Recognizing and Responding to Risk for Psychosis in College Students

Michelle Friedman-Yakoobian, Ph.D and Colette Potts, LMFT

Join Dr. Friedman-Yakoobian and Colette Potts in this talk geared toward high school counselors, social workers, and psychologists about how to recognize risk for psychosis in High School Students and how to respond.

This talk will also provide credits for continuing education. Please click here to sign up!

About the Conference

This two-day hybrid conference will explore progress and updates on the Massachusetts Strategic Plan for Early Psychosis (Mass-STEP). Our theme this year is Scaling Up: Access & Equity for Psychosis, and will explore strategies to expand the reach of high-quality psychosis services across Massachusetts. This effort includes partners from many different backgrounds, including individuals and families, government stakeholders, researchers, clinicians, teachers, faith leaders, emergency responders, and all others who are invested in improving our statewide system of care for psychosis.

Click here to view the announcement for this conference.

Recognizing and Responding to Risk for Psychosis in High School Students

Michelle Friedman-Yakoobian, Ph.D and Colette Potts, LMFT

Join Dr. Friedman-Yakoobian and Colette Potts in this talk geared toward high school counselors, social workers, and psychologists about how to recognize risk for psychosis in High School Students and how to respond.

This talk will also provide credits for continuing education. Please click here to sign up!

About Youth Villages:

Youth Villages provides help for children and young people across the United States who face a wide range of emotional, mental and behavioral problems. We work to find solutions using proven treatment models that strengthen the child’s family and support systems and dramatically improve their long-term success. Youth Villages directly helps tens of thousands of young people and their families every year and increases our impact through partnerships and advocacy.

Barbara C. Walsh, PhD has been a faculty member of PIER Training Institute since 2015.  Dr. Walsh is the Clinical Coordinator of the Prime Research Clinic at Yale University School of Medicine. She, in concert with Thomas H. McGlashen, designed, developed and tested the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS) that is the gold-standard for the early identification of prodromal symptoms. In addition to her on-going responsibilities at Yale, she has become the internationally recognized trainer in the use of this interviewing technique.

Barbara C. Walsh, PhD has been a faculty member of PIER Training Institute since 2015.  Dr. Walsh is the Clinical Coordinator of the Prime Research Clinic at Yale University School of Medicine. She, in concert with Thomas H. McGlashen, designed, developed and tested the Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes (SIPS) that is the gold-standard for the early identification of prodromal symptoms. In addition to her on-going responsibilities at Yale, she has become the internationally recognized trainer in the use of this interviewing technique.