This Clinical Grand Rounds is designed to help mental health providers enhance their competencies to care for LGBTQ patients. This rounds will feature presentations by two of our local experts. Tamar Carmel, MD, is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry specializing in integrative care and community psychiatry. John Carter Brooks, MD is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Director for the ADHD Across the Lifespan Clinic at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital. Drs.Carmel and Carter Brooks will discuss the ways in which mental health care needs to be altered when treating LGBTQ people. On top of the mental health concerns they may already have, individuals in the LGBTQ community often also face additional stressors, such as societal prejudices and obstacles from healthcare providers. They will also outline the specific obstacles and stressors that LGBTQ people experience in their searches for mental health care, discuss the changes that need to occur both in mental health care settings and among health care providers, and offer suggestions for mental health care workers to better treat their LGBTQ patients.

Location. UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Auditorium.

For More Information. Please contact Frances Patrick (Telephone: 412-246-6787; Email: patrickfm@upmc.edu) 

Continuing Education Credit:  The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.  Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  Other health care professionals are awarded .15 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 1.5 contact hours.  In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials which will be distributed at the time of the conference.  WPIC is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists.  WPIC maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.  This program is being offered for 1.5 continuing education credits.

The indicated number of clock hours of continuing education is provided through Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC’s Office of Educational Resources and Planning, a PA-approved provider of social work continuing education in accordance with all the applicable educational and professional standards of the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist.  These clock hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC and LMFT renewal. For more information, call (412) 204-9085.