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Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health Preparatory Training
"15th Annual Margaret Van Horn Lecture: The Psychosis Risk Syndrome" featuring Cheryl Corcoran, MD, Columbia University
8th Annual Best Practices, Best Outcomes Conference
Mental Health Needs of Returning Veterans: A Journey of Healing and Hope - June 27, 2011
Summer 2011 Psychoeducation Program: For Families Who Have a Loved One with a Mental Illness
New Jersey's Inaugural Behavioral Health Care Quality Improvement Fair held on June 2, 2010 is a big success. Click here for more information and to view photos of the Fair.
New UBHC program for first psychotic episode
NJVET2VET: 24 hour/7-day a week helpline coordinated by UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare. More Information
New Jersey's Inaugural Behavioral Health Care Quality Improvement Fair held on June 2, 2010 is a big success. Click here for more information and to view photos of the Fair.
Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health Preparatory Training
14th Annual Margaret Van Horn Lecture "Mental Illness Stigma Outcomes in a Randomized Study of Peer-Led Recovery Education" featuring Susan Pickett, PhD from the University of Illinois-Chicago; June 3, 2010. Click here for more information and to register.
The 2010 Inaugural Behavioral Health Care Quality Improvement Fair (Governor Codey Award)
7th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference: Ethnocultural Variables in Youth Suicide: African American-Asian-Latino Perspectives
An Evening with Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison on September 30, 2009.
New Jersey Veterans Helpline 60 Day Reintegration Volunteer Training
University Correctional HealthCare
UMDNJ-UBHC to provide toll free help line, clinical services and peer support for New Jersey’s Veterans.
UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare Provides Free Support Groups for Anyone Affected by the Economic Crisis.
Partners for Excellence in Psychiatry (PEP): A Program that Touched a Nation. More...
UMDNJ-UBHC Provides Physical and Mental Healthcare for State Inmates. More...
UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare Provides Free Support Groups for Anyone Affected by the Economic Crisis. More...
Monday, May 4, 2009 - "Ask the Psychiatrist" by Theresa Miskimen, MD. Dr. Miskimen, Vice President for Medical Services at UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, will present a Q & A session on medications, treatment, and the latest in mental health issues. NAMI Middlesex County / IFSS Middlesex County Spring Speaker Series, 7:00 - 9:00PM, University Behavioral HealthCare, 671 Hoes Lane, Room D201, Piscataway, NJ. For more information please call 732-235-6184.
Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Serious Mental Illness. More...
Children in transition have a home in Piscataway (Home News Tribune Online, 12/21/07). More...
UBHC celebrates 7th Anniversary of the COP2COP Hotline, which serves New Jersey's law enforcement officers and their families. See page 2 of December's UMDNJRounds (http://www.umdnj.edu/about/rounds/pdf/Dec07.pdf) for details.
Psychologist Steven Silverstein, Ph.D., brings $3.4 million in research awards to UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare's Division of Schizophrenia Research. More...
UMDNJ-UBHC to provide toll free help line, clinical services and peer support for New Jersey's Veterans. This collaboration between UBHC and the Department of Military and Veteran Affairs will offer 24/7 toll free access to other veterans and clinicians for any vet or family member who is struggling with reentry back from Iraq or other post traumatic stress reactions. More...
University Program Revolutionizes Care for People Living with Mental Illness. More...
UBHC is empowering children and families affected by September 11th through an individualized, free, home based program that includes counseling, mentoring and connections to community resources. More...
2006 Child/Adolescent Case Conference. More...
Staff members from UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare's Cop2Cop spent three days last week providing critical incident crisis intervention services on-site to more than 200 officers in the New Orleans Police Department and also offered its confidential telephone hotline to any New Orleans officer who may need assistance. The Cop2Cop program, which was created five years ago with a grant from the New Jersey Department of Personnel, provides peer and clinical counseling services to New Jersey law enforcement officers.
Cherie Castellano, Program Director for Cop2Cop, was interviewed for an article in The Star-Ledger, December 29, 2005, for her work directing the Cop2Cop program and her outreach to law enforcement members dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. More...
Steve Sohnle, Psy.D., ABPP and Lee Hyer, Ed.D., ABPP published “Geropsychology: Old and New” in the Summer 2005 issue of “The Specialist,” a publication of the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Intensive Family Support Services of Middlesex County For Families Who Have a Loved One With a Mental Illness Fall 2005 Psychoeducation Program beginning Thursday, September 15, 2005. More... Direction
UMDNJ-UBHC to provide toll free help line, clinical services and peer support for New Jersey's Veterans. This collaboration between UBHC and the Department of Military and Veteran Affairs will offer 24/7 toll free access to other veterans and clinicians for any vet or family member who is struggling with reentry back from Iraq or other post traumatic stress reactions. More...
NAMI Middlesex County in collaboration with Intensive Family Support Services of Middlesex County (IFSS) invites you to attend their Fall Speaker Series on Monday evenings from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm. More... Direction
TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Third Annual Behavioral Health Care Update: Best Practices, Best Outcomes Using Evidence-Based Practice to Treat Individuals with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. More...
UBHC to provide mental health services in prisons statewide. The largest service contract ever awarded to UMDNJ (approx. $50 Million)was signed in Trenton on Tuesday. More...
Betty Vreeland tours with Linda Hamilton of Terminator movie fame, advocating for wellness initiatives that support the treatment of mental illness. Representing UBHC and the Center for Excellence in Psychiatry the two partnered in a media tour across the country to highlight wellness issues. More...
The following were presented at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, San Diego, CA:
- Peter Aupperle and Steve Sohnle presented a poster entitled "52 Week Follow-up of a Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Depakote ER Augmentation of Donepezil for Cognition, Hippocampal Volume and Behavior in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease," March 5, 2005.
- Steve Sohnle presented: "The Use of Combination Therapy to Improve the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease: Results of a Clinical Trial with a Mood Stabilizer and a Cholinesterase Inhibitor," in a symposium entitled "Improving the Management of Agitation in the Elderly: Results of New Research," March 6, 2005.
UBHC granted $2.5 million to support civilian victims of 9/11. Three years after the 9/11 tragedy, thousands of New Jersey residents – particularly those who commute to NYC – still experience trauma, anxiety, and grief as part of their daily lives. More...
Lee Hyer, EdD, Steven Sohnle, PsyD, Geriatric Services, University Behavioral HealthCare, and Deirdre Kramer, PhD, Rutgers University, published a paper entitled "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Older People: Alterations and the Value of the Therapeutic Alliance" in the journal Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 2004, volume 41(3), pages 276-291.
Performance Improvement Teams Transform Consumer Satisfaction at UBHC by Mike Gara, ED Barrett, and Richard Carr. More ...
New UBHC program "Pathways to Wellness" is highlighted in the Star Ledger for its goal of enhancing the physical well being of patients. More...
Paulette Hines, Ph.D. is the newly elected President of the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA), an international organization comprised of the leading theorists, researchers, trainers, and practitioners in the field of family and larger systems.
Rena Gitlitz, clinician administrator, extended care, presented at the statewide Supported Employment conference hosted by the Integrated Employment Institute and Career Connections of NJ. The efforts of UBHC to support pre-vocational programming in our Partial Hospital programs was applauded by the Division of Mental Health Services and conference attendees. Our Pre-Vocational program serves as a model across the state.
The Supported Housing Program has been awarded ten additional beds thorough a DMHS grant to provide Specialized Services to Special Populations. These 10 beds are targeted to serve the young adult population that is currently hospitalized in Trenton Psychiatric State Hospital. Potential residents will be offered clinical services through the South Brunswick Partial Hospital (Horizons) program that has a specialized young adult program in place.
Al Jekelis Ph.D, Director, Clinical Laboratory at UBHC, presented at the National Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association Conference on April 16, 2004 in Seattle. His talk was: "Smart Testing: Smart Solutions for Improving Your Return on Investment".
Dale Ofei-Ayisi, LCSW, Supervising Habilitation Counselor, Extended Treatment/Geriatrics, and Coordinator, Community Outreach and Liaison, COPSA Institute, UBHC, has been invited to attend an awards banquet on June 23, 2004, honoring recipients of the 2004 Johnson & Johnson/Rosalynn Carter Institute “Caregivers Program” grants. As a board member of Caregiver Volunteers of Central New Jersey (a Rosalynn Carter Institute-funded program), Ms. Ofei-Ayisi will be among those individuals recognized at this national event to be held at Johnson & Johnson headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ.