Cal-MAP Chat – Saving a Life: Supporting Adolescents at Risk for Suicide
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
September is Suicide Prevention Month and we are hosting an important Chapter Chat focused on Suicide Prevention. We will discuss how to effectively communicate with adolescents who may be struggling with suicide ideation or other mental health issues, how to identify high-risk and low-risk situations and highlight resources like Cal-MAP to support the youth in your practice.
In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
University of California, San Francisco, designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Meet Our Speakers
Joan Jeung, MD, MPH, FAAP
Joan Jeung MD MPH FAAP is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. Dr. Jeung serves as Senior Associate Director of the Child & Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal (Cal-MAP), the pediatric mental health care access program for California. She also directs the Resilience Clinic at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, a primary care-based, caregiver/child group intervention for young children (ages 0-5) exposed to adversity. Outside of UCSF, Dr. Jeung serves on the Executive Committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Healthy Mental and Emotional Development and on the AAP Pediatric Mental Healthcare Access National Advisory Group.
Speaker
Dr. Petra Steinbuchel is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and clinical professor at UCSF. She is the Director of the California Child and Adolescent Mental Health Access Portal (Cal-MAP), a consultative pediatric mental health access program designed to increase access to timely, culturally responsive and evidence-based pediatric mental health care within primary care for youth age 0-25.
She has held several key leadership and teaching positions at UCSF and has led efforts to implement expanded access of evidence-based interventions to diverse and vulnerable populations, including developing collaborative partnerships between behavioral health and pediatric primary care providers in medical inpatient, outpatient and school-based settings.
Facilitators
Renee C. Wachtel, MD, FAAP – Alameda Area Director
Renee C. Wachtel, MD, FAAP is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the UCSF School of Medicine. She chairs the CAC1 AAP Committees on Development and Behavior and School Health and is a Director at Large as well. She is a tireless advocate for children with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges.
Diane Dooley, MD, FAAP – Mental Health Committee Chair
Diane Dooley MD, FAAP is the Chairperson of the AAP Chapter 1 Mental Health Committee and AAP California Mental Health Legislative Team. She retired from clinical practice after working at Contra Costa Health Services for 39 years. She partners with AAP pediatricians to advance improved access and quality of behavioral health care for California’s children and youth.
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