Volume I, No. 3
September 2007
In this Issue:
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Center for Evidenced-Based Practice
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School Breakfast Series
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Substance Abuse Series
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The Latina Woman
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Upcoming Conferences & Events
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Resources for Professionals
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Resources for Older Adults
New Geriatric Psychaitrist
Imran Akram, MD recently joined the Outpatient Group Practice at ABBHH.
Dr. Akram completed a fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry at the University of Virginia's Department of Psychiatric Medicine. His specialty
interest areas include pain, addiction, and sleep medicine.
Save the Date
The Latina Woman:
Self Esteem, Postpartum Depression and Mental Health
Issues.
Friday, November 9, 2007. To register via e-mail, please click here.
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Jason Washburn, Ph.D., ABPP Director, Center for Evidence-Based
Practice
Current publications available for download:
Older Adults: The Growing Problem of Substance Abuse
Lewaniak, L.; Teas, G.; Washburn, J. Paradigm, 2007
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Center for Evidence-Based Practice
Jason Washburn, Ph.D., ABPP
Patients deserve the best quality of care when receiving behavioral health
services. The Institute of Medicine defines quality of care as "the degree to which health services for individuals and populations
increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge".
Alexian
Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital's primary goal is to provide the highest quality of care to patients. We are looking at how much our
patients' mental, emotional, and behavioral difficulties improve over the course of treatment at ABBHH. The Evidence-Based Feedback Loop illustrates more
fully this concept.
To read more about the Center for Evidence-Based Practice
(CEBP), please click
here.
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Fall School Breakfast
Series
October 10, 2007 9:00 AM - 12:00
PM
School Refusal and Avoidance: Clinical
Considerations with Different Student Populations.
To register via phone, contact Donna Siegler at
847-755-8006. To register via e-mail, please click
here.
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Fall Substance Abuse
Series
October 12, 2007 10:00 AM - 12:00
PM
Issues with Men in Recovery and Relapse -
presented by John Tuttle, LCSW, CEAP, CADA, EAP Manager for American Airlines.
To contact via phone, please call Donna Siegler at
847-755-8006. To register via e-mail, please click
here.
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Stop by our booth at the National Eating Disorders Association Conference, "Eating
Disorders Come in All Shapes and Sizes" in Mission Hills, CA October 4-6, 2007. Conference details are available at www.edap.org
We are a proud participant of the 38th Annual Illinois School Social
Workers Conference, October 18-20, 2007. This year's conference will be held at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest in Arlington Heights,
Illinois. For more information, check www.iassw.org.
Jason Washburn, PhD, ABPP, Director for the Center of
Evidence-Based Practice and Patrick McGrath, Ph.D., Director of the OCD and Related Anxiety Disorders Program will be
presenting at the 41st Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference November 15-17 in Philadelphia, PA.
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Upcoming Conferences and Events
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