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Continuing the Community Conversation: How the Focus on Economic Growth and Prosperity (the “new” capitalism) Undermines Mental Health and Ways Therapists Can Advocate for Change

  • Fri, October 21, 2022
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • A Zoom Presentation

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Desert–CAMFT
presents:

Continuing
the Community Conversation:
How the Focus on Economic Growth
and Prosperity (the “new” capitalism)
Undermines Mental Health and Ways
Therapists Can Advocate for Change

Presented by

Anna Zeira, PhD

A Zoom Presentation

Friday, October 21, 2022
12:00 pm–1:00 pm

1.0 CEU

Presentation Description

Earlier this year, Desert CAMFT presented on how private equity corporations, in the service of “new” capitalism, are helping to change the way therapist work and earn a living. In continuing this conversation we are now highlighting the impact of “new” capitalism on our clients. Rates of mental illness have increased dramatically over the past 15 years in the United States and life expectancy continues to decline due to increases in suicide, opioid overdose, and alcoholic. One contributor to these changes are due to new and growing ideologies in capitalism. The “new” capitalism promotes eliminating all restrictions on the market and decreasing government assistance programs. Results of these policies have led to income inequality, disempowerment of workers, outsourcing of manufacturing jobs, inadequate social services, mass incarceration and an expensive and ineffective healthcare system.

Measurable Objectives

  1. Understand what “new” capitalism is and how it impacts mental health and therapists in the United States
  2. Understand how changes in government policy contribute to changes in mental health services
  3. Understand how the “new” capitalism changes mental health for the US population
  4. Discuss two significant ways that mental health providers can advocate for meaningful change

Presenter Bio

Anna Zeira, PhD, is a resident at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt School of Psychiatry. She is pursuing a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship and coordinates specialty care for first episode psychosis. She attended medical school at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and was an AmeriCorps service member.

Registration closes on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 8pm. A link to this Zoom presentation will be sent in a confirmation email. Reminder emails are sent to all registrants who register by October 20, 2022.

Cost:

$20 Desert-CAMFT Members
$25 for Non-members
$10 for Prelicensed

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