Webinar: Best Practices for Developing Survivorship Plans for Behavioral Health Populations

Date: Tuesday, August 8^th, 2:00pm – 4:00 pm ET

Description

Many cancer patients experience psychological distress due to existing behavioral health concerns or concerns brought about by the cancer diagnosis. As such, it is important for survivors and providers to be equipped with practical tools and resources to create an individualized action plan for survivorship. This webinar will explore the development of patient-centered survivorship plans to further increase outcomes and enhance the quality-of-life of patients in the behavioral health population.

Learning Objectives

By the conclusion of this webinar participants will be able to:

1. Define quality survivorship and how can it be survivor centered and tailored to the needs of behavioral health populations.
2. Identify at least two resources to enhance the quality of life of people living with cancer and behavioral health conditions.
3. Outline some key elements for the development of a patient-centered treatment plan for behavioral health populations.

Register here: https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1153665&tp_key=57be0c60df

Presenters

• Robin Cox Primary Prevention Services Coordinator Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services Hartford Four-year Partnership member 
• Elyse Park, PhD, MPH, Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (Best Practices for treating psychosocial needs of cancer survivors and their families)
• Patricia Anne Ganz, MD, UCLA School of Medicine UCLA School of Public Health, Director of Cancer Prevention and Control Research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (leads the scientific program focused on Patients and Survivors – major areas of research include cancer survivorship)
• Jamie Alexis Cohen, PsyD, UCSF, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Cobie Whitten, PhD, Psycho-Oncology Consultant, Harmony Hill Retreat Center and co-chairs the Survivorship, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Taskforce of Washington CARES About Cancer. (Best practices developing survivorship services for cancer patients and their families at all points along the cancer continuum.)
• Elizabeth Harvey, PhD, Psycho-Oncologist, Research Associate, Memorial Sloan Kettering Former Director of the American Psychosocial Society Referral Helpline, a free nation-wide service that provides referrals for cancer patients to mental health professionals with cancer experience in their communities. (http://www.lizharvey.net/about/)