Winter 2019 Texas Psychologist
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Winter 2019 – Vol. 78 Issue 1 psychologistpsychologistT E X A S Leveraging TPA’s Evaluating Malingering 7 Strategic Plan 11 in Civil Cases Texas Psychologist Beyond the PHQ-9: 9 Honored by APA 14 Free Screening Tools PUBLISHED BY THE TEXAS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION WWW.TEXASPSYC.ORG Their need for care doesn’t stop when they leave your office. When your patients need extra support for their health conditions, MEDICAL DENTAL BEHAVIORAL SCHOOL SOCIAL HEALTH SERVICES SERVICES refer them to case management Case managers help patients navigate the health system by services, a Medicaid coordinating access to care related to their health conditions. benefit for children birth through age 20 and CASE MANAGEMENT high-risk pregnant women. Children enrolled in Medicaid (Traditional Fee-for-Service and STAR) may be eligible. Patients enrolled in STAR Kids and STAR Health should first be referred to their health plan. To refer your patient, call Texas Health Steps 877-THSteps or visit dshs.texas.gov/caseman Texas Health Steps is health care for children birth through age 20 who have Medicaid. Case Management can help find services for families of children with special needs and pregnant women who have a high-risk condition. STEPS-0922_Ad_CM_TxPsy_8n625x11n125_Dec_v1-R1.indd 1 11/19/18 2:51 PM Their need for care doesn’t stop In this issue when they leave your office. a note from the president a note from the foundation Staff TPA’s Neural Network An Exciting Year in Review David White, CAE, Executive Director Sherry Reisman, Assistant Executive Director Alice Ann Holland, Ph.D., ABPP Heyward L. Green, Psy.D. Sarah Bann, Membership Coordinator 4 When your patients need extra 2 2019 TPA Board of Trustees Executive Committee support for their health conditions, President lobbyist update MEDICAL DENTAL BEHAVIORAL SCHOOL SOCIAL HEALTH SERVICES SERVICES refer them to case management Alice Ann Holland, Ph.D., ABPP From the Editor’s Desk Sunset on 2018 Case managers help patients navigate the health system by Jennifer Rockett, Ph.D. Kevin Stewart services, a Medicaid President-Elect coordinating access to care related to their health conditions. Megan Mooney, Ph.D. benefit for children birth 5 President-Elect Designate through age 20 and CASE Fran Douglas, Ph.D. 6 MANAGEMENT high-risk pregnant women. Past President Children enrolled in Medicaid Cheryl L. Hall, Ph.D. TPA’s Strategic Plan: Social Bonny Gardner, Ph.D., M.P.H., (Traditional Fee-for-Service and STAR) Trustees Justice, Science, and ACCESS Named APA Citizen Judith Andrews, Ph.D. Brian H. 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Cedar Park, TX 78613 facebook.com/ linkedin.com/ twitter.com/ Case Management can help find services for families of children with special needs and (888) 872-3435 / (888) 511-1305 fax TPAFans company/ TXPsychAssoc pregnant women who have a high-risk condition. www.texaspsyc.org texas-psychological-association STEPS-0922_Ad_CM_TxPsy_8n625x11n125_Dec_v1-R1.indd 1 11/19/18 2:51 PM A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT TPA’s Neural Network ALICE ANN HOLLAND, PH.D., ABPP Children’s Medical Center Dallas / UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX ell, we have hit the ground I am now a board-certified clinical way the brain orchestrates even the most running this legislative neuropsychologist specializing in children, basic behaviors through complex algorithms session, but before looking adolescents, and young adults. I have a that precisely activate neurons with perfect forward, I want to look back faculty appointment at UT Southwestern timing and synchronization across the Wand thank those who laid the groundwork and see clinical patients at Children’s brain’s vast neural network. for this important legislative year. While Medical Center Dallas, where I specialize in serving as President last year, Dr. Cheryl oncology and rare brain diseases. Psychology is facing some enormous Hall also served as Chair of the Legislative challenges in 2019 and beyond. We need Committee. In that role, Dr. Hall led TPA in I also serve as the Research Director of the to work together in that same way if we’re setting our legislative agenda for the current Neuropsychology Service at Children’s. My going to be successful. This coming year has year. You can read more about that agenda in own research focuses on investigating genetic to be about connectivity. I truly believe that this issue’s “From the Lobbyists” column. and intrapersonal factors influencing neu- if we work together, we will be successful in rocognitive outcomes in medically complex navigating what lies ahead. I’d also like to thank the TPA Board of Trustees children, adolescents, and young adults. members whose terms concluded in 2018—Dr. STRATEGIC PLAN Michael Flynn, Dr. Alfonso Mercado, and Dr. CONNECTIVITY On that note, I want to thank Drs. Rick Charles Walker—for their service to TPA the As I prepared for my 2019 Presidential year, McGraw and Brian Stagner and the past three years. All of them are continuing to I wrote out a list of names of people who members of their Strategic Planning Task support in TPA in other capacities, for which have encouraged, mentored, and supported Force for the incredible effort they put we are very grateful. me in my academic and professional career. into developing a long-term strategic plan More generally, I want to thank all our past My goal in doing so was to force myself to for TPA. They produced a 43-page report TPA leaders—you all have done amazing reflect on how much I’ve learned from and with many excellent recommendations for work to promote the profession of psy- been encouraged by each person on that list. improving TPA’s efficacy in serving our chology and advocate for improved mental Watching the list grow longer and longer members and promoting mental health in healthcare policies in Texas. I’m honored to really highlighted the fact that none of us get Texas. I encourage you all to read that report, be following in your footsteps. anywhere or accomplish anything without which is available on the TPA website. It is a a lot of help. I’m sure you all could write five-year Strategic Plan, so certainly not all of MEET YOUR PRESIDENT similarly long lists. the recommendations will be accomplished this year, but I will be working hard to lay the For those of you who were not able to We can think of these people in our foundations for long-term success in all areas attend my Presidential Address at our 2018 lives—and ourselves—like neurons in the identified in that report. Convention, I will briefly introduce myself. brain. To put it simply, on my own, I can do I am a native Texan who briefly ventured a few things. When connected with a bunch Many of the primary recommendations out to California to study psychology and of other people, I can do a lot more. And of that report relate directly to my goal neuroscience at Stanford as an under- when all our connections are in synch, we of improved connectivity for TPA. For graduate. I then returned home to Dallas can accomplish amazing things. example, I was distressed to see the Strategic to get my Ph.D. at the University of Texas Planning Task Force’s report that many Southwestern Medical Center. I completed a As an undergrad, I did research in diffusion TPA members feel distant or disengaged two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric tensor imaging, or DTI. It was very new from TPA—that you are not aware how neuropsychology at Children’s Medical technology at the time, and it was an decisions are made or how you can become Center Dallas. incredibly exciting time to be doing that more involved. Distressing as that is to hear, research. Conducting research with DTI I also very much understand it, because I gave me an incredible appreciation for the 2 | Texas Psychological Association have been there myself, even at times as a Board member. So, I will be working hard On my own, I can do a few things. When connected with a bunch of other people, to improve communications both within I can do a lot more. And when all our connections are in synch, we can accomplish TPA leadership and between leadership and amazing things.