Grand Rounds | Office of Correctional Medicine
Reducing Suicide Risk by Enhancing Resilience
Presented by the SIU School of Medicine Office of Correctional Medicine
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Sharen Barboza, Ph D.
Dr. Sharen Barboza is an internationally recognized expert in correctional mental health. She is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York and Florida with over 25 years of experience working with individuals in institutional settings. Sharen started her career as a psychologist at the maximum-security women’s correctional facility in New York, eventually being promoted to Chief Psychologist for the only psychiatric hospital serving incarcerated individuals within the state’s prison system. She provided leadership in managing mental health care in prisons and jails throughout the country with a private healthcare company for over a decade. Today, she monitors the mental health care of incarcerated individuals and provides training as well as program and behavioral management consultation. Her expertise includes suicide prevention, crisis management, self-injury reduction, trauma-informed care, professional boundaries, quality management, and staff wellness. She has published on suicide risk factors, dementia in corrections, treatment outcomes with individuals in restrictive housing, as well as the reduction of self-injury. She holds a master’s degree in Experimental Psychology from Tufts University, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and is certified in Wholebeing Positive Psychology.
Those participating in this activity will be able to:
- Define the concept of resilience.
- Demonstrate the relationship between resilience and suicide risk.
- Identify at least three strategies for increasing resilience among incarcerated patients.
Disclosures:
None of the speakers, planners, or course directors have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
ACCREDITATION and CREDIT DESIGNATION:
Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
SIU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
SIU School of Medicine is preapproved as a continuing nursing education provider pursuant to Section 1300.130, subsection c), 1), B) and P) of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Nurse Practice Act. Nurses may receive a maximum of 1.0 contact hour for completing this activity.
SIU School of Medicine has been approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as a provider of continuing education for social workers (license #159-000106), clinical psychologists (license # 268-000008), professional counselors/clinical counselors (license #197-000073), nursing home administrators (license # 199-000121), and dietitians/nutrition counselors (license # 199-000106). This program offers a maximum of 1.0 CE hour.
DISCLOSURE POLICY
It is the policy of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine that speakers, planners and anyone in control of content disclose real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this activity, and also disclose discussions of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). The SIU School of Medicine Office of Continuing Professional Development has policies in place that will identify and mitigate all conflicts of interest prior to this activity. Detailed disclosure will be provided prior to the start of the activity.
