The CPNP/AAPP Foundation is thrilled to be supporting three sessions at the 2022 CPNP Annual Meeting to be presented live in San Antonio, Texas and livestreamed for virtual attendees. These sessions align with the Foundation’s mission to advance the psychiatric pharmacy profession by supporting research, scholarship, and practitioner development.
Presented by: Dr. Thomas Insel, MD, Neuroscientist and Psychiatrist, Author, Co-founder: Humanest Care, MindSite News, Mindstrong Health, Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Session Summary
This presentation explores why we have not made more progress on outcomes for people with serious mental illness. Dr. Insel argues that we need to shift our focus from a purely medical model to address the 3 P's (people, place, and purpose). He defines the problem as medical but the solutions as social, environmental, and political.
Presented by: Dr. Sally Arif, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Midwestern University
Session Summary
The delivery of health care is transforming with greater emphasis on patient-centeredness, health and wellness promotion, population health and community engagement, anti-bias and implicit bias training, and health equity. This session is intended to address this transformation by identifying racial disparities in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders, discussing the role of the pharmacist in addressing racial disparities in psychiatry, and considering strategies to mitigate the impact of racial disparities in psychiatry.
Presented by: Dr. Jacintha Cauffield, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, CRPS-A, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Palm Beach Atlantic University
Session Summary
Mental health stigma is rampant among not only patients but health care providers. This stigma prevents many from seeking and receiving the care they need. The recovery community has utilized the power of trained individuals with lived experience, otherwise known as peer specialists, to decrease this stigma by making it more acceptable and effective to live with a mental health condition. Although most peer specialists work at the level of the lay public, there is value in the nexus of the clinician and the peer specialist. Using my own personal experience, I will illustrate how a clinician who is also a peer specialist can leverage this combination to improve both patient care and clinician well-being.
Join us in San Antonio or online for these exciting sessions!