We Must Be More than Supervisors... We Must Be Leaders

We’re pleased to share a new conference offerered by Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic and Community Care Behavioral Health.

SUPERVISION IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

We Must Be More Than Supervisors...
We Must Be Leaders
Friday, March 21
Sheraton Station Square, Pittsburgh

Supervision is crucial for professional development. It is essential to examine why supervisors can and must be effective leaders who create an alliance between themselves and their staff. The supervisor and staff must work together in support of the purpose, principles, and mission of their agency to improve services for their clients. During the keynote, Mike Morrison, PhD, the founder of a leadership consulting firm, will address the art and science of personal leadership – a powerful framework for bringing our best self and the best self in others to the workplace.  There will also be workshops focusing on topics for leaders/supervisors including development of a supervisory model, balancing clinical and administrative supervision, and supervision needs for peer and recovery specialists.  Participants should leave the conference with a greater understanding of the importance of providing and receiving effective supervision.

 

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Leading Through Meaning

Mike Morrison, PhD

Executive Consultant, Lean Leadership

Los Angeles, California

 

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

·         The Reality of Supervision: Balancing Clinical and Administrative Supervision

·         “I Love My Job!”:  Leading with Compassion, Service, and Hope

·         Effective Leadership Skills for Clinical Supervisors

·         Supervision of Peer and Recovery Specialists

·         Developing Your Model of Supervision

·         Supervision and Trauma                

Details can be found on the conference website or the conference registration page.

 For additional information or to receive a brochure, please contact Nancy Mundy at mundynl@upmc.edu or (412) 204-9090.

30th Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference

The 30^th Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference is scheduled to take place Friday, November 15 at the Sheraton Station Square and is the nation’s longest running scientific meeting devoted to exploring the latest research findings related to schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. 

 

Each year, internationally recognized experts provide comprehensive reviews of advances in their areas and emphasize the clinical relevance of the research.  This year’s meeting will cover a range of topics, including studies of children and adolescents who may turn out to have psychotic disorders in later life, problems with cognitive impairments and how these can impact day to day functioning in schizophrenia, and the role that viruses and infections may play in schizophrenia. 

 

A presentation by the faculty awardee of the 2013 Gerard Hogarty Research Excellence Prize focusing on the treatment of cognitive impairments in schizophrenia will also take place during the meeting. 

 

In addition, there will be a panel of persons with schizophrenia, their family members and others addressing the issues of symptom management, staying the course, hope, resilience and recovery.

 

Details and registration information can be found on the website or this registration form. If you have questions, contact Nancy Mundy at mundynl@upmc.edu or (412) 802-9090.

Conference Alert: 27th Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference

27th Annual Schizophrenia Conference
Friday, December 10, 2010

Sheraton Station Square Hotel

Pittsburgh, PA

Course Director:
K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD

The Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference is an annual meeting at which the advances in schizophrenia research are reviewed by leading international experts in the field. This year's meeting will cover a range of topics, including the associations between cannabis use and the development of schizophrenia and impairments in the brain circuits that are associated with auditory processes relevant to schizophrenia. The concept of preventing schizophrenia has brought up several several controversial but innovative ideas, and the 2010 Schizophrenia Conference Award Lecturer will address this issue. A leading expert who will be awarded the Gerard E. Hogarty Research Excellence Award in Schizophrenia will present his research to the audience. The lecture will focus on the pharmacological treatment of cognitive impairments in people with schizophrenia. The patient and family perspective will also be presented in a panel format.

Who Should Attend:
The conference is designed to disseminate the latest research findings to a wide audience: psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians, including nurses, social workers, psychologists, service coordinators, researchers, patients and their relatives, mental health policy administrators and others who wish to keep abreast of etiologic and treatment research in schizophrenia.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of the program, participants should be able to:

• Describe the association between cannabis use and the development of schizophrenia.
  
• Consider impairments in brain circuits associated with the auditory cortex and how this relates to schizophrenia.
  
• Review the current knowledge on prevention and early intervention in schizophrenia.
• Discuss the effect of antipsychotic medications on cognitive function.
• Discuss the rationale for the selection of potential targets for the treatment of cognitive impairments.
  
• Consider a first-person account of schizophrenia from a patient and/or family perspective.
  

Presented by:
UPMC Health System Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic; Services and Research for Recovery in Serious Mental Illness; Mental Health Conference Planning; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences


Details and registration information can be found at the conference website. For additional information or to receive a brochure, please contact Kyessa Brian at briankl@upmc.edu or via phone at 412-802-6905.

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Photo: Pittsburgh Skyline from Station Square, Some rights reserved by jmd41280

Contributed by Lora M. Dziemiela, Program Secretary