{"id":6398,"date":"2019-08-02T10:06:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/?p=6398"},"modified":"2019-08-02T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T14:07:39","slug":"va-psychology-education-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/psychiatry\/2019\/08\/02\/va-psychology-education-day\/","title":{"rendered":"VA Psychology Education Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" data-file-id=\"3536121\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/7ca917ec195446e3aa8f6bcdc\/_compresseds\/7b13aa7c-b93a-4137-a5f0-b917b2d1d736.jpg\" width=\"310\" \/><br \/>\n<span><em>John Renner, MD, speaking about preparing clinicians to treat opiate addiction.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" data-file-id=\"3536125\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/7ca917ec195446e3aa8f6bcdc\/_compresseds\/65c998ef-9d41-449e-b855-c3a4f186c11a.jpg\" width=\"310\" \/><br \/>\nJessica Graham-LoPresti, PhD speaking about\u00a0the mental health in communities of color.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" align=\"left\" data-file-id=\"3536117\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/7ca917ec195446e3aa8f6bcdc\/images\/c6798df1-799b-476a-a436-ba431c97aafb.jpg\" width=\"140\" \/>On Wednesday, June 19, the Psychology Service at VA Boston Healthcare System held its annual Psychology Education Day, a day long continuing education conference. This year\u2019s theme was \u201cStigma and Mental Health\u201d.\u00a0 We hosted four outstanding key speakers.\u00a0 Two external, guest speakers were Phillip Yanos, PhD\u00a0of John Jay College, CUNY, who spoke about, \u201cHow do people diagnosed with mental illness become \u2018written off\u2019?\u201d and Jessica Graham-LoPresti, PhD, of Suffolk University who discussed, \u00a0\u201cThe Mental Health Consequences of Stigma and Oppression for Individuals and Communities of Color\u201d.\u00a0 Additionally, our own BU Associate Professor of Psychiatry<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Dawne Vogt, PhD<\/strong>\u00a0spoke about Mental Health Stigma among Veterans, \u00a0and BU Professor of Psychiatry,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>John Renner, MD<\/strong>\u00a0discussed, \u201cPreparing Clinicians to Treat Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: Reversing the Impact of Stigma.\u201d\u00a0 Following key note presentations, concurrent breakout sessions were offered by BU faculty and VA professional staff members including:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Claire Burgess, PhD, Eve Davison, PhD, Kimberlye Dean, M.A., Nicholas Livingston, PhD, Juliette Mcclendon-Iacovino, PhD, Jillian Shipherd, PhD, Colleen Sloan, PhD, Dawne Vogt, PhD<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>(pictured here),\u00a0<strong>Julie Weismoore, PhD,\u00a0Sarah Williston, PhD<\/strong>\u00a0and guest, Tahirah Abdullah, PhD, from UMass Boston. Over 100 VA Boston HCS psychology staff and trainees were in attendance for this extremely informative and successful day. A special thanks to our organizing committee,<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Eve Davison, PhD, Scott Litwack, PhD\u00a0Amy Silberbogen, PhD, ABPP, Colleen Sloan, PhD, Dawne Vogt, PhD, and Risa Weisberg, PhD,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and to<strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>Steve Lancey, PhD, Marie Foley, Marcquis Johnson,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Neysa Wright<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>for technical and logistical arrangements, and to all our speakers and presenters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; John Renner, MD, speaking about preparing clinicians to treat opiate addiction. Jessica Graham-LoPresti, PhD speaking about\u00a0the mental health in communities of color.\u00a0On Wednesday, June 19, the Psychology Service at VA Boston Healthcare System held its annual Psychology Education Day, a day long continuing education conference. 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