Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on the Field of Mental Health (6 CEUs)
When: Friday, November 15th, 2024 – 8 am to 5:30 pm
Where: Lake House Reception Center – Baton Rouge
Format: In-person or Virtual through Zoom
Presenters: Dr. Vaile Wright and Dr. William McCown
Please join us back at the Lake House Reception Center in Baton Rouge for our annual fall workshop! LPA is excited to announce that Dr. Vaile Wright, clinical psychologist and Senior Director for the Office of Health Care Innovation at APA, will be presenting for the first half of the day, and Louisiana’s own Dr. William McCown, clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, will be presenting for the second half of the day. Breakfast, lunch, and all-day coffee service are included with your registration. An optional networking happy hour will take place after the workshop. If you are unable to attend in person the workshop will be available in real time through Zoom.
Presenters:
Vaile Wright, Ph.D. 
Vaile Wright, PhD is the Senior Director for the Office of Health Care Innovation at the American Psychological Association. She is a licensed psychologist and researcher focusing on developing strategies to leverage technology and data to address issues within health care including increasing access, measuring care, improving efficiencies and optimizing treatment delivery at both the individual and systems level. She has maintained an active line of research with peer-reviewed articles in multiple journals and serves as a media spokesperson for APA.
William McCown, Ph.D.
William McCown, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and professor and administrator at the University of Louisiana Monroe. He is the co-author or editor of 10 professional books and over 150 articles or professional presentations. He has consulted with the health care and the private sector regarding data analytics, machine learning, expert systems, and artificial intelligence for over 19 years. A principal interest of his is empowering people from historically disempowered groups to access education and mental health services, including new technologies.
Schedule of Events:
8:00 – 8:45 – Registration and breakfast
8:45 – 12:00 – Dr. Wright (15-minute break)
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 4:15 – Dr. McCown (15-miute break)
4:15 – 5:45 – Networking Happy Hour
*Breakfast and lunch included with the registration fee
Early Bird Pricing:
$150 for full members, $200 for non-members
$25 for student members, $40 for student non-members
*Early Bird registration is available through Friday, November 1, 2024. Afterward, pricing increases by $50 (by $10 for students).
Presentation Information:
Vaile Wright, Ph.D.
Addressing the Mental Health Crisis with Technology and AI
Multiple solutions are necessary to address the mental health crisis in the US, including the role of technology and artificial intelligence. Mental health digital tools have the potential to increase and expand access and options to care and improve population health and health equity. However, regulatory confusion and reimbursement barriers potentially stand in the way of scalable dissemination and implementation of these novel tools. This presentation will describe existing and emerging technologies and the evidence supporting their use, their potential to increase access to care and improve health equity, and what is being done to address the existing barriers within healthcare.
Objectives: At the end of this presentation attendees will be able to:
- Describe the existing and emerging digital tools and how they are different from each other
- Summarize how digital tools can expand access and health equity to marginalized populations
- List the regulatory and reimbursement barriers to full health care implementation for digital tools
- Describe the critical role psychology and psychologists play in the area of emerging technologies
William McCown, Ph.D.
Embracing the Potential of AI in Contemporary Psychology: Navigating Ethical Considerations Amid Technological Disruption
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant progress in recent years, with the development of increasingly sophisticated machine learning techniques, leading to the creation of advanced intelligent systems that can perform complex tasks and make decisions independently. Progress will likely continue at astounding speed in the foreseeable future and will affect almost all aspects of healthcare delivery, including the delivery of psychological services. In this hands-on presentation, opportunities and the dangers of integrating AI into clinical mental health practice will be discussed. Potential benefits and limitations of AI will be reviewed, including improved efficiency and accuracy of diagnosis, treatment planning, and decision-making in clinical settings. Ethical concerns and potential dangers of AI will be reviewed (e.g., risk of perpetuating bias and inequity in healthcare delivery versus maintaining human empathy and judgment in clinical decision-making). This presentation will emphasize the importance of addressing the digital divide and ethical considerations in deploying AI tools for educational and social justice purposes.
*PLEASE NOTE: Two hours of Dr. McCown’s three-hour presentation are Ethics/Law CEs
Objectives: At the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to:
1). Describe Artificial Intelligence (AI)’s key assumptions, components, and technologies.
2). Compare and contrast AI’s applications, opportunities, and challenges in psychotherapy, assessment, education, and scholarship.
3). Discuss ethical, legal, and social justice issues related to the coming AI revolution including problems with Large Language Models (LLMs).
4). List two current popular LLMs and image creation models that have the potential in increase comfort regarding using AI for routine tasks.
Lake House Baton Rouge
Location:
Lake House Reception Center
12323 Old Hammond Highway in Baton Rouge
Since 1998, Lake House has been servicing the Greater Baton Rouge area with elegant and memorable events. Lake House is a breathtaking Old World Mansion nestled on eight acres of serene wooded grounds. The venue also includes a beautiful lake and grand southern porches for guests to enjoy.
Refunds: LPA will refund your registration fee in full through November 8th (or through November 15th in the event of an emergency).
ADA Requirements: The Lake House Reception Hall is ADA-compliant.
Dietary Restrictions: For any specific dietary restrictions, please see contact info below.
For any complaints specific to LPA, its members, or workshop location, specific ADA needs, or dietary restriction please contact Gail Gillespie, LPA convention and CE chair, at 504-442-8762 or gailgillespie13@gmail.com.
***Schedule is subject to change. Any updates will be posted here***
LPA is approved by the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) to sponsor continuing education for this convention.
