Coping with Hope 2015
May 13 @ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
The Los Angeles HIV Mental Health Task Force invites nurses and mental health practitioners to a free symposium addressing mental health needs of PLW/HIV/AIDS in the third decade of the pandemic.
Agenda
07:30 – 08:00 Registration – Breakfast
08:00 – 08:30 Introduction/Evaluations/Welcome | Tom Donohoe, MBA, Christina Ghaly, MD
08:30 –09:30 Substance Abuse Treatment & Changing Payers | Jim Peck, PsyD
09:30 – 10:30 Medical Update | Mark Katz, MD
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:00 Changes from the ACA | Aaron Fox, MPA
12:00 – 01:00 Lunch
01:00 – 02:10 Breakout Sessions I
- Hep C Treament: Why & How | Ardis Moe, MD
- Trauma & HIV | Keiko Lane, MFT
- Transgender Issues | Jae Sevelius, PhD
- MediCal, ACA, Mental Health & HIV | panel
- PrEP; Why & How | Ruben Gamundi, MD
- Mindful Self Care | Joni Lavick, MFT
- Communicating with the LA County Jail | Martha Tadesse, RN
02:10 – 02:25 Break
02:25 – 03:35 Breakout Sessions II
03:35 – 04:15 Familial Homophobia and HIV | Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman | Familial Homophobia & HIV
04:15 – 04:30 Wrap Up/Evaluation/Raffle
Los Angeles County HIV Mental Health Task Force 