The 29th Annual Mental Health Conference October 2nd, 2015 “Mental Health Treatments:

What’s In Our Future?”

Volume 8 : Issue 3 Aug-Sept-Oct 2015 The Official Newsletter of NAMI-St. Cloud Area

This conference is designed to provide a broad overview of new and innovative

mental health treatments, exciting changes in the court system, and a look into

new direction from the Adult

Mental Health Division of MN

Department of Human Services.

In addition, an overview of this

year’s legislation successes and

failures, plus goals for the next

legislative session.

We have invited professionals

from diverse backgrounds who

will educate you about new areas

for your consideration.

We believe that people living

with mental illnesses can lead

rich and fulfilling lives with

proper treatment, education and

support. New ideas continue to

change the mental health system

from bottom to top.

Resources tables will provide

information from a variety of lo-

cal and national organizations

and local mental health agencies.

Conference is at the Calvary

Community Church, 1200 Roo-

sevelt Road, St. Cloud MN,

56301.

Upcoming Education:

CONTACT US!

NAMI-St. Cloud Area P.O. Box 771 St. Cloud, MN. 56302 Website: www.namistcloud.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/NAMIstcloud Tel: (320) 654-1259 Newsletter Editor: Stephanie Dreis

Educational Meetings are Free and Open to the Public

Meetings are held at: Hope Community Support

Program 157 Roosevelt Road Suite 300

St. Cloud, MN. 56301 Call for directions:

(320) 240-3324

September 15th @ 6:30 "PTSD: Coping Tech-niques You Can Use",

Presented by Jolene Sim-mons

Nov 18th@ 6:30 "Best Practices for Working

with Clients with Bipolar Disorder", presented

by Joshua Seezs, LGSW, MSW, LICSW

October 20th @ 6:30 "Strategies for Smooth

Sailing in Your Life", Pre-sented by Nick Johnston.

Conference Agenda

7:30- 8:00 Registration 8:00- 9:30 Keynote Address Carol LaBine, MSW, LICSW “The Adult Mental Health Service System in MN” 9:30- 10:30 Dr. Steven Loos “A Time to Heal, A Place to Start” 10:30- 10:45 Break 10:45– 12:00 The Honorable William H. Leary, The Honorable Kerry W. Meyer, and Brandi Stavio MSW “Minnesota Criminal Mental Health Courts” 12:00– 1:00 Lunch 1:00– 2:00 Dr. Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel “Future Directions in Treatment for Adolescent Depression” 2:00– 2:15 Break 2:15– 3:30 Dr. Brent Nelson “Adult Mental Health Treatment 3:30– 4:30 Sue Aberholden, MPH “Historic Investments”

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NAMI/MN's NAMI-Walk will take place on Saturday the 26th of September, 2015 at Minnehaha Falls Park. Registration begins at 11:30 am and the Walk starts at 1 PM. Last year’s Walk raised almost $400,000 to support NAMI's programs throughout the state. It's a fun event and I encourage eve-ryone who can to par-ticipate. Parking is limited so get there early.

Our St. Cloud Mental Health Walk will be May 14th, 2016 at

Lake George in St. Cloud. Our Walk Chair would like to

thank Committee members for their fine work and inspiration in making this year's

Walk a wonderful event Thanks also to all our Walkers, Spon-

sors and Donors! We are looking forward to next year's Mental

Health Walk. Please Save the Date!

NAMIWalk and The Mental Health

Walk

Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment: The State of the Art

By Jerrod Brown & Jay P. Singh

According to a 2005 report by the World Health Organization, approximately one in three women will experience domestic violence during their lifetime. These incidents result in significant physical and psychologi-cal trauma that affects both women as well as their children. Hence, intimate partner vio-lence is a major public health and safety issue that is a burden on mental health and law en-forcement agencies. The assessment of recidivism risk in those charged with intimate partner violence is most commonly carried out using an ap-proach widely referred to as unstructured clin-ical judgment (UCJ). Using this method, the professional does not follow a manual-based protocol but rather combines available risk factor information using his or her profession-al discretion. Evaluations are guided by expe-rience in the field, expertise, and subjective cues. Despite the advantages of flexibility and a focus on the individual, use of the UCJ ap-proach with batterers has been criticized for its lack of transparency as well as low inter-rater reliability and predictive validity. As a response to the lackluster find-ings of the UCJ approach, a number of struc-tured assessment tools have been developed over the past two decades to assist in formu-lating evaluations of recidivism risk for men charged with intimate partner violence. The majority of these instruments are actuarial in nature, combining established risk factors in a pre-determined manner to produce a statisti-cal estimate of future recidivism risk. Amongst these instruments are the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA), the Domestic Violence Risk Ap-praisal Guide (DVRAG), and the Kingston Screening Instrument for Domestic Violence (K-SID). Surveys in North America suggest that such tools are currently used to inform court decisions about charging, pretrial re-lease, probation, treatment, and incarceration of intimate partner offenders. Although more transparent and reliable than UCJ, actuarial risk assessment tools have been criticized for not focusing on risk management, as they contain mostly static risk factors that cannot be targeted during intervention.

Although there is evidence that inti-mate partner violence risk assessment tools are psychometrically sound – producing mod-

erate to high rates of predictive validity when investigated meta-analytically – a comprehensive review of the literature re-veals that no studies that have compared directly the accuracy of the UCJ and struc-tured approaches. The field is progressively moving towards an integration of the UCJ and actuarial approaches known as struc-tured professional judgment. This novel approach allows practitioners to use evi-dence-based risk and protective factors to guide their own judgments about intimate partner violence risk, combining the trans-parency of actuarial assessment with the flexibility and risk management focus of UCJ. Examples of risk assessment tools that use the SPJ approach are the Spousal As-sault Risk Assessment (SARA) and the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evalua-tion of Risk (B-SAFER). Biographies Jerrod Brown, MA, MS, MS, MS, is the Treatment Director for Pathways Counseling Center, Inc. Pathways provides programs and services benefiting individuals impacted by mental illness and addictions. Jerrod is also the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS), lead developer and program director of an online graduate degree program in Forensic Mental Health from Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, and the Editor-in-Chief of Fo-rensic Scholar Today. Jerrod is currently in the dissertation phase of his doctorate degree pro-gram in psychology. Please contact Jerrod at Jerrod01234Brown@Live for more information about this article. Jay P. Singh, PhD, is the founder of the Glob-al Institute of Forensic Research, specializing in providing cutting-edge research, training, and software solutions to mental health, correctional, and legal professionals working in both general care and forensic settings around the world. To receive comprehensive summaries of every inti-mate partner violence risk assessment study published each month that are eligible for Con-tinuing Education credit, check out the Global Institute of Forensic Research’s Executive Bul-letin service available at www.gifrinc.com/services/bulletin

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Resource Information

St. Cloud Hospital 320-251-2700

Adult Mental Health Unit 320-255-5601

Senior Helping Hands 320-229-3760

Central Minnesota Mental Health Cen-

St. Cloud [1321 13th St. N]

(emergency services: 320-253-5555 or

1-800-835-8008

320-252-5010

Buffalo [308 12th Ave. S.] 763-682-4400

Elk River [253 8th St NW, Suite A. Elk 763-441-3770

Monticello [407 Washington St.] 763-295-4001

Hope Community Support Program 320-240-3324

County Human Services

Benton County Human Services 320-968-5087

Sherburne County Human Services 1-800-433-5239

Stearns County Human Services 320-656-6000

Wright County Human Services 763-682-7400

Strength Through Community Project

(contact: Jerry Rondeau)

320-253-4136

Caritas Family Services (Catholic Chari- 320-252-4121

Independent Lifestyles, Inc. 320-529-9000

Resource Training & Solutions 1-888-477-7032

Clutters Anonymous

Hope CSP

meets 2nd & 4th Wed from 5pm 6pm

each month

320-240-3324

NAMI-St. Cloud Area

Www.NAMIStCloud.com

320-654-1259

State Resources

NAMI-MN 888-473-0237

Mental Health Association of Minnesota 1-800-862-1799

Mental Health Ombudsman 651-431-5201 or

1-800-657-3506

Minnesota Disability Law Center 1-800-292-4150

NAMI-National 1-800-950-6264

Resource Information

St. Cloud Area Support Groups

Hope Community Support Program Groups

Depression/BiPolar Group …………………………...

(Thursdays-6:00 to 8:00 PM)

Schizophrenia…………………………………………………….

(Wednesdays-2:00 to 3:30 PM)

Reach (for friends of those with mental illness)….

(1st Tuesday of every month-6:00 to 7:00 PM)

Depression/Bipolar Support Group

Mondays 3:15 - 5:00pm

St Cloud Public Library/Array Room

PFLAG Weekly Support Group

Mondays 7:00 to 8:30pm

St Cloud Public Library

Family Support Group

2nd & 4th Tuesdays 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Calvary Comm. Church

320-240-3324

320-980-6589

www.centralmnpflag.com

Mike 320-259-7101

Depression Support Group (Contact: Mary P.)

Thursdays-1:00– 2:00 PM at Whitney Senior Center

320-980-6589

OCD Support Group

Wednesdays-5:00 to 6:30 PM at CMMHC

320-252-6432

Melrose Suicide Loss Support Group

3rd Tuesday - 8pm to 9:30pm

Church of St Mary Parish Center, Melrose

320-256-4207

24 Hour Emergency Service 320-253-5555 or 1-800-

835-8008

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)

Veteran’s Linkage Line 1-888-LINKVET (546-5838)

Legal Aid Society 612-332-1441

Salvation Army-Emergency Shelter 320-252-2229

Caritas Emergency Assistance 320-229-4560

Caritas Financial Counseling 320-650-1660

Crisis Connection (Phone Counseling) Call 211 or 1st Call Minne-

sota at 1-800-543-7709

Suicide Loss Support Group

Center for Life Transitions,

312 2nd Ave. N.

Sauk Rapids, MN 56379

320-529-0427

attn: Lois Rangel -

lrangel@ccstcloud.org

Four County Crisis Response Team 320-253-5555 or 1-

800-635-8008

Mental Health Consumer Survivor Net-

work

Www.mhcsn.org

1-800-483-2007

Minnesota Mental Health

Resources for Benton, Sherburne,

Stearns, and Wright Counties

www.mnmentalhealt

h.org

Parent Voices of NAMI St. Cloud

E-mail: parentvoicesofnamisc@gmail.com

2nd Tuesday of each month-6:00 to 7:30 PM at

Clara’s House: 1564 County Road 134, St. Cloud

320-529-8323

Albany Depression/Bi-Polar Support Group

Mondays 6:30-7:30 pm

Albany Hospital Conference Room

320-845-6104

Attention Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder...

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota is recruiting children and adolescents diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to participate in a treatment study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The study is led by pediatric psychiatrist Dr. Gail Bernstein. Parents of interested youth may call for a telephone screening at (612) 625-1632, or email

at harr1317@umn.edu. They may also call Dr. Bernstein directly at (612) 273-9711. For more information about the study, please visit the website, www.youthocdstudy.org, or the Facebook page, www.facebook.com/youthocdstudy.

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NAMI/St. Cloud Area Executive Committee

2015

President Nick Johnston

Vice-President Louise Echola

Secretary

Kayla Collins

Treasurer Ruth Wittrock

National Alliance on Mental Illness-St. Cloud Area