"Digital Interventions in Recovery from First Episode Psychosis: Lessons learned from North Carolina"
About the Speakers:
David L. Penn, PhD
Research Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry
Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Senior Visiting Fellow, Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
David L. Penn, Ph.D. is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UNC, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at UNC, and Senior Visiting Fellow at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. He recently retired from the Psychology and Neuroscience department at UNC, where he was the Linda Wagner Martin Distinguished Professor.
Dr. Penn has expertise in the areas of social cognition and psychosocial treatments for psychosis. He has published over 300 articles, and his research has been supported by the Stanley Foundation, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). From 2017-2022, he was an ESI Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (top 1% of most cited scientists in the world in Psychology-Psychiatry from 2005-2021)
He has won several awards, including the 2011 Daniel J. Ziegler award for Distinguished Alumnus in Psychology at Villanova University, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT) Psychosis and Schizophrenia Spectrum (PASS) special interest group Trailblazer Award in 2019, and the John L. Sanders Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Service (2005) and a Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction (2009) both from UNC.
Bryan J. Stiles, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate,
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bryan J. Stiles, M.A. is a Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at UNC under the mentorship of David L. Penn, Ph.D. His research interests broadly center around the development and implementation of recovery-oriented psychosocial interventions for persons experiencing schizophrenia and psychotic spectrum disorders. Prior to and throughout his doctoral training, Mr. Stiles has experience supporting several research initiatives implementing novel evidence-based practices for both persons with psychosis and their caregivers across multiple service settings. Mr. Stiles is dedicated to recovery-oriented care for individuals with serious mental illnesses, with clinical training in an inpatient state hospital, VA psychosocial rehabilitation, community outpatient mental health, and coordinated specialty care for early psychosis. He is also active in co-facilitation of supervision of Master’s-level clinicians in cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBTp) and supervision of early psychosis peer support specialists.
Summary
In this presentation, we will present an overview of the model for team-based treatment for individuals with First Episode Psychosis (FEP), Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC). We will then discuss how digital interventions might add value to CSC and describe our experience implementing these approaches in North Carolina.
Objectives:
This presentation is designed to help learners
1. Describe the Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) model for first episode psychosis (FEP)
2. Compare the strengths and weaknesses of digital intervention for individuals with FEP and their Caregivers
3. Describe the challenges faced by caregivers of individuals with FEP
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This talk is sponsored by the
Luton Lecture Fund
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
This educational activity received no commercial support.