Dr. Brook Choulet, M.D., The Performance Psychiatrist™, is the founder and CEO of the Choulet Performance Psychiatry®, and President of the American Board of Sports and Performance Psychiatry, of which she is one of the seven founding members. With a focus on concierge Performance Psychiatry®, Dr. Choulet guides professionals, athletes, and their families towards unparalleled mental health and performance optimization by offering bespoke mental health care services for both adolescent and adult patients. She holds a Certificate of Additional Training in Sports Psychiatry from the International Society for Sports Psychiatry (ISSP) and is a preferred provider on the NBPA, NFLPA and MLBPA’s Mental Health Directories. Dr. Choulet's expertise has been pivotal in shaping mental resilience in sports at its highest level, and she worked for two seasons as a Consulting Team Psychiatrist for the NBA Phoenix Suns and WNBA Phoenix Mercury. Dr. Choulet is a regular contributor to Forbes SportsMoney and is a Forbes Health Advisory Board member who reviews and consults on Forbes Health articles. She also contributes her expertise to the American Psychiatric Association’s publications and Psychology Today’s Sports & Performance Psychiatry column. She also provides expert advice each month to local Arizona publications, including Paradise Valley City Lifestyle Magazine, Stroll Biltmore, Stroll Desert Mountain, and Stroll Paradise Valley, as part of her commitment to cultivating the mental health and well-being of her local community.

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Dr. Mena Mirhom completed his adult psychiatry residency in BronxCare Hospital, followed by a Public Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. He is currently the Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Clara Maass Medical Center, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health system. Dr. Mirhom also serves as the Chief Wellbeing Officer for Athletes For Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting athletes with community service initiatives. Additionally, he is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and a consultant for the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), where he supports the mental health needs of NBA players and staff.

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Dr. Kim Gordon-Achebe and Dr. Rob Gadomski discuss challenges faced by women of color. The discussion highlights the social determinants of health, resilience, and the inequities in professional settings that contribute to burnout among women of color. Dr. Gordon-Achebe outlines her current work as a health equity coach, emphasizing her healing-centered approach to overcoming burnout and fostering empowerment.

Time Stamps:

00:10 Introductions

06:16 Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Women of Color

09:03 The Concept of Resilience

16:31 Burnout and Emotional Exhaustion

27:41 Advice for Future Community Psychiatrists

30:19 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe is a visionary leader, acclaimed community psychiatrist, and passionate advocate for health equity and social justice. As a double board-certified psychiatrist, specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry and CEO and Founder of BHETC (Bringing Health Equity Training and Consulting) to Communities of Color, she serves as a health equity consultant for community mental health and behavioral health organizations, and mindset coach, empowering Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color (BIWOC) leaders to redefine success and create healthier, more fulfilling lives. Her pioneering work has earned her prestigious awards and recognition, including the Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. Minority Fellowship Achievement Award, Distinguished Fellow designation from the American Psychiatric Association, and the Women’s Wellness through Equity and Leadership (WEL) Award. Through her dynamic leadership roles, transformative e-learning programs, engaging workshops, and personalized coaching, Dr. Gordon-Achebe equips BIWOC leaders with the tools and strategies to break free from societal barriers, overcome burnout and impostor syndrome, and unleash their full potential. Her extensive research and publications on the impact of discrimination on health disparities have significantly contributed to the discourse on mental health equity, shaping policies and practices in the field. With her unparalleled expertise, visionary leadership, and unwavering commitment to empowerment, Dr. Kimberly Gordon-Achebe serves as an inspirational guide and mentor for BIWOC leaders seeking to redefine success, dismantle systemic barriers, and live with true freedom and abundance. Her transformative approach combines cutting-edge psychological insights, cultural competence, and a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by BIWOC leaders, making her a sought-after expert in the field of mental health equity and leadership development. Learn more at https://drkimanswers.org/.

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Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship in June 2022. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.

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Chelsea Mathews is a third-year medical student.

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Motivational Speaker Frederick Shegog and Dr. Jessica Isom discuss transformative rapport building using the liberation health model. They delve into the importance of trust, mutual respect, and a holistic approach to treating mental health, emphasizing social justice and culturally sensitive care. Frederick shares his personal journey with mental health and his experiences with systemic inequities.

Time Stamps:

00:10 Introductions

00:53 Understanding Transformative Rapport Building

10:19 Building Strong Rapport in Mental Health Treatment

23:17 Effective Communication and Shared Decision-Making

32:29 Current Work and Closing Remarks

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Frederick Shegog is a man who knows all too well about the struggles of this world. In his early twenties, he watched his future dreams fade away as substance use disorder and mental illness took over his life. The next decade of his life would be a rough one, but not only would he come out better from it- he would devote his life to helping others overcome as well. Frederick’s journey included dumpster diving, panhandling, and battling alcohol abuse while experiencing homelessness. Today, Frederick Shegog has emerged as a successful college graduate and an inspiring public speaker dedicated to sharing his transformational journey to ignite change for marginalized populations. https://www.freddyshegog.com/

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Jessica Isom MD, MPH, is a board-certified community psychiatrist, who practices clinically in the federally qualified health center Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She is also involved in graduate medical education and health care workforce development in her role as a clinical instructor in the Yale University Department of Psychiatry, which has inspired many invited talks and workshops around social justice and health equity. Additionally, Dr. Isom is a physician-entrepreneur who owns the consulting business Vision for Equity LLC that focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), antiracism, and racial equity.

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Zoe Wyse is a third-year medical student.

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Dr. Matt Goldman and Dr. Rob Gadomski discuss key takeaways from the Crisis and Emergency Services chapter of the Textbook of Community Psychiatry including the role of crisis services, different roles that community psychiatrists can have in crisis services, and more!

Timestamps:

00:10 Introductions

01:26 Definition of Crisis and Role of Crisis Services

08:10 Different Roles that Community Psychiatrists can have in Crisis Services

12:40 Variability of Crisis Services in Community Psychiatry

28:07 Final Thoughts

Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System

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Matthew L. Goldman, MD, MS, FAPA, is the Medical Director for the King County Crisis Care Centers Levy Implementation Plan, a voter-approved initiative to create five crisis centers, new residential treatment facilities, and workforce development programs across Seattle/King County. Prior to joining King County, he was the Medical Director for Comprehensive Crisis Services in the San Francisco Department of Public Health where he had direct clinical and administrative oversight of a crisis call center and adult and child mobile crisis teams, led planning for 988 implementation, and advised on the development of a new crisis stabilization unit. Dr. Goldman is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, he serves as a board member of the American Association of Community Psychiatry, and he serves on the National Council for Mental Wellbeing’s Medical Director Institute where he co-chairs a committee on crisis services. He is also a physician scientist, with over 40 academic publications, 3 book chapters, and multiple presentations at national meetings. He is currently studying mental health and substance use crisis services and suicide prevention in California, Arizona, Georgia, and Ohio, with grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (PI: R03) and others. From 2018-2019 he was a Policy Fellow in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration through the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship. He graduated from Pomona College and the UC Berkeley - UCSF Joint Medical Program, and he completed his residency and chief residency in psychiatry at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute as well as the Public Psychiatry Fellowship at UCSF.

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Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship in June 2022. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.

Editors:

Daniel E. Carvallo-Ruiz, MD and Aldwin Soumare, DO

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Episode Description:

Dr. Margie Balfour and Dr. Rob Gadomski discuss key takeaways from the Crisis and Emergency Services chapter of the Textbook of Community Psychiatry including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, differences in crisis response by state, the role of law enforcement in managing mental health crises, and more!

Timestamps:

00:10 Introductions

01:49 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

08:30 Components of the Ideal Mental Health Crisis System

14:31 Differences of Mental Health Crisis System by State

17:19 Law Enforcement Involvement in Mental Health Crisis

23:54 Measuring Success in Crisis Systems

33:29 Final Thoughts

Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System

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Margie Balfour, MD, PhD is a psychiatrist and national leader in crisis care, quality improvement, and law enforcement responses to behavioral health emergencies. She is Chief of Quality and Clinical Innovation at Connections Health Solutions and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona. Dr. Balfour was named Doctor of the Year by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing for her leadership at the Crisis Response Center in Tucson, Arizona, and received the Sam Cochran Criminal Justice award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness for her work to help law enforcement better serve people with behavioral health needs. She co-authored Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System: Essential Elements, Measurable Standards, and Best Practices, and her work on crisis outcome measurement has been cited as a national standard. Dr. Balfour is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and serves on the APA Council on Quality of Care. She has also served on the boards of the American Association for Community Psychiatry, American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, and numerous expert panels for SAMHSA, the DOJ, and others. A native of Monroe, Louisiana, Dr. Balfour received a BA in Biology at Johns Hopkins University and then her MD and PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Cincinnati. She completed residency and fellowship in Community Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

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Rob Gadomski, DO is the Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services at Project Renewal, Inc and a graduate of the Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellowship in June 2022. He works primarily with homeless and marginalized individuals in the New York City area. He went to the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed his psychiatry residency training at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia before moving to NYC, where he gathered an interest in working with homeless populations and individuals interacting with the criminal legal system.

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Daniel E. Carvallo-Ruiz, M.D.

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Dr. Joanna Fried and Dr. Brice Reynolds discuss Janian Medical Care, the Manhattan Outreach Consortium, the NYC311 app, their roles as homeless outreach psychiatrists in New York City, and more!

Timestamps:

00:10 Introductions

00:46 Janian Medical Care

01:46 ACT and IMT Teams

03:02 Manhattan Outreach Consortium

10:20 Typical Week of a Homeless Outreach Psychiatrist

23:50 Advice for Trainees

Janian Medical Care

NYC311 App

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Joanna Fried, MD earned her M.D. at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed residency training at New York University Medical Center where she was a Chief Resident. She completed fellowship training at Columbia University Public Psychiatry Fellowship and did her clinical placement with Janian/PPOH before joining PPOH as a staff psychiatrist in July 2010. She is a Medical Director for PPOH as well as Medical Director for the Manhattan Outreach Consortium. Dr. Fried is a Clinical Instructor at New York University Medical School. She provides psychiatric care to clients of street outreach teams in Manhattan.

Brice Reynolds, MD is the Assistant Medical Director for Psychiatry at Janian, an NYC-based nonprofit group practice for psychiatry for the homeless. Through Janian, he practices psychiatry on the Harlem-based Goddard ACT team, shelter psychiatry based in Seafarers Safe Haven near Union Square, and street outreach with Breaking Ground as part of the Manhattan Outreach Consortium. He also leads residency recruitment, billing, and is part of the Janian leadership team. Dr. Reynolds was previously a Columbia Public Psychiatry Fellow and served as chief resident at The Mount Sinai Hospital. When he's not biking around the boroughs to meet with patients, he sometimes finds time to learn piano, practice improv comedy, and care for his family’s chickens.

Host:

Angela Liu, MD is a third-year psychiatry resident and Chair of the APA Public Psychiatry Fellowship.

Editor:

Zoe Wyse is a third-year medical student.

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Judge Steve Leifman discusses the intersection of the criminal-legal system and mental health, advocates for systemic changes to reduce the criminalization of severe mental illness, and highlights diversion and treatment programs, including the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.

Timestamps:

00:10 Introductions

03:11 Mental Healthcare and the Criminal System

06:18 Crisis Intervention Teams

09:15 Diversion Programs

13:35 Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery

22:40 Final Thoughts

Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery

Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative

Mental Health Professionals’ Guide to Their Role in the Criminal Justice System

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Judge Steve Leifman is the Associate Administrative Judge of the Miami-Dade County Court Criminal Division. He previously served as Special Advisor on Criminal Justice and Mental Health for the Supreme Court of Florida and currently chairs the Florida Supreme Court’s Steering Committee on Problem Solving Courts. Judge Leifman is the co-chair of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Mental Health Committee and co-chair of the Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative. He serves on the Florida Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse, the Florida Drug Policy Advisory Council, and the National Institute on Drug Addiction’s (NIDA) Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network. Judge Leifman is a member of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and a Voluntary Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami School of Medicine. Judge Leifman was appointed to serve on the Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts Response to Mental Illness and the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC) established by the 21st Century Cures Act. In 2015, Judge Leifman received the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence. One of the nation’s highest judicial honors presented by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the Rehnquist Award is presented annually to a state court judge who exemplifies judicial excellence, integrity, fairness, and professional ethics. Judge Leifman is also the first recipient to receive the Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Award for Judicial Excellence (2015). He was named a 2016 Governing Magazine Public Official of the Year. More recently, Judge Leifman was awarded the 2020 Dade County Bar Association (DCBA) David W. Dyer Professionalism Award, the 2018 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health, the 2019 Yale-NAMI Mental Health Advocacy Award and a 2019 Presidential Commendation by the American Psychiatric Association. On October 22, 2023, Judge Leifman was bestowed the Papal Medal Benemerenti from Pope Francis by Archbishop Thomas Wenski for his work in the judicial system on behalf of people with mental illnesses. Judge Leifman has authored and published numerous articles and has been featured in many national and local television programs, radio programs, and articles regarding mental health and the criminal justice system. His most recent co-authored article was published in the Atlantic Magazine on May 30, 2022. Judge Leifman is the subject of the Documentary, The Definition of Insanity which aired nationally on PBS on April 14, 2020 - https://doifilm.com/

Host:

Angela Liu, MD is a second-year psychiatry resident and APA Public Psychiatry Fellow.

Editor:

Gabriel Allaf is a fourth-year medical student.

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Dr. Sarah Vinson discusses interpersonal and structural adultism, explores the implications of adultism on the social determinants of mental health and population mental health, and provides recommendations for community psychiatrists to help address the youth mental health crisis.

Timestamps:

00:10 Introductions

01:25 Overview of Adultism

03:51 Interpersonal vs Structural Adultism

08:44 Impacts on Youth Mental Health

13:40 Recommendations for Community Psychiatrists

17:42 Final Thoughts

Social (In)Justice and Mental Health

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Sarah Y. Vinson, MD is a Triple Board Certified Child & Adolescent, Adult, and Forensic Psychiatrist and currently serves as the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Morehouse School of Medicine. She is the founder of the Lorio Psych Group, an Atlanta, GA based mental health practice providing expert care and consultation. Dr. Vinson is also the founder of Lorio Forensics, which provides consultation in a wide variety of cases in criminal, civil and family court cases. After graduating from medical school at the University of Florida with Research Honors and as an Inductee in the Chapman Humanism Honors Society, she completed her general psychiatry training at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. While there, she also received specialized training in trauma through the Victims of Violence Program. She then returned to the South to complete fellowships in both child & adolescent and forensic psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine. She has been elected and/or appointed to national and statewide office by her professional peers. She is the Past President of the Georgia Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Treasurer of the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association. Additionally, she is an Advisor for the Judges Psychiatry Leadership Initiative. She has been a speaker at national conferences including the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting and The National Urban League Annual Meeting.. Dr. Vinson has received numerous awards in recognition of her service and leadership including the University of Florida College of Medicine Outstanding Young Alumna Award and the APA Jeanne Spurlock Minority Fellowship Alumna Achievement Award.

Host:

Angela Liu, MD is a second-year psychiatry resident and APA Public Psychiatry Fellow.

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