This presentation was originally reviewed on March 6, 2023, and broadcast live online on March 7, 2023, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on March 23, 2023, and broadcast live online on March 24, 2023, from 1:00- 2:30 PM ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on March 9, 2023, and broadcast live online on March 10, 2023, from 2:45- 4:15 PM ET. 

This presentation was originally reviewed on March 9, 2023, and broadcast live online on March 10, 2023, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET.

In this presentation, attendees will explore the impact of acculturation on the mental health of South Asian youth and families, including the challenges that immigrant parents face due to differences in parenting styles between their culture of origin and the host culture. The presenter will also discuss model minority stereotypes and their negative impact on South Asian youth, contributing to mental health disparities and cultural misunderstandings. Furthermore, the presentation will include an explanation of Berry's acculturation model, which outlines how individuals adapt to a new culture while still maintaining their cultural identity. Attendees will have the opportunity to lead themselves through a self-assessment to gain a better understanding of how their own cultural experiences have influenced their personal and professional lives. Specifically, using Berry's Four Factor Cultural Model and Integrative Model of Racial/Ethnic Identity Development, attendees will identify periods of their life when they were integrated, assimilated, isolated, and marginalized. This interactive and engaging presentation aims to provide attendees, especially child psychiatrists and mental health professionals, with culturally sensitive strategies for educating South Asian immigrant parents and their adolescent children on mental health issues. The goal is to promote mental health literacy, reduce stigma, and improve access to care within the South Asian community.

This workshop will focus on recent changes in state law impacting mental health professionals in Maryland. Maryland legislation from the 2023 Maryland General Assembly will be reviewed including bills that failed and those that were enacted into law including legislation involving mandated outpatient treatment, pilot programs to pay for health care on a capitated basis, digital therapeutics, and scope of practice issue for various professions. In addition, the presentation will include discussion of telehealth and the impact of the end of the public health emergency. A PowerPoint presentation will be used to stimulate presentation and discussion of these various issues.

The latest US Census indicates that 18.9% of the US population is Latino/Hispanic, up from 16.3% in 2010, and expected to reach 24.3% by 2050. It is estimated that around 13% of the 62.1 million Latinos in the US are undocumented. As the population continues to increase, access to health and mental wellness services has not kept up with the growth. The Latino/Hispanic community may not seek mental wellness services for a number of reasons such as culturally and linguistically appropriate providers, misconceptions about mental health, lack of insurance, hierarchy of needs, and geographical placements of mental health agencies and organizations. It's important for the mental health profession to support the Latino/Hispanic community through cultural awareness, cultural inclusivity, cultural humility, and cultural intentionality because their mental health matters.

This training will provide an overview of Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), will a focus on how the law works in Maryland. We aim to provide healthcare providers with the information they need to make informed decisions about whether to use this tool in their clinical practice. While healthcare providers can petition for ERPOs, most have not done so, and most do not even know that this tool exists. Attendees will emerge from this training with a better understanding of ERPOs and how they can help keep their patients safe from gun violence.

Gambling activities have expanded in Maryland and across the Country over the last 15 years with the most recent expansion through legalized sports betting at casinos and through mobile betting. It is anticipated that problem gambling behaviors will increase with more people exposed to gambling. This workshop will provide an overview of gambling activities in Maryland, an overview of problem gambling, tools to screen for disordered gambling, and resources for help available to Maryland residents.

Racial inequity has become central in the national conversation about physical and mental health care since the Covid-19 pandemic. We know that behavioral and mental health care can be impacted by one’s physical health. Historically marginalized groups that have been denied equitable access to healthcare also experience disproportionate risk of living with untreated behavioral and mental health condition. The constant exposure to the reality of health disparities across racial groups amplifies the need to make what has been invisible, visible. This workshop examines racial differences with the goal of promoting access to equitable care.