Speaker: Steve Adelsheim, MD
Director, Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, & Family/Community Medicine,
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Medical Director/Principal Investigator, Early Assessment and Resource Linkages for Youth program, Albuquerque, NM
Description:*CHILD PSYCHIATRY GRAND ROUNDS*
At Grand Rounds, Dr. Adelsheim will discuss the Institute of Medicine’s 2009 report on “Preventing Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People.” He will speak about changing the approach to mental disorders, the world’s leading cause of disability, to one of health promotion and prevention by implementing screening and early intervention efforts. He will describe the Early Assessment and Resource Linkages for Youth (EARLY) project, a program he directs in Albuquerque that targets school personnel, community and medical personnel, and the general population to educate them about the signs of mental illness, especially the serious mental disorders of depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The EARLY program also involves screening and referral services, and treatment through multi-family groups, school/ employment support, and other evidence-based methods. He will discuss specific challenges the EARLY program faced in connecting children and adolescents with mental health services in Albuquerque.
Dr. Adelsheim’s Webinar presentation will describe the EARLY program while also focusing on practical ways to develop mental health service capacity for youth in rural communities. He will discuss the use of telehealth models to support rural primary care and mental health providers in school-based health centers and other health/mental health settings.
BIO: Steven Adelsheim, M.D., is a child psychiatrist. Currently, he is professor of Psychiatry, Family/Community Medicine, and Pediatrics at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. He is also a consultant to the New Mexico Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative through the New Mexico Department of Human Services (HSD). He is the former School Mental Health Officer for the New Mexico Department of Health. Dr. Adelsheim is a nationally recognized consultant in the field of school mental health, working with many city, state, national and federal programs. He has served for the last four years as the co-chair of the Committee on Schools of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In 2005, he received the AACAP’s Irving Phillips Award for significant contributions to the field of prevention of mental illnesses in children and adolescents. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and an M.D. from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.