I just discovered this Community Psychiatry Podcast site today. A couple of days ago Dr. Emily Morse, DO, of The University of Iowa Health Care gave a 20-minute interview that outlines how the psychiatry department leverages community psychiatry outreach to address the challenges those experiencing homelessness face.
Introduction: “Emily Morse, DO, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa where she was first drawn to community-based care during her residency training. Her current clinical work spans a variety of settings which include outreach clinics embedded within local permanent supportive housing programs in partnership with Shelter House in Iowa City—an organization that provides comprehensive support services to help individuals move beyond homelessness. She also works as part of interdisciplinary teams that reach patients across Iowa, including one focused on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and another providing reproductive and perinatal mental health care. Along with her clinical work, she is active in medical education as a psychiatry clerkship co-director, and she enjoys working alongside residents and fellows while aiming to provide accessible, collaborative, and relationship-centered care.”
Dr. Morse provides a view of psychiatry that goes beyond the idea of scheduled appointments in the psychiatry clinic.
This is also a great way to get beyond the politicization of this issue we typically hear about in the national and local news almost every day.
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Community psychiatry doesn’t get enough press. And there is politicization and separate from that the politics necessary for funding. Most of the community mental health centers where I was trained and worked in have shut down. At the same time long term psychiatric beds have closed. Community psychiatry is a necessary service to treat people with dignity and help them stay housed – but they seem to have fewer resources than ever to do that.
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Well said. Community Psychiatry has come a long way at The University of Iowa since I was a resident.
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