USPRA Offers

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Mental Health Services

Audio Conference Training



A live, interactive audio conference that you can join from your office

Wednesday, January 18, 2006



3:00-4:30 pm Eastern, 2:00-3:30 pm Central, 1:00-2:30 pm Mountain, Noon-1:30 pm Pacific time



You, your colleagues and staff participate in this live presentation, which includes handouts and the chance to interact with your presenters. The savings are significant – no travel time or hassle and no travel expense.



The only thing you need is a telephone or speakerphone to participate!



What will you gain from participating?



· Better understanding of the experiences and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people who receive mental health services

· Greater appreciation of ways that feeling unsafe or unwelcome in mental health service settings can affect clinical outcomes

· Information about the ethical issues involved in addressing the needs of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender

· Access to strategies and resources for improving services for this population.



Who will benefit from participation?

Anyone who is involved with psychiatric rehabilitation programs and mental health services:



· Administrators

· Staff members

· Persons in Recovery



All this for one low price!

$149 for member (Organizational members also receive an additional discount)

$185 for non-members



Registration Information Coming Soon!



For more information, contact Ev Bussema at 410-789-7054 or mailto:ebussema@uspra.org 



Presenters:



Alicia Lucksted received her Ph.D. from the Clinical/Community Psychology program at University of Maryland College Park in 1997. She completed a Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research at the University of Pennsylvania before coming to the University of Maryland, Baltimore Center for Mental Health Services Research in 1998, where she an assistant professor of Psychiatry on the research faculty. Her professional work focuses on applied research towards improving public mental health services for people with serious mental illnesses, self-help interventions among mental health consumers and their family members, qualitative methods in mental health services research, and the welfare of gay, lesbian, bi, and transgender people in the mental health system. She has published numerous academic articles from her work, and conducts education/training workshops for professionals, consumers, and others on these topics.



Paula Lafferty is a consumer and survivor of both the public and private mental health systems in Maryland. In 1999 she founded with others Hearts & Ears, Inc., which is a consumer support and advocacy program for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people with mental health issues. She remains its Director. She believes that with the right supports, GLBT people with mental illness can overcome and lead fulfilling and productive lives.