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Past Behavioral Health Best Practices Podcasts
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The University of Colorado’s Alzheimer's and Cognition Center is part of the School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and offers clinical care and clinical research through a collaboration between the University of Colorado and the UC Health System. The Center uses a team approach with laboratory research scientists and neurology clinicians all working collaboratively on the science and treatments of neurodegenerative diseases. The Memory Disorders Clinic, headed by Dr Holden, is a key component of the Alzheimer’s and Cognition Center at the University of Colorado.I’m a paragraph. For more information visit https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/alzheimer/clinic.
The University of Colorado School of Medicine in partnership with UC Health has created the Adult Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Clinic as a compliment to the work with children at Children's Hospital Colorado. The clinic offers coordinated health care for adults with developmental disabilities and support for their families. Dr Jessica Solomon Sanders is a behavioral neurologist specializing in neurodevelopmental disabilities to include brain development in children as well as brain changes in older adults and discusses some of the larger issues the clinic addresses. Visit https://www.cumedicine.us/specialties/neurodevelopmental-disabilities-neurology for more information about the work the CU School of Medicine is doing in the field of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities.
The University of Colorado Neuro-Behavior and Memory Disorders Clinics, part of the University of Colorado Alzheimer's and Cognition Center, strives to provide the best diagnosis and treatment for memory problems and dementia in adults with Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome, traumatic brain injury, and other neurological problems. They also provide the potential opportunity to participate in clinical research trials, which enhance knowledge of disease processes and improve diagnosis and treatment. For more information visit https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/neurology/patient-info/neurobehavior-memory-disorders.
Posterior Cortical Atrophy or PCA is a condition of the brain that progressively worsens over time and affects areas in the brain that process visual information. Symptoms vary with the person, but the most common presentation at onset is simply having difficulty seeing despite a healthy eye examination. PCA is prevalent in Alzheimer’s disease and some other forms of dementia. Discussing PCA is Dr Victoria Pelak, Professor of Neurology & Ophthalmology at the CU School of Medicine with subspecialty fellowship training in Neuro-Ophthalmology and subspecialty certification in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry. She specializes in assessing and treating patients with visual problems related to neurological diseases. For more information visit https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/neurology/patient-info/neuro-ophthalmology
The Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research is regarded as one of the best places to conduct research that includes women and considers the distinct but linked concepts of sex (biological) and gender (social) differences. They mentor and fund the next generation of researchers, supporting their cutting-edge research on issues that pose a significant threat to women’s health – cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and the intersection of mental health and physical health in those diseases. Presenting an overview is the Ludeman Center’s Co-Founder and Director, Dr Judy Regensteiner. She is also on the NIH's Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health. As the Ludeman Center’s director, Dr. Regensteiner leads an interdisciplinary team of nearly 90 researchers who focus on women's health and sex differences research. For more information visit https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/center-for-womens-health-research
Project CARE is a research study on emotions and caregivers' health for dementia family caregivers. The purpose of this research study is to understand the factors that influence compliance with social distancing recommendations during the pandemic. In addition, this study aims to understand how negative emotions along with social distancing requirements influence family caregivers' confidence in their ability to provide high-quality care for their relatives with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information visit https://bmed.rice.edu/.
The Wellness Court was established in 2016 with the goal to increase public safety, reduce recidivism, and lower the costs of incarceration by holding defendants in the Municipal Court whose criminal behavior is affected by mental illness accountable, and assisting them to achieve long term stability, self-sufficiency, and become law-abiding community members. As part of the Court's community outreach, Presiding Judge Shawn Day states “I’m open to meeting with any community leader to discuss any concern they have,” Day said. “We can do a better job of communicating with them and sitting down at the table and listening to what the concerns are, why people are losing trust and confidence in the court.”
The mission of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA) is to promote the mental health and well being of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Since its founding, NAAPIMHA strives to raise awareness of the role of mental health in an individual’s health and well-being, especially in Asian American Pacific Islander communities throughout the country. For more information visit https://www.naapimha.org/.
Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation funds the brightest US researchers to change what’s possible for cerebral palsy. They are the foremost organization in the world that solely focuses on cerebral palsy research. CP is the most common lifelong physical disability in the world and it is one of the most underfunded. They find, fund, and support the researchers who positively reshape what it’s like to live with CP. For more information visit https://cparf.org/.
The Center for Trauma & Resilience provides an immediate response to a crime victim’s call for help. Formally known as the Denver Center for Crime Victims, they offer services that include 24-hour hotlines, referrals, assistance with emergency services, victim advocacy, crisis counseling, case management, and community outreach and education. For more information visit https://traumahealth.org/.
The Aurora Mental Health & Recovery (formally Aurora Mental Health Center) is a non-profit community mental health center serving the City of Aurora. They provide a continuum of prevention, treatment intervention and wrap around recovery support services for children, families and older adults to over 25,000 individuals annually. For morer information visit https://www.auroramhr.org/.
The University of Denver’s Colorado Resilience Collaborative (CRC) was awarded a two-year grant by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) in 2020 and was selected in 2021 to undergo an independent evaluation by RTI International. The review included the CRC’s grant design, implementation, accomplishments, challenges, and relevant recommendations for future programming in Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP). After completing an evaluability assessment, a process evaluation was conducted on the CRC’s FY2020 TVTP grant, the findings of which are detailed in this report. The research team examined the processes the CRC followed when implementing this grant to learn what mechanisms may contribute to a project’s effectiveness and detail project accomplishments at the output level. For a PDF of the complete report click HERE.