Education and Research Initiatives

Classes/Courses Brighton First Provides:

  • CPR Training
  • Unit Management and Safety Education for Hospitals and Clinics
  • CPI Training Crisis Prevention Intervention Training
  • Institutional Review Board Training for Public Participants
  • College Application Workshop
  • Financial Management for Young Adults
  • Psychiatric Research Updates
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Children’s Mental Illnesses
  • Suicide and Safety Management
  • Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
  • Psychiatric Recovery and Resilience
  • Anosognosia
  • The Perfect Storm
  • Criminalization of the People with Mental Illness
  • Psycho-Developmental Model of Recovery

Sample Research/Advocacy-Based Papers:

“Opening Doors”  – Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia MD DFAPA –  Psychiatric Times, May 29, 2019

“Finding Hannah” – Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia MD DFAPA Psychiatric Services, 2015;  66:346–347; doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.660401

“The Recovery Process Utilizing Erikson’s Stages of Human Development” Suzanne E. Vogel-Scibilia, Kathryn Cohan McNulty, Beth Baxter, Steve Miller, Max Dine, Frederick J. Frese, III Community Ment Health J. 2009; 45(6): 405–414. Published online 2009 Jun 17. doi: 10.1007/s10597-009-9189-4  PMCID:PMC2791471

“Elevating the Standard of Care in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Patients with Mental Illness” – John W Newcomer, Henry A Nasrallah, Roger S McIntyre, Roger S McIntyre, Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia  CNS Spectrums 2008 Vol 13 (S10) Jun 13-4.

“Addressing Inadequacies in the Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia” Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia MD DFAPA  CNS Spectrums 2008 Vol 13 (S10) Jun 11-2.