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    MTS5 - Including SUD Treatment and Street Psychiatry When Serving Populations Experiencing Homelessness

    Tuesday, May 6, 2025
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Location: 113C
    ACCME APA NY-SW NY-MHC NADAAC NBCC
    Join this presentation to learn more about Street Psychiatry initiatives including the differential SUD treatment role Street Psychiatry might play amongst health entities and initiatives in a typical community, the challenges and potential advantages in advocating for a Street Psychiatry program in a community with few social programs and a budget crisis due to People Experiencing Homelessness and how ethical interpretations of rights impacts both program success measures as well as individual/population health measures and targets.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Describe 3 program attributes of successful Street Psychiatry initiatives.
    • Contrast and compare the differential SUD treatment role Street Psychiatry might play amongst health entities and initiatives in a typical community
    • Discuss the challenges and potential advantages in advocating for a Street Psychiatry program in a community with few social programs and a budget crisis due to PEH ED utilization (PEH=People Experiencing Homelessness)
    • Discuss how ethical interpretations of PEH rights impacts both program success measures aa well as individual/population health measures and targets.