River Point Behavioral Health Co-Sponsors Mental Health America Conference
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 28, 2010) – River Point Behavioral Health, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI) facility, co-sponsored the 2010 Mental Health America of Northeast Florida Conference on Opposition Defiant Disorder and the Family.The event took place on June 4 at the Jacksonville Marriott.
The four-hour training program focused on differential diagnosis and treatment of Oppositional Defiant Disorder from a behavioral and family systems perspective. Ross McDonough, a licensed clinical social worker and certified addiction professional in private practice in Neptune Beach, Fla., facilitated the event.McDonough also serves as an adjunct professor of social work at the University of North Florida.
More than 200 treating clinicians representing approximately 40 agencies throughout Northeast Florida attended the conference.
Four Continuing Education Units were offered for LCSWs, LMHCs and LMFTs who attended.
About River Point Behavioral Health
River Point Behavioral Health is a fully licensed, 99-bed private hospital specializing in the treatment of addictive, psychiatric and co-occurring disorders in adolescents and adults. The hospital is a Baker Act receiving facility. Treatment programs include inpatient drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation, psychiatric stabilization, residential programs, SIPP, PHP and IOP services. As a community service, the hospital provides free face-to-face assessments and referral services by appointment, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. River Point Behavioral Health is contracted with most managed care organizations, most Medicaid HMOs, Cenpatico, TRICARE and Medicare. The facility is licensed by the State of Florida and is accredited by The Joint Commission. For more information, please visit www.riverpointmediapsi.com
About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, please visit www.psychiatricsolutionsmedia.com
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