Understanding Grave Disability

Type:
  Training
Duration:
1 hour, 11 minutes
CE credits:
Not currently offered
Presented by:
DMH + UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership
Featuring:
Elizabeth Bromley, MD, PhD
Series:
Grave Disability
Relevant categories:
Behavioral Health Community Mental Health Severe Mental Illness
  Access requires that you create an account or login.

Overview

This training introduces the concepts that inform decision-making about whether an individual meets the criteria for grave disability. The history and intent of the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act and the development of community-based mental health treatment are briefly addressed. Finally, the training reviews scenarios in homeless outreach that can lead a team or outreach specialist to consider whether an individual is gravely disabled. Anytime session recorded on June 26, 2024.

  Keywords: crisis and safety intervention, grave disability, trauma informed care
  Public link for sharing: https://learn.wellbeing4la.org/detail?id=17104&k=1603850928  
Copied!

Learning objectives

  • Describe the ethical context in which grave disability deliberations occur
  • Describe the intent of the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act and how it relates to the definition of grave disability
  • List 2 clinical components of establishing grave disability (e.g., interpreting motives and assessing abilities)
  • Explain the clinician’s role as it relates to supporting individuals who may be gravely disabled

Attachments

  This resource has attachments. To view them, login or sign up.

Added on 10/28/2020