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Health for a Change: Improving the Mental Health in Our Communities

In the face of a mental health crisis, learn how a Kentucky community is employing an innovative new approach to population mental health in this Health for a Change webinar. Owensboro Health and RiverValley Behavioral Health have implemented a new model to improving the mental health of the residents in the communities they serve. This free, one-hour webinar will provide an overview of the mental health challenges in our communities, the key players to build collaboration, a new model of “Population Mental Health”, new tools for communities and the outcomes already being achieved in Owensboro.

Speakers:

  • Deryk Van Brunt, DrPH, CEO, CredibleMind

  • Lionel R. Phelps II, Psy.D., Vice President of Continuous Quality Improvement, RiverValley Behavioral Health

  • Debbie Zuerner, M.A., Director of Community Engagement, Owensboro Health

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Overview of the crisis-level mental health challenges our communities are facing

  • Extending mental health from reactive care services to a “population mental health” model of care

  • Case study: How Owensboro health leaders are collaborating to address our mental health crisis with modest cost and how this approach is new model for Kentucky communities

  • Outcomes of population mental health programs

  • Next steps

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