Past Seminars

Seminar 6: Health Care Issues for People with Psychiatric or Developmental Disabilities

This seminar covered health care issues for people with psychiatric or developmental disabilities in hospital assessments and referrals including emergency room triage

Segment 1 – Current Legal Framework (Equality): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B72Kf3jABLA

Segment 2 – Emergency Care & Ability to Pay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqlfSZ0csaI

Segment 3 – Mandatory Reporting & Involuntary Holds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn51ssye20E

This Seminar was held on Thursday May 5, 2005 at the California State Building, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California

Speakers:

 

Triage Specialist and Emergency Room Doctor:  Loren Johnson, M.D., Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. Fellow of the AmericanCollege of Emergency Physicians,  Past Chair, California Commission to Preserve Emergency Care

 

Psychiatrist:  Bernard Sklar, M.D., M. S., Board Certified in Psychiatry and Family Medicine

 

Mental Health Attorney and Advocate:  Pamela Cohen, Esq., Protection and Advocacy, Inc.

 

Moderator: Steven Bruce, Executive Director of People With Disabilities Foundation