more than 450 patients. The hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) and certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) is responsible for administrative oversight of the hospital.
“Larned State Hospital has put together an outstanding lineup of speakers and timely, relevant topics. This conference will enhance the knowledge and treatment skills of all who attend, and help them to better care for the people we serve,” KDADS Secretary Tim Keck said.
For more information and to enroll in the conference, please see: http://kdads.ks.gov/Frontiers-Mental-Health-Conference.
Topics to be addressed in-depth at the conference include:
· “The Relationship of the Post-Psychotic Adjustment Process to Recovery”
· “Healing Wounded Persons – A Psychiatric Perspective”
· “Best Practices in the Evaluation of Adjudicative Competence”
· “The Interrelatedness of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders”
· “Effectively Incorporating Daily Risk Management and Ethical Reasoning in Behavioral Health Settings”
Featured speakers at the conference will be:
· Dr. Walt Menninger
· Dr. Mary D. Moller, DNP, ARNP, PMHCNS-BC, CPRP, FAAI, an internationally known psychiatric mental health nurse clinician, researcher, educator and presenter. She is an advanced registered nurse practitioner who is dually certified as a clinical specialist in adult psychiatric mental health nursing and a psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner. She is an Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA where she is coordinator of the psychiatric nurse practitioner Doctor of Nursing Practice program. She teaches psychopharmacology, psychopathology, group therapy, 1:1 psychotherapy, mental health assessment and advanced practice nursing including legislative activity related to independent practice.
· Dr. Patricia Zapf, who obtained her Ph.D. in Clinical Forensic psychology from Simon Fraser University in Canada and currently holds the position of Professor in the Department of Psychology and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, and is Director for CONCEPT Professional Training. She is the editor of the American Psychology-Law Society book series; associate editor of Law and Human Behavior; and is on the Editorial Boards for five journals in psychology and law. Dr. Zapf is on the board of directors for the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services and has served as president of the American Psychology-Law Society. The author of nine books and manuals and more than 100 articles and chapters, mainly on the forensic evaluation and the conceptualization of criminal competencies, Dr. Zapf was appointed Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Distinguished Member of American Psychology-Law Society in 2006 for outstanding contributions to the field of psychology and law for her work in competency evaluation. She has conducted more than 2,500 forensic evaluations in both the United States and Canada and has served as an expert witness in a number of prominent criminal cases.
· Steve Denny, LSCSW, LCAC, has worked professionally in the field of behavioral health since 2002 and been employed by Four County Mental Health Center in Independence, Kansas since 2005 specializing in treating individuals with substance use disorder. He currently serves as director of clinical services, which includes general outpatient services, crisis services and substance abuse services. He has supervised special projects serving targeted populations in geriatric mental health, early childhood mental health services, at-risk dual diagnosis populations and served on multiple community and state organizations. His presentation will focus on the interrelated complexities of substance use disorders and mental health disorders. The co-occurring “lens” will be presented as a useful framework for risk assessment and diagnostic evaluation. The goal of his presentation is to increase knowledge and skills in treatment planning, intervention, and discharge planning.
· Dr. David Barnum, Ph.D., Diplomate of the National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists, completed his doctoral training in clinical psychology with a specialization in health psychology at The University of Kansas. After his internship at Temple University Health Sciences, he began a 20-year career in community mental health, with particular emphasis in establishing and expanding clinical training programs as a means for developing professional staff in rural and under-served areas. Currently, he is the Clinical Director and Director of Clinical Training at Larned State Hospital as well as a co-owner of The Family Therapy Institute Midwest. He has served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Kansas and Benedictine College. Dr. Barnum has been an ambassador for the National Health Service Corps, is a past-president of the Kansas Psychological Association and served on the Continuing Education Committee of the American Psychological Association. He is a frequent presenter at local, national and international conferences on topics including diagnosis, ethics, risk management, clinical training and supervision, family psychology, autism spectrum disorders, treating family injustice, elements of effective psychological treatment and Ericksonian approaches to treatment, among others. He has published work in the treatment of children affected by abuse and foster care health psychology. He is currently co-chair of the Hospital Ethics Committee at Larned State Hospital.