67: Addressing Mental Health Disability in Unsheltered Homelessness: Outpatient Conservatorship in Los Angeles Psychiatric Services From Pages to Practice

Elizabeth Bromley, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the use of outpatient conservatorship in the effort to address mental health disability among unsheltered homeless persons in Los Angeles County, California.
00:00    Introduction 03:04     Homelessness in Los Angeles County, California 09:04     The paper and services 11:39     Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorship 13:44     Outpatient conservatorship (OPC) pilot program 15:54     Skepticism 18:48     Beyond conservatorship: other aspects of the program 22:34     Initial evaluation 25:21     Quantitative measures 28:33     Coordination Transcript
 
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