Medical Consultant
MTM Services, LLC
Winter Springs, Florida
Dr. Valerie Westhead is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She is Board Certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. She is the CCBHC Medical Director at Aspire Health Partners, the largest non-profit behavioral healthcare company in Florida. She has run hospital and crisis stabilization units while instituting and overseeing the implementation of multiple evidence-based practices including Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Open Access to Medical Services, Mental Health and Veteran’s Courts and Dual Diagnosis Programming including comprehensive MAT Services.
She was the Psychiatric Consultant to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office for over 14 years providing mental health services in the jail and working on a variety of projects with law enforcement including as an instructor for CIT and chairing the Seminole County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Task Force.
She is a consultant with MTM Services, an organization that works collaboratively with the National Council for Mental Weelbeing to support innovative change in community mental health services around the country.
She has been involved in research related to Assisted Outpatient Treatment and implementation of evidence-based programs in community mental health services. She has presented in Florida and nationally on these topics as well as on the importance of collaboration with law enforcement through CIT and other projects.
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
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