5130.0 Mental Health and Occupational Health: Improved Consumer, Community and Staff Safety

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 12:30 PM
Oral
The participant in this session will be able to recognize and describe the regulatory, legal, and policy issues affecting safety in mental health settings.
Session Objectives: The participant in this session, co-sponsored by the Mental Health and Occupational Health sections, will be able to recognize and describe the regulatory, legal, and policy issues affecting safety in mental health settings.
Moderator:
Kathleen McPhaul, PhD, MPH, RN

12:30 PM
Workplace Approaches to Addressing Mental Health Problems: Service Use in EAPs and Integrated Behavioral Health Plans
Elizabeth L. Merrick, PhD, Dominic Hodgkin, PhD and Constance M. Horgan, ScD
12:50 PM
SESSION ABSTRACT - Uniting Mental Health and Occupational Health Advocates for Improved Consumer, Community and Staff Safety
Kate McPhaul, PhD, MPH, RN, Jonathan Rosen, MPH, CIH, Paolo Delvecchio, Matt London, MS and Jane Lipscomb, PhD, RN
1:10 PM
OSHA's response to employee risk for workplace violence in psychiatric hospitals
Elise Handelman, RN, MEd, FAAOHN
1:30 PM
A Field Study Following the Death of a Community Mental Health Worker in a Consumer's Home
Kate McPhaul, PhD, MPH, RN, Matt London, MS, Jane Lipscomb, PhD, RN and Jonathan Rosen, MPH, CIH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Mental Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Occupational Health and Safety

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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