The Business of Mental Health and Its Abandonment of the Mentally Ill

Nicholas Rosenlicht, MD • Volunteer Clinical Professor • Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences • UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• List three factors that contributed to the ascendency of the profit-driven American healthcare system
• List three ways the U.S. healthcare system is inferior to that of other advanced nations
• List four ways those with psychiatric illness receive inferior care to those with physical illness
• List three ways clinicians can modify their approach to clinical care to improve the effectiveness of psychiatric treatment in the U.S.

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In addition to the Pritzker Building, DPBS members can also watch this event live at Mount Zion (Room B730) and ZSFG (Bldg. 5, Room 7E12), as well as on Zoom (psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds).

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers.

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for physicians, psychologists, nurses, and therapists who participate in this activity.