The Psychiatric Research Institute’s Six Bridges Clinic is hosting “Bridges to Breakthroughs: A Youth Substance Use Summit” June 25 and 26 at Ledbetter Hall in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Donaghey Student Center. The free, two-day event is designed for physicians, nurses, counselors, social workers, school-based health providers, and other professionals working with youth and adolescents. Attendees will gain evidence-based strategies for preventing substance use and learn integrated treatment approaches for young people facing co-occurring mental health disorders.
Guest Speakers
Founder and CEO of Hope Enrichment Center, PC
Chair of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and director of the Psychiatric Research Institute
Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UAMS and medical director of Six Bridges Clinic
Chief of the Division of Addiction Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School - keynote speaker
Professor of Psychiatry at UAMS and program director of the Center for Addiction Services and Treatment
Social worker at ACTive Minds Therapy & Consulting and certified Pre-Venture Pro-Trainer
Clinical therapist at UAMS' Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center
Senior vice president and chief mental and behavioral health officer at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, division chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UAMS and section chief of Pediatric Psychology in UAMS Department of Pediatrics
The summit is sponsored by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas, the Arkansas Department of Human Services’ Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health and UALR’s MidSOUTH, the community service unit of the College of Business, Health and Human Services.
There is no cost to attend the “Bridges to Breakthroughs” summit and all attendees can receive continuing medical education (CME) credit for their participation in this activity. To register for the summit, go to http://www.midsouth.ualr.edu/wconnect/ace/CourseStatus.awp?&course=C26C001.