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You Are Not Alone – African American Family Support Group

June 20, 2020 @ 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm

You Are Not Alone - African American Family Support Group

You Are Invited to Join the African American Family Support Group for an on-line meeting with featured speakers:

  • STEPHANIE LEWIS, LMFT, Division Director, Crisis Services for Alameda County Behavioral Health on “What Do You Do and Who Do You Call When Trouble is Brewing on the Home Front?”
  • Psychiatrist DR. LESTER LOVE on “The Souls of Black Folks: The Intersection of Race, Psychiatry, Medicine, and Pharmacology”

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

  • The Impact of Race and Racism on Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment;
  • Two Major Medical Conditions Disproportionately Affecting African American Patients with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness; and
  • Myths About Substance Use Disorders, African Americans and Psychiatric conditions.
  • If time permits — The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) — a Training for Family and Friends of Those with Serious and Persistent Illness.

 

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