UCSF-Stanford Community Education Day for Psychosis

The UCSF Path Program for Early Pscyhosis and the Stanford INSPIRE Clinic are excited to welcome you to our annual community education day for psychosis, where we host a series of talks and presentations covering a range of topics about mental health and psychosis. You can view the full event schedule below. This free event is for service users, families, young adults and individuals with lived experience of psychosis community, allies and providers.

This year our event include one day online and one day in person. The first day of the event, Friday, September 9, 2022, will be held virtually with select talks recorded. The second day of the event, Saturday, September 10, 2022, will be held in-person at the Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building, UCSF's new light-filled psychiatry treatment and research center located in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood. You can register for one or both days and you're welcome to attend for as long as your schedule allows. 

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Community Education Day Schedule

Friday, September 9 (online only): 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM

• My Story of Strength: Overcoming Stigma and Finding Purpose, Carlos Larrauri APRN, Clinician, Speaker and Advocate
• Families supporting families: CBTp informed skills for caregivers, Kate Hardy ClinPsychD, Clinical Professor, Co-Director of INSPIRE clinic Stanford University, CA
• Difficult Medication Decisions: What we know and what we don't know, Demian Rose, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the UCSF Path Program UCSF, CA) Moderator: Jacob S. Ballon MD, MPH, Clinical Professor, Co-Director of INSPIRE clinic Stanford University, CA
• Update on Psychosis Risk Syndrome Research: Recent Findings and Major Initiatives, Daniel Mathalon PhD, MD, Professor, Researcher, Executive Director of the UCSF Path Program
• A lived experience perspective, Drew Musa, Peer specialist, Co-creator and Co-host of The Black Peer Perspective Podcast, Moderated by Shoshana Green LMFT, UCSF CA

Saturday, September 10 (in-person only): 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

(Coffee, beverages and snacks will be provided. Registration will occur from 8:30-9:00 AM)

• Overview of UCSF Path Program and Stanford INSPIRE Clinic services, Daniel Mathalon MD, PhD, UCSF, CA, Kate Hardy ClinPsychD and Jacob S. Ballon MD, MPH, Stanford University, CA
• Returning to work/school, legal rights, Monet Burpee, ReMind, Felton Institute
• Exercise and Wellness, Jacob S. Ballon MD, MPH, Stanford University, CA
• Recovery Stories Panel, Lived experience community participants, moderated by Katherine Eisen Ph.D Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Assistant Professor, INSPIRE clinic, Stanford University, CA
• Express Yourself Art Show, Lived Experience community, curated by Shoshana Green LMFT, UCSF, CA
• Overview of Local Community Agencies Supporting Individuals Living with Psychosis
• Community Organization and social gathering space!

*A note on parking at the UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Building: The Pritzker Building is served by the following Muni routes: T, 48, 55, 15, and 22. Plan your Muni trip here. There are parking garages, surface lots and limited street parking. Allow at least 10-15 minutes to look for parking and 10 minutes to walk from garages to the building. Parking lot cost: $5/hr.