Wellbeing for LA Learning Center

Clinical Assessment and Management of Grave Disability

Type:

Training

Duration:

1 hour, 10 minutes

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

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Overview

This training continues to build the clinical knowledge base to effectively assess, document, and collaborate with other systems of care that involve grave disability. An ethical framework for how providers evaluate for grave disability, highlighting alternative placements for treatment to maintain the client’s self-determination whenever possible, is examined. Anytime session recorded on August 12, 2020.

Keywords: crisis and safety intervention, grave disability, trauma informed care

Public link for sharing: https://learn.wellbeing4la.org/detail?id=17105&k=1603850942

Learning objectives

Illustrate three ways to determine if a client meets criteria for grave disability based on clinical history and current presentation of mental and physical health
Identify multiple alternative levels of care for a client if a 5150 hold is not met after assessment is completed for grave disability

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