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Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Penn State Health and Central Pennsylvania Food Bank Collaborate with Prince of Peace Food Pantry in Steelton to Serve Our Community

MAY 24, 2019 | by Yaasmeen Piper | theburgnews.com

Right now, if you stepped inside the adolescent floor of the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (PPI), you’d be greeted by plain, white, hospital-like walls. Not something teenagers want to look at every day.

PPI’s Dr. Elisabeth Kunkel decided it was time to change that.

On May 3rd, the AAMC hosted the second cohort of the CMO Leadership Academy for their final program meeting and graduation. Over the last 18 months, cohort participants actively and purposefully engaged with each other, health care experts, CMOG Steering Committee members, and me to further their executive leadership knowledge and skill development as future academic medicine CMO. It has been a privilege to coach, interact, and mentor these participants and I am happy to have them join the CMO Leadership Academy Community of Practice that also includes our 2017-2018 cohort.

Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (PPI) is pleased to announce it has named Kimberly Feeman, MHA, as its interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective Nov. 29, 2018. Kim will serve as leader of the organization overseeing strategic planning, day-to-day and fiscal operations, and regulatory compliance among other leadership roles.

Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute (PPI) offers Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) as an Intensive Outpatient Program for individuals who are needing more support than outpatient therapy alone. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a form of therapy that was developed for individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or individuals who have strong traits of this diagnosis. DBT has also been utilized to treat individuals with drug and alcohol addictions, eating disorders and for pain management.

If you have a teen or young adult dealing with or suffering from Psychosis, there is a new program offered by PSI which is called CAPSTONE. Shawn Mullins, Program Manager for CAPSTONE talks about this program, what makes it unique in the area and how to take advantage of it.

Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute is helping in the fight against the opioid epidemic by opening a new treatment facility that will offer a range of services to address the complex causes of addiction.