The Consequences of Writing about One’s Mental Illness
The Consequences of Writing about One’s Mental Illness
Monday, February 23, 2009, 4:00 – 5:00pm
LPPI Auditorium (Room 190), 401 Parnassus Ave.
Presenter:
Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Educational Objectives:
At the end of this lecture, the audience will
- Have a greater understanding of the risks of public disclosure of mental illness.
§ Have a better understanding of the complexity of responses of colleagues.
§ Have a better understanding of benefits of public disclosure.
Audience: Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended for a professional audience.
This UCSF CME educational activity was planned and developed to uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.
Accreditation Statement:
1) The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
UCSF designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA) Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
2) Nursing: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.
3) Psychology: This educational activity is recognized by the California Board of Psychology as meeting the continuing education requirements toward license renewal for California psychologists. Psychologists are responsible for reporting their own attendance to the California Board of Psychology. Psychologists from other states should check with their respective licensing board.
4) MFTs and LCSWs: This course meets the qualifications on an hour-for-hour basis of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (Approval #PCE1272).
5) Pharmacy: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.TM
Commercial Support: None
Faculty Disclosure: The following moderators and planning committee members have disclosed NO financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with commercial companies who has provided products or services relating presentation(s) or commercial support for this continuing medical education activity: William Byerley, MD, Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD, Carol Mathews, MD, Elinore McCance-Katz, MD, PhD, Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD.
Cultural and Linguistic Competence: This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, continuing education and cultural linguistic competency.
Certificates: Certificates of attendance automatically will be mailed to participants at the address provided at sign-in on a semi-annual basis. The next mailing will be at the end of June 2009.
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