PA Senator Bob Mensch
Visits MCES
On February 1, State Senator Bob Mensch came to MCES and met with Rocio Nell, MD, CEO/Medical Director, other members of MCES’s administrative staff, and MCES Board member, Cliff Rogers EdD, Superintendent of the Perkiomen Valley School District, for a wide-ranging discussion of mental health needs and services.
Topics given particular attention included MCES's increasing crisis contacts with elders and Veterans, the impact of state hospital downsizing and state budget cuts to behavioral health programs on aftercare for individuals with serious mental illness, and MCES's work with police, the mental health court, and the criminal justice system in general.
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MCES Collaborates with
Survivors of Suicide
Over the past 10-12 years, MCES has not only increased its efforts in suicide prevention, it has become more involved with suicide postvention. Postvention involves informational, support, and referral services for individuals who have experienced a suicide.
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MCES Presents at Psychiatric Grand Rounds at Geisinger Medical Center
The problem of suicidal behavior after an inpatient psychiatric discharge and MCES's efforts to reduce the risk of suicide among the more than 2600 discharges yearly from our hospital were the topics of a presentation by Tony Salvatore at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, in January.
Tony spoke to an audience of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, therapists, social workers, and other clinicians representing the three community hospital-based psychiatric inpatient units and a geripsychiatric unit at four Geisinger facilities in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Tony reviewed the literature on post-discharge suicide and some of the measures that MCES has adopted to address the problem. A copy of Tony's presentation, “Post-discharge Suicidal Behavior Risk,” is available by clicking here.
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