Presentations from Conferences

Commissioner Conferences

2012 - Annual Meeting
Adults with Behavioral Health Needs under Correctional Supervision: Shared Framework on Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Recovery Laura K. Nelson, M.D., NASMHPD President; Deputy Director, Division of Behavioral Health Services, State of Arizona; Board Member, Council of State Governments Justice Center View this presentation. Washington Update Joel E. Miller, M.S.Ed., Senior Director of Policy and Health Care Reform, NASMHPD, Alexandria, Virginia View this presentation. Business Session: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline View this presentation. Business Session: Suicide Prevention Michael Hogan, Ph.D., Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health View this presentation. Business Session: Deaf Mental Health Services Roger Williams, L.M.S.W., Director, Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, South Carolina Department of Mental Health View this presentation. Dialogue with Pamela Hyde, J.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Pamela Hyde, J.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland View this presentation. The National Council's Center for Integrated Health Services (CIHS) Grantee Session Linda Rosenberg, M.S.W., President and CEO, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (The National Council), Washington, D.C. View this presentation. Olmstead Implementation: What Federal Entities Can Offer States John O'Brien, Senior Policy Advisor for Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, Maryland View this presentation. Deborah Baldwin, M.P.A., Acting Branch Chief, Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland View this presentation. SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services Funded Executive Leadership Training Session: What? Why? and How? What States Are Doing to Improve Children's Mental Health Outcomes and Better Invest Resources Beth A. Stroul, M.Ed., President and Co-Founder, Management and Training Innovations, Inc., McLean, Virginia View this presentation. Tobacco Free State Psychiatric Hospitals and Continuity of Care in the Community Robert W. Glover, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) View this presentation. David B. Abrams, Ph.D., Executive Director, Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies at the Legacy ©, Washington, D.C. View this presentation. Lucille Schacht, Ph.D., Director of Statistical Analysis, NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. (NRI), Falls Church, Virginia Glorimar Ortiz, M.S., Research Associate/Statistician, NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. (NRI), Falls Church, Virginia View Dr. Schacht and Ms. Ortiz's presentation. Joseph Parks, M.D., Chief Clinical Officer, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri View this presentation. Legal and Forensic Divisions Session: What You Wished You Knew Before You Took the Job Debra Pinals, M.D., NASMHPD Forensic Division Chair; Assistant Commissioner for Forensic Mental Health Services, Department of Mental Health, State of Massachusetts View this presentation. Lester Blumberg, J.D., NASMHPD Legal Division Chair; General Counsel, Department of Mental Health, State of Massachusetts View this presentation.
2011 - Annual Meeting
Washington Update and Dialogue Joel Miller, Senior Director of Policy and Healthcare Reform, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Alexandria, Virginia View this presentation. Implementing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Integration Danna Mauch, Ph.D., Abt. Associates; NASMHPD Consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts View this presentation. National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention Michael Hogan, Ph.D. (NY) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Lidia Bernik, Mental Health Association of New York City View Dr. Hogan's presentation. View Ms. Bernik's presentation. Dialogue with A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland This presentation is not currently available. Opportunities and Resources to Improve Outcomes for People with Mental Illnesses in the Criminal Justice System Laura Nelson, M.D., Deputy Director, Division of Behavioral Health Services, Department of Health Services, State of Arizona (Moderator) Fred Osher, M.D., Director, Health Systems and Services Policy, Council of State Governments, Johns Island, South Carolina View this presentation. Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - The Tucson Tragedy in January 2011 Laura Nelson, M.D., Deputy Director, Division of Behavioral Health Services, Department of Health Services, State of Arizona View this presentation. Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - A Mental Health Worker's Tragic Death in Massachusetts Barbara Leadholm, M.S., M.B.A., Commissioner, Department of Mental Health, State of Massachusetts This presentation is not currently available. Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - "Olmstead may be coming to a neighborhood near you soon!" Lessons Learned from Illinois Lorrie Rickman Jones, Ph.D., Director, Division of Mental Health, Department of Human Services, State of Illinois View this presentation. NASADAD: Progress, Priorities, and Partnerships Robert (Rob) Morrison, Executive Director, National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), Washington, D.C. View this presentation. Dialogue Panel with Barbara Edwards, CMS; Matt Salo, National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD); and John O'Brien, SAMHSA Barbara Leadholm, M.S., M.B.A., Commissioner, Department of Mental Health, State of Massachusetts (Moderator) Barbara Edwards, Director, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group; Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey & Certification; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Baltimore, Maryland Matt Salo, Executive Director, National Association of Medicaid Directors, Washington, D.C. John O'Brien, Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Health Care Financing, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, Maryland View Barbara Edwards' presentation. View John O'Brien's presentation.
2010 - Annual Meeting
Washington Update Elizabeth Prewitt, M.A., Director of Government Relations, NASMHPD View this presentation. Dialogue with Henry Claypool, Director, Office on Disability, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Henry Claypool, Director, Office on Disability, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. View this presentation. Dialogue with John O'Brien, Senior Advisor for Health Finance, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) John O'Brien, Senior Advisor for Health Finance, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland View this presentation. SAMHSA's CMHS Funded NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration: "The Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane Archives Project: Implications for State Mental Health Systems" King Davis, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Professor and Robert Lee Southerland Endowed Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas NASMHPD is aware that the title of this program, specifically "The Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane Archives Project", might be offensive to some people. However, the Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane was the actual name of the mental institution for African-Americans in the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1868-1968. View this presentation. 2010 NRI Reports on State Mental Health Systems Ted Lutterman, Director of Research Analysis, The NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. View this presentation. Responding to a High-Profile Tragic Event Involving a Person with a Serious Mental Illness: A Toolkit for State Mental Health Commissioners Fred Osher, M.D., Director, Health Systems and Services Policy, Council of State Governments, Bethesda, Maryland David Miller, M.P.Aff., Project Director, NASMHPD, Alexandria, Virginia View the toolkit. Working Together for Improved Health Care Reform: A Dialogue with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Brian Webb, Manager of Health Policy and Legislation, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Washington, D.C. View this presentation.
2009 - Winter Meeting
Opening Ceremony and Presentation on Mental Health Programs for the Native American Populations Spero Manson, Ph.D., Director, Division of American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado Jon Kei Matsuoka, Ph.D., Dean and Professor, University of Hawaii, School of Social Work, Honolulu, Hawaii View this presentation. Strategic Planning in Difficult Economic Times: Facilitated Discussion on Mission, Vision, and Priorities Ted Lutterman, Director of Research Analysis, NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia This presentation is not available. Geoff Huggins, Head of Mental Health, Scottish Government Primary and Community Care This presentation is not available. Kathy Langlois, Director General of Community Programs First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Government of Canada This presentation is not available. SAMHSA's CMHS Funded NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State "Making Progress in Tough Times" Howard Goldman, M.D., Director, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland View this presentation. Mandated Community Treatment An intense international debate, often fueled by highly-publicized acts of violence in the community, is occurring on the legitimacy and effectiveness of policies requiring people with mental illness to accept outpatient treatment. Many assume that court-ordered treatment as an outpatient is simply an extension of long-existing policies authorizing involuntary commitment to a hospital. In fact, however, outpatient commitment is only one of several forms of "leverage"￑including access to welfare benefits and subsidized housing, and treatment as a condition of probation or in a mental health court￑commonly used to obtain adherence to outpatient services. Ongoing research supported by the MacArthur Foundation and directed by Professor Monahan is evaluating the outcomes produced by mandated community treatment￑for the individual, for the mental health system, and for society. John Monahan, Ph.D., Professor, University of Virginia, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP), Charlottesville, Virginia View this presentation. Dialogue with A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland View this presentation. Mental Health Online: Improving Outcomes with Self Help Programs Love them or hate them, computers are part of our personal and professional lives. The last ten years have seen the emergence of the innovative and cost-effective use of technology in mental health services, with web-based CBT, email counseling, text messaging for youth and online self-help. The desire for accessing services in these ways have been borne out by the uptake of such services, and there is emerging evidence of the impact such services has on service user outcomes. This presentation profiles two innovative high profile examples where online technology can be seen to be improving mental health outcomes. Mr. Thapliyal will discuss New Zealand's National Depression Initiative ￐ "The Journal" and Dr. Cartreine will present and demonstrate computer-based psychosocial support for long-duration U.S. spaceflights. Anil Thapliyal M.Ed, J.P., N.Z.A.C., General Manager, Lifeline, Aotearoa, Auckland, New Zealand View Mr. Thapliyal's presentation. James A. Cartreine, Ph.D., Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Research and Clinical Psychologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Clinical Informatics View Dr. Cartreine's presentation. Washington Update Elizabeth Prewitt, Director of Government Relations, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Alexandria, Virginia View this presentation. Toolkit on Violent Incidents in Communities James Reinhard, M.D., Commissioner, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia View this presentation. NIMH Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenic Episode (RAISE) Initiative: Potential Health and Economic Benefits of Early Intervention Schizophrenia is a life-long, disabling mental disorder. Beginning in adolescence or early adulthood, symptoms and functional difficulties associated with schizophrenia continue for decades. Treatment costs, which include treatments for medical comorbidities such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, were $22.7 billion in 2002; costs related to homelessness and law enforcement added an additional $9 billion to the economic burden of schizophrenia in 2002 (Wu et al, 2005). New research suggests that coordinated and sustained intervention soon after the first psychotic episode may improve clinical outcomes and reduce long term disability. The NIMH-sponsored Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) initiative will test whether two early intervention packages built for the "real world" can improve clinical outcomes and achieve cost savings by improving functioning in individuals with schizophrenia. Michael Hogan, Ph.D., Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health, State of New York (Moderator) Robert K. Heinssen, Ph.D., National Institute for Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland View Dr. Heinssen's presentation. Lisa B. Dixon, M.D., M.P.H., Co-Principal Investigator; Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland View Dr. Dixon's presentation. Mary Brunette, M.D. Medical Director, Bureau of Behavioral Health, New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, Concord, New Hampshire View Dr. Brunette's presentation. Dialogue with Richard Frank, Ph.D. and Ruth Katz from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) Richard Frank, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Ruth Katz, Deputy to the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability, Aging, and Long-Term Care Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services No presentation available. Key Discussion with Leaders of the Ft. Hood Mental Health Response Robert J. Ursano, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, Maryland Brian W. Flynn, Ed.D., Associate Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Former RADM/Assistant Surgeon General in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) View Mr. Flynn's presentation. David M. Benedek, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services, University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland No presentation available. Mark K. Brown, M.D., M.P.H., Fellow, Disaster and Preventive Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland View Dr. Brown's presentation.
2009 - Summer Meeting
Trauma and Recovery Tonier Cain, Technical Assistance Lead for the National Center for Trauma Informed Care (NCTIC), NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance, Alexandria, Virginia Ms. Cain shares her personal experience moving through multiple systems of care. She will talk about how easy it is for providers to re-traumatize an individual, and the difference it makes when trauma issues are addressed. View this presentation. SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration, "How to Mainstream Behavioral Health into Health Policy" Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care Department of Medicine; Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California San Francisco The speaker will draw on personal and policy experience to review why behavioral health is unduly isolated. He will then suggest a set of attitudes and actions that could integrate behavioral health into mainstream health policy. View this presentation. In-SHAPE: Improved Health Status Through Social Inclusion for Persons with Severe Mental Illness Kenneth Jue, M.S.S.A., Chief Executive Officer, Monadnock Family Services, Keene, New Hampshire Stephen J. Bartels, M.D., M.S., Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School; Director of the Aging Services Research Program and Director of the Behavioral Health Policy Institute at the NH-Dartmouth Psychiatry Research Center; Medical Director of the State of New Hampshire Division of Behavioral Health. Initiated in 2003, In-SHAPE is a lifespan enhancing wellness program targeted for persons with severe mental illness. Presenters will discuss its basic underlying tenets, including social inclusion, leveraging of community partnerships and resources, person-centeredness, and the model of health mentor supported health promotion. Additionally, presenters will provide a description of the results of outcome studies and ongoing, federally funded research on effectiveness and implementation. View Mr. Jue's presentation. View Dr. Bartels' presentation. Peer Support Whole Health Larry Fricks, Vice President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Chicago, Illinois Peer Support Whole Health promotes peer-supported, self-directed whole health that is Medicaid billable and emerging in new state system transformation grants funded by SAMHSA through NASMHPD. This session will highlight this new approach of trained peers promoting sustainable change in health behaviors of other peers to address preventable medical conditions and risk factors contributing to early death and promote holistic recovery. View this presentation. The Joint Commission: CMS and State Hospital Accreditation Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health (Moderator) Paul Schyve, M.D., Senior Vice President, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois State psychiatric hospitals are critical components of the continuum of care required to meet the mental and physical health needs of those served by state systems. By focusing on evidence-based standards and the use of techniques of robust process improvement, the Joint Commission's goal is to help these hospitals ￑ and other accredited organizations ￑ achieve high reliability with respect to the safety and quality of care they provide. For state hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation, the Commission has integrated the Conditions into the accreditation standards, and is in active discussion with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to revise or reinterpret those Conditions that create barriers to high quality, safe patient care. View this presentation. Olmstead and CRIPA: Redefining the Standard of Care Robert Bernstein, Ph.D., Executive Director, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, D.C. This session will review key requirements of the Olmstead decision and the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) as they relate to state hospitals and state mental health departments. In addition, it will examine some commonplace factors that signal patterns of non-compliance with these requirements and that place systems at risk of legal action. View this presentation. Preparing Your Direct Care Staff to Work in a Changing System of Care: A Workforce Core Competencies Curriculum Kevin Ann Huckshorn, R.N., M.S.N., Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware Health and Social Services; Former Director, NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance Pat Shea, M.S.W., M.A., Deputy Director, NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance, Alexandria, Virginia This session provides an overview of a curriculum that NASMHPD has developed to support the training of direct care staff working in in-patient and community residential adult mental health treatment settings. The impetus for creating these training modules was to provide the public mental health field with tools for communicating with direct care staff a "shared understanding" of the key components, competencies, and principles of a transformed mental health system. The presenters cover the background of this effort, a discussion of the modules that are included within the curriculum, as well as information on how states and facilities might use these materials. View this presentation. Briefing on Developing National Core Competencies for State Hospital Superintendents: Removing the Mystery of Effective Leadership Kevin Ann Huckshorn, R.N., M.S.N., Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware Health and Social Services; Former Director, NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance Frank A. Ghinassi, Ph.D., Vice President, Quality and Performance Improvement, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Bob Quam, M.A., C.B.H.E., Hospital Administrator, GEO Care/TCFTC The emerging mental health system is focused on providing recovery/resiliency-oriented services as its sole and compelling goal. In order to support states in their efforts to improve and enhance their systems, a group of national experts was convened this spring to identify and articulate a set of competencies, roles, responsibilities, tasks, skills, and attributes of State Hospital Superintendants that collectively serve to promote recovery and foster resilience. The presenters will offer an overview of this experts meeting, a discussion of the eight core competencies that were identified, and information on a resource kit of materials that was developed as a result of the meeting that is publicly available to support such efforts. There will be time for Q & A with the audience. View this presentation. Missouri's Multimodal Approach to Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, Medical Directors Council; Director, Comprehensive Psychiatric Services, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri Missouri is using a 3 pronged approach to integrating Primary Care and Behavioral Healthcare: CMHC as a HealthCare Home utilizing electronic health records and MH case management, co-location of MH and PCP services at both CMHCs and FQHCs, and Disease management for pre-diabetic SMI persons. This session will give a brief overview of each approach. Presenters and subsequent panel discussion will include leadership from Missouri's SMHA, Medicaid agency, Coalition of Community Mental Health Centers, and Primary Care Association representing FQHCs. View this presentation. Mental Health Services for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Candice Tate, Ph.D., President and CEO, National Coalition on Mental Health and Deaf Individuals This presentation will give state mental health program directors a comprehensive look at the unique mental health and substance abuse issues of deaf and hard of hearing populations from a systems perspective. Dr. Candice Tate, a profoundly deaf psychologist, and President and CEO of the National Coalition on Mental Health and Deaf Individuals (NCMHDI) will present background and demographics of deaf and hard of hearing populations and associated epidemiology statistics. The presentation will end with a discussion on available resources and key action steps. View this presentation. Building Consensus for Transformation: A PBS/Fred Friendly Seminars Initiative,"Minds on the Edge" Richard Kilberg, President, Fred Friendly Seminars, Columbia School of Journalism Minds On The Edge: Facing Mental Illness, a Fred Friendly Seminar premiering this fall on PBS, can be a compelling media tool to engage targeted constituencies, as well as the larger public, in constructive conversation about how to improve support and treatment for people with severe mental illness. Mr. Kilberg will show excerpts of the program and describe events taking place around the country that are models of civic and professional engagement. View Part One of this presentation. View Part Two of this presentation. New Jersey PSA on Mental Health Funding Please right click here to download this video. (mp4, 295 MB. Do not attempt to view the video directly).
2008 - Winter Meeting
Taste of Washington, D.C: Highlights of Innovations Stephen Baron, Director, Department of Mental Health, Washington, D.C. Barbara Bazron, Deputy Director, Department of Mental Health, Washington, D.C. Anne Weiss, Deputy Director, Office of Accountability, Department of Mental Health, Washington, D.C. View this presentation. National Consumer Memorial Stephen Baron, Director, Department of Mental Health, Washington, D.C View his presentation. Measurement of Health Status for People with Serious Mental Illnesses Joe Parks, M.D., Director, Comprehensive Psychiatric Services, Missouri Department of Mental Health Noel Mazade, Ph.D., Executive Director, NRI, Inc. View this presentation. Financing Mental Health Services: What the Future Holds Sarah Wattenberg, M.S.W., Senior Public Health Analyst, Office of Policy, Planning and Budget, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Moderator and Presenter) View Ms. Wattenberg's presentation. Wendell Primus, Senior Advisor on Budget and Health, Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi No presentation available. William J. Hudock, Special Expert: Financing Policy, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland View Mr. Hudock's presentation. Ann Kohler, Executive Director, National Association of State Medicaid Directors (NASMD), Washington, D.C. View Ms. Kohler's presentation. Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Those Who Serve in the National Guard Admiral Eric Broderick, D.D.S., M.P.H., Acting Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Moderator) Nancy Rollins, Director, Division of Community Based Care Services, Bureau of Behavioral Health, Department of Health and Human Services, State of New Hampshire View Ms. Rollins' presentation. CAPT Joan Hunter, Director of Psychological Health, National Guard View Captain Hunter's presentation. Chris Jennings: Policy and Political Drivers of Health Reform - Challenges and Opportunities Virginia Trotter Betts, M.S.N., J.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., President, NASMHPD Board of Directors; Commissioner, Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, State of Tennessee (Introduction) Christopher Jennings, President, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc., Washington, D.C. No presentation available. The Network for Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Meets Mental Health Colette Croze, M.S.W., Principal, Croze Consulting View Ms. Croze's presentation. Michaelle Statham, Systems Process Improvement Coordinator and STAR-SI Change leader, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services View Ms. Statham's presentation. Wendy White Tiegreen, M.S.W., Section Director, Georgia Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases View Ms. Tiegreen's presentation. SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration, "Leadership in Public ental Health" Virginia Trotter Betts, M.S.N., J.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., President, NASMHPD Board of Directors; Commissioner, Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, State of Tennessee (Introduction) Sherry Glied, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University View Dr. Glied's presentation.
2008 - Summer Meeting
Australia Mental Health First Aid Programme Rosemary Calder, Professor, First Assistant Secretary, Mental Health and Workforce Division, Department of Health and Aging, Australian Government View her presentation. Brian Hepburn, M.D., Executive Director, Mental Hygiene Administration, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland View his presentation. New Zealand The Low Down Janice Wilson, Deputy Director-General, Population Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, New Zealand Anil Thapliyal, General Manager, Lifeline Aotearoa, Aukland, New Zealand View their presentation. Mental Wellness Teams in Indigenous Communities in British Columbia Kathy Langlois, Director General of Community Programs, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Canada View her presentation. Dr. Michelle Corfield, Vice-President, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada View her presentation. Republic of Ireland Collaborative Learning: Leadership Training Course Martin Rogan, Assistant National Director with responsibility for Mental Health, Health Service Executive, Republic of Ireland View his presentation. Mental Health Service Transformation in Scotland Geoff Huggins, Deputy Director, Primary and Community Care, Head of the Mental Health Division at the Scottish Government, Edinburgh, United Kingdom View his presentation. Host State Brag and Steal: Tennessee Integration of Health and Mental Health Dr. Dennis Freeman, Chief Executive Officer, Cherokee Health Systems, Knoxville, Tennessee View his presentation. Dr. Randall Jessee, Senior Vice President/Specialty Services, Frontier Health, Inc., Gray, Tennessee View his presentation. Pastor Dianne Young, The Healing Center, Memphis, Tennessee View her presentation. Human Services Workforce Strategies in Maryland and Efforts of the CYF Division's Workgroup on Leadership and Workforce Al Zachik, M.D., Director, Office of Child and Adolescent Services, Mental Hygiene Administration, State of Maryland View his presentation. Outcome Management Strategies for Children's Mental Health Services Sherida Falvay, Director, Mental Health Services for Children and Families, Department of Community Health, State of Michigan (Moderator) Jim Wotring, Director, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University View Ms. Falvay and Mr. Wotring's presentation. Glenace Edwall, Ph.D., Director, Children's Mental Health Division, Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota View her presentation.
2007 - Winter Meeting
Arizona Program: Advancing Reform Through Procurement Eddy D. Broadway, Deputy Director, Department of Health Services, State of Arizona (Moderator) Laura K. Nelson, M.D., Chief Medical Director, Department of Health Services, State of Arizona Ann M. Froio, Health Operations and Systems Administrator, Department of Health Services, State of Arizona Robert Sorce, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, State of Arizona View their presentation. FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS) Giget Stover, Acting NICS Supervisory Liaison Specialist, FBI National Instant Criminal Background Checks System, Clarksburg, West Virginia View the presentation (please be patient, as this is a fairly large file). SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration: "PTSD: Returning with War Injury- Then and Now, There and Here" Robert J. Ursano, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, Maryland. View Dr. Ursano's presentation (please be patient, as this is a fairly large file). Crisis Lines, Suicide Prevention and Continuity of Care for High Risk Individuals: Research and Practice Models Gwendolyn B. Skinner, Director, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Services, Department of Human Resources, State of Georgia (Moderator and Presenter) John Draper, Ph.D., Project Director, National Suicide Prevention LifeLine, Mental Health Association of New York City, New York View Dr. Draper's presentation David Covington, N.C.C., L.P.C., M.B.A., Chief Operating Officer and Director,Georgia Crisis and Access Line, Behavioral Health Link, Atlanta, Georgia View Mr. Covington's presentation (please be patient, as this is a fairly large file). The VA Approach to Suicide Prevention Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland Janet Kemp, Ph.D., R.N., Veterans Affairs, National Suicide Prevention Coordinator and Associate Director of Education and Training at the Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Rochester, New York View Dr. Kemp's presentation. NASMHPD President's Task Force on Returning Veterans: Are SMHA's Ready? Nancy Rollins, Chairperson, NASMHPD President's Task Force on Returning Veterans; Director, Division of Community Based Care Services, Bureau of Behavioral Health, Department of Health and Human Services, State of New Hampshire Linda Roebuck, Chief Executive Officer, Behavioral Health Services Division, Department of Health, State of New Mexico View Ms. Roebuck's presentation. Michael Lancaster, M.D., Chief of Clinical Policy, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse, Department of Health and Human Services, State of North Carolina View Dr. Lancaster's presentation. Peer Delivered Services, Medicaid Reimbursement, and Beyond Sue Bergeson, President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Chicago, Illinois Larry Fricks, Vice President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Chicago, Illinois View Ms. Bergeson's and Mr. Fricks' presentation. Transforming a Tribal Regional Behavioral Health Authority in a Bifurcated Medicaid System of Care: Moving Towards an Integrated System of Behavioral Health Services Steven Green, Chief Executive Officer of Behavioral Health, Gila River Health Corporation, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona Priscilla Foote, L.M.S.W., Director of Behavioral Health Services, Gila River Health Care Corporation, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona View Mr. Green's and Ms. Foote's presentation. Role of Psychiatrists in Mental Health Transformation Brian Hepburn, M.D., Executive Director, Mental Hygiene Administration, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland (Moderator and Presenter) View Dr. Hepburn's presentation. Kenneth Thompson, M.D., Medical Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Rockville, Maryland Ken Marcus, M.D., Medical Director, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, State of Connecticut William P. Sheehan, M.D., Medical Director, Adult Mental Health Division, Department of Health, State of Hawaii View Dr. Sheehan's presentation. Steven Adelsheim, M.D., Consultant to the New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative, University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry View Dr. Adelsheim's presentation. Principles of Antipsychotic Prescribing for Policy Makers Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri (Moderator and Presenter) George Parker, M.D., Medical Director, Division of Mental Health & Addiction, State of Indiana View Dr. Parker's presentation. Alan Radke, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, Department of Human Services State of Minnesota View Dr. Radke's presentation. Rajiv Tandon, M.D., Chief of Psychiatry, Department of Children and Families, State of Florida View Dr. Tandon's presentation. Update and Lessons Learned on the State Response to the California Fires and Virginia Tech Tragedy Stephen W. Mayberg, Ph.D., Director, Department of Mental Health, State of California James Reinhard, M.D., Commissioner, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia View Dr. Reinhard's presentation. Financing Mental Health Transformation: How to Plan and Manage When the Rules Keep Changing - Part I: Update on the Medicaid and Mental Health Technical Advisory Group (TAG) TAG Co-Chairs: Renata J. Henry, M.Ed., Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware Health and Social Services View Ms. Henry's presentation. Ann C. Kohler, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Human Services, State of New Jersey View Ms. Kohler's presentation. Financing Mental Health Transformation: How to Plan and Manage When the Rules Keep Changing - Part II William J. Hudock, Special Expert - Financing Policy, Office of the Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland (Moderator) View Mr. Hudock's presentation. Brian Hepburn, M.D., Executive Director, Mental Hygiene Administration, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland View Dr. Hepburn's presentation. Carlos Brandenburg, Ph.D., President, NASMHPD Board of Directors; Administrator, Division of Mental Health & Developmental Services, Department of Human Resources, State of Nevada
2007 - Summer Meeting
Colorado and Our System Response to Criminal Justice Janet Wood, M.B.A., M.Ed., Director, Behavioral Health Services, Department of Human Services, State of Colorado Charles Smith, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Behavioral Health Services, Department of Human Services, State of Colorado John R. DeQuardo, M.D., Superintendent, Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, Department of Human Services, State of Colorado View their presentation. SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration: " Mental Health Care: Gains and Gaps" Richard Frank, Ph.D., Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts View Dr. Frank's presentation. Virginia Tech and Columbine: Crisis, Opportunity and Lessons Learned James S. Reinhard, M.D., Commissioner, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Services, Commonwealth of Virginia View Dr. Reinhard's presentation. Virginia Tech and Columbine: Lessons Learned from the Columbine Tragedy Harriet Hall, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Center for Mental Health, Arvada, Colorado View Dr. Hall's presentation. Virginia Tech and Columbine: Crisis Communications - Lessons from the Field Patrick Cook, Project Manager, Social and Health Sciences, Ltd., A Division of Macro International Inc., Rockville, MD View Mr. Cook's presentation. Suicide Prevention Technical Report Alan Radke, M.D., Medical Director, Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota View Dr. Radke's presentation. Suicide Prevention Technical Report - Consumer/Attempter Perspectives on Suicide - Suicide, Person-Centered, Care and Recovery Eduardo Vega, M.A., Program Director, Office of Consumer Rights and Advocacy, County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles, California View Mr. Vega's presentation. Forensic Issues: Sexually Violent Predators W. Lawrence Fitch, J.D., Director, Forensic Services, Mental Hygiene Administration, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland View Mr. Fitch's presentation . Building Partnerships for Behavioral Health Workforce Development in the WICHE West Dennis Mohatt, Director, WICHE Mental Health Program, Boulder, Colorado JoAnne Hoesel, Director, Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, State of North Dakota William Hogan, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Health and Social Services, State of Alaska; Former Director of the Division of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities (DMHDD) for the State of Alaska View their presentation .
2006 - Winter Meeting
Texas Mental Health Transformation Building Blocks For A Population-Based Early Intervention Model Dave Wanser, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner, Department of State Health Services, State of Texas View Dr. Wanser's pdf presentation. Clinical Management for Behavioral Health Services (CMBHS) Joe Vesowate, Assistant Commissioner for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Department of State Health Services State of Texas View pdf presentation Resiliency and Disease Management for Community Mental Health Michael D. Maples, Program Services Section, Department of State Health Services, State of Texas View pdf presentation Mental Health Services and NIATx. David H. Gustafson, Ph.D., NIATx & TECC Center of Excellence Cancer Communications Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison View Dr. Gustafson's pdf presentation The Role of the SMHA in Promoting Wellness and Recovery Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri View pdf presentation Person-Centered Treatment Planning: A Core Construct in Transforming Our Systems of Care Neal Adams, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Special Projects, California Institute for Mental Health, Sacramento, California Rita Cronise, Peer and Family Services Coordinator, Western New York (WNY) Care Coordination Program, Rochester, New York View Mr. Adams' and Ms. Cronise's pdf presentation Building a Culture of Transformation and Accountability Tom Best, Director, Contractor, Services Section, Department of State Health Services, State of Texas View pdf presentation The Hope of Mental Health Transformation: Daniel's Story Valarie Garza, Consumer/Family Member Representative, Texas Mental Health Transformation Work Group, Austin, Texas View pdf presentation
2006 - Summer Meeting
SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program forExecutive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration: "Addressing the Mental Health Needs of First Responders in Public Health Emergencies, Natural Disasters, and Terrorist Events" LTC David Benedek, M.D., U.S.A., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University; Senior Scientist, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Bethesda, Maryland View pdf presentation. Implementing Evidence-Based Programs to Achieve Consumer Benefit Dean L. Fixsen, Research Professor, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida; Co-Director, National Implementation Research Network of FMHI, Tampa, Florida. View pdf presentation Medical Directors Introduction Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri View pdf presentation. Draft Technical Paper -- Smoking Policy and Practice in State Psychiatric Facilities: Implications for States, NASMHPD, and Others Data Provided by the NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri Peggy Jewell, M.D., Medical Director, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, State of Oklahoma Alan Radke, M.D., Medical Director, Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota View Dr. Jewell's and Dr. Radke's pdf presentation. Draft Technical Paper -- Excess Mortality and Morbidity Among Persons with Severe Mental Illness: Implications for States, NASMHPD, and Others Dale Svendsen, M.D., Medical Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health Patricia W. Singer, M.D., Psychiatric Consultant, Division of Behavioral Health Sciences, New Mexico Department of Health View Dr. Svendsen's and Dr. Singer's pdf presentation. Acute Care Bed Crisis Sharon Autio, Director, Mental Health Program Division, Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota William Emmet, Project Director, NASMHPD, Alexandria, Virginia View Ms. Autio's and Mr. Emmet's pdf presentation. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Outreach Partnership Program* Daisy Whittemore, Director, Outreach Partnership Program, Office of Constituency Relations and Public Liaison, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland View Ms. Whittemore's presentation in pdf format. Sharon Carpinello, Ph.D., R.N., Commissioner, Office of Mental Health, State of New York Giselle Stolper, Ed.M., Executive Director, Mental Health Association of New York City, New York View Dr. Carpinello's and Ms. Stolper's presentation in pdf format. Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Ohio View Dr. Hogan's presentation in pdf format.
2005 - Winter Meeting
Sunday, December 11, 2005 Operation Welcome Home: A New Hampshire Program Providing Mental Health Services for Returning Veterans; Geoffrey C. Souther, M.Ed., M.H.S.A., Director, Office of the Commissioner Department of Health and Human Services, State of New Hampshire Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Business Session IOM Report, "Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions"; Allen Daniels, Ed.D., CEO, Alliance Behavioral Care PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration "Findings to Date from the NIMH-CATIE Schizophrenia Trial"; Scott Stroup, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Co-Principal Investigator of the Schizophrenia Trial of the NIMH Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) Program. PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Monday, December 12, 2005 State and Federal Experiences Related to Hurricane Katrina Cheryll Bowers-Stephens, M.D., M.B.A., Assistant Secretary, Office of Mental Health, Department of Health and Hospitals, State of Louisiana PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Randy Hendrix, Ph.D., Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Mississippi PowerPoint Version (.ppt) (Warning. Extremely large file size). John Houston, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, State of Alabama PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) David Wanser, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner, Behavioral & Community Health, Department of State Health Services, State of Texas PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, Rockville, Maryland; Brenda Bruun, Public Health Advisor, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, and Special Programs, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, Rockville, Maryland PSA 1 PSA 2 PSA 3 Transformation in Partnership with the Substance Abuse System; Lewis Gallant, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), Washington, D.C. PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) NAMI State Ratings; Michael Fitzpatrick, M.S.W., Executive Director, NAMI, Arlington, Virginia, Ken Duckworth, M.D., Medical Director, NAMI, Arlington, Virginia PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Transformation in Partnership with the Developmental Disabilities System; Robert M. Gettings, Executive Director, National Association of State Directors Developmental Disabilities Services, Alexandria, Virginia PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
2005 - Summer Meeting
Sunday, July 10, 2005 Tennessee Creating Homes Initiative Marie Williams, Executive Director, Division of Recovery Services, Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, State of Tennessee. PDF presentation Carol Peterson, Senior Vice President and Director, Housing and Community Investment, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. PDF presentation Chere Bradshaw, C.M.S.W., Facilitator, Regional SETH Specialist, Region VII, Behavioral Health Initiatives, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee. PDF presentation State Hospital Superintendent Regional Updates Archie Wallace, Acting CEO, Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, Jessup, Maryland Felix Vincenz, Ph.D. CEO, Central Region, Fulton State Hospital, Fulton, Missouri David Wanser, Ph.D., Deputy Commissioner, Behavioral & Community Health, Department of State Health Services, State of Texas Mark Payne, L.C.S.W., Director, Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, State of Utah PDF presentation Full report PDF July 11, 2005 Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA): A National Resource for States Lisa C. Goodale, A.C.S.W., L.S.W., Peer Services Director, Peer-to-Peer Resource Center, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), Chicago, Illinois. PDF presentation Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D., Member, DBSA Scientific Advisory Board; Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School: "Mental Health in the U.S.: Implications for Health Care Policy," Boston, Massachusetts. PDF presentation The Role of Primary Care in Transforming Systems Joseph Parks, M.D., Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri. PDF presentation Anthony Zipple, Sc.D., M.B.A., Chief Executive Officer, Thresholds, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. PDF presentation Bridging Systems and Services for Populations in Transition Amy Dworsky, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Chapin Hall Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. PDF presentation July 12, 2005 Transforming the Role of the National Association of Consumer/Survivor Mental Health Administrators (NAC/SMHA) Joseph Swinford, Director, Office of Consumer Affairs, Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, State of Tennessee. PDF presentation NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc.: Study Results of Other State Agency Mental Health Expenditures and Persons Served Ted Lutterman, Director of Research Analysis, NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. PDF presentation James T. Yoe, Ph.D., Director of Quality Improvement, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Maine. PDF presentation
2004 - Winter Meeting
Sunday, December 5, 2004 "Inside Outside: Building a Meaningful Life After the Hospital" ￐ A Video and Discussion on Consumer Experiences of Transitions Into the Community Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D., Advocates for Human Potential, Byfield, Massachusetts Terry Strecker, Advocates for Human Potential, Byfield, Massachusetts George Badillo, Consumer, Advocates for Human Potential, Byfield, Massachusetts PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) National Suicide Prevention Initiatives: Federal and State Partnerships Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN-USA) (Jerry Reed, Executive Director) PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Suicide Prevention Resource Center (David Litts, SPRC) PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) SAMHSA Grant to Enhance and Sustain National Suicide Prevention Crisis Hotlines (John Draper, Ph.D., Mental Health Association of New York City) PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Tuesday, December 7, 2004 Linking US with International Developments in Mental Health Collaborating with the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Fran Sylvestri, Director, International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL), Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Tom Barrett, Ph.D., the World Health Organization (WHO) PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Peer Support Tool-Kits Larry Fricks, Director, Office of Consumer Relations, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases, Department of Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Overview and Dialogue Regarding Key Federal Housing Programs Ann O'Hara, Co-Founder and Associate Director, The Technical Assistance Collaborative, Boston, Massachusetts PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Projects that Assist in Transitions from Homelessness (PATH): Current Evaluation Results and Dialogue on How to Improve the Evaluation Process Lisa C. Patton, Ph.D., Senior Study Director, Westat, Rockville, Maryland PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

Children, Youth and Families Division Conferences

2012 Annual Meeting

New Horizons for Children's Services...Gary Blau, Ph.D.

Partner Updates...Georgetown TA Center and University of South Florida

Mental Health Block Grant Presentation and Dialogue...Deborah Baldwin, MPA

C3I: Open Discussion of Members...Joan Dodge, Ph.D.

Joint Presentation: Discussion of Youth MOVE, Inc. & Discussion of Family Support Provider Cert.

Presentation and Discussion Concerning New Directions for a Trauma-Informed Child Welfare and Psychotropic Medication Issues for Children in Custody

2010 Annual Meeting

Update from SAMHSA's Child, Adolescent and Family Branch

Glenace Edwall, Ph.D., Psy.D., LP. MPP, State of Minnesota (Moderator)
Gary Blau, Ph.D., Chief, Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland (Presenter)

C3I: Members talk about topics selected through Georgetown T.A. Center survey

Joan Dodge, Ph.D., Senior Policy Associate, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University (Facilitator)

Services and Expanding Service Capacity, including Childhood MH
Policy Development and Implementation Needed
Financing State and Community Systems

Update on "Building Bridges" Initiative

Gary Blau, Ph.D., Chief, Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland (Moderator/Presenter)

Beth Caldwell, Consultant and National Coordinator, Building Bridges Initiative (Presenter)

Public Health Workgroup Presentations

Joyce Sebian, Ph.D. Senior Policy Associate, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University (Moderator)

What's On The Horizon

Larke Huang, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland (Presenter)

A Public Health Approach to Children's Mental Health

Ruth Perou, Ph.D., Child Development Studies Team Leader, Division of Human Development and Disability, NCBDDD, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia (Presenter)

Breakfast and TA Center Presentation

Barbara Friesen, Director, Research and Training Center, Portland State University (Presenter)

Opportunities for Children's Mental Health in Health Care Reform

Jim Wotring, M.S.W., Director, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University (Moderator)

Vikki Wachino, Director, Families and Children's Health Programs Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland (Presenter)

Opportunities for Research

David Chambers, D.Phil., Associate Director, Dissemination and Implementation Research, Chief, Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, Chief, Dissemination and Implementation Program, Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Presenter)

Washington Update

Elizabeth Prewitt, Director of Government Relations, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Alexandria, Virginia (Presenter)

Sustainability in Systems of Care: A Joint Session with State Children's Mental Health Directors and SOC Project Directors/Principle Investigators and Family Members

Sybil Goldman, M.S.W., Senior Associate, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University (Co-Facilitator)

Bob Friedman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida and Consultant to Georgetown University National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Washington, D.C. (Co-Facilitator)

Statewide System of Care -Oklahoma - One State's Journey

Jackie Shipp, LPC, Director, Division of Community-Based Services, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, State of Oklahoma (Presenter)

This presentation will provide a model for sustainability between a state agency and a SOC site and will serve as a focal point for discussion between the state directors and SOC leadership.

Forensic Division Conferences

Selected Presentations from the Forensic Division 2009 Annual Meeting
Sexual Murder and the Potential Sexual Murderer ModeratorRick Gowdy, Ph.D., State of Missouri Presenter: Louis B. Schlesinger, Ph.D.,Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of CUNY (Sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology - AAFP) View this presentation. Speaker Luncheon: The Peer Supporters Role in Criminal Justice Moderator: Roberta Altenor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Speakers Jonathan Rees, Program Coordinator, Main Link, Bradford County, Pennsylvania Connie Grant, Team Member, Main Link, Bradford County, Pennsylvania View this presentation. Trauma-Informed Treatment of Forensic Clientele Moderator: Robbie Altenor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Presenter: Marty Martin, ACSW, Superintendent, Fulton State Hospital, Fulton, Missouri View this presentation. Community - Based Treatment to Restore Competency to Stand Trial Moderator: Rich Miraglia, ACSW, State of New York Presenters: Rod Miller, Ph.D., Forensic Director, Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Department of Health Services, State of Wisconsin Karen Bailey-Smith, Ph.D., Director of Forensic Services, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, State of Georgia W. Neil Gowensmith, Ph.D., Forensic Services Director, Adult MH Division, Department of Health, State of Hawaii Sally Cunningham, MSW, Chief, Mental Health Treatment Facilities/Forensic Programs, Mental Health Program Office, Department of Children & Families, State of Florida View this presentation. Legal Update: Moderator: Karen Bailey-Smith, Ph.D., State of Georgia Presenter: Larry Fitch, J.D., Director of Forensic Services, Mental Hygiene Administration, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland View this presentation. Speaker Luncheon: National Leadership Forum: Addressing the Needs of the Justice Involved People with Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Disorders Moderator: Richard Gowdy, Ph.D., State of Missouri Guest Speaker: Patty Griffin, Ph.D., National Leadership Forum on Behavioral Health/Criminal Justice Services, CMHS National GAINS Center, Delmar, New York View this presentation. Juvenile Competency Restoration in Virginia: Building a Best Practice Approach Moderator: Jim Smith, MSW, State of Texas Presenters: Janet Warren, DSW, Professor of Clinical Psychiatric Medicine and Associate Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia Jeanette DuVal, LCSW, Director of Juvenile Competency Services, Department of Mental Health, Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Services, Commonwealth of Virginia James LaPlante, President, SPUTNIK Animation,Portland, Maine Matthew Sposato, Data Management Consultant, OpenSource Connections, Charlottesville, Virginia Larry Fitch, J.D., Forensic Services Director, Mental Hygiene Administration, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland View this presentation. University of Virginia's Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy: How Reliable are Forensic Evaluations? Exploring Evaluator Differences and Evaluator Bias Moderator: Rich Miraglia, ACSW, State of New York Presenter: Daniel Murrie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia View this presentation. Update on Psychopharmacological Research, and Formulary Challenges of Relevance to Forensic Settings Moderator Debra Pinals, M.D., State of Massachusetts Presenter: Robert Trestman, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Connecticut (Sponsored by the American Academy of Psychiatry & Law￉AAPL) View this presentation. Jail Diversion Options in the States: Expert Panel Moderator: Patty Griffin, Ph.D., National GAINS Center Panelists: Debra Pinals, M.D., Assistant Commissioner, Forensic Mental Health Services, Department of Mental Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Neil Gowensmith, Ph.D., , Forensic Services Director, Adult Mental Health Division, Department of Health, State of Hawaii Rocio Nell, M.D., Psychiatrist Montgomery City Emergency Services Norristown, Pennsylvania Donald Kline, Ph.D., Criminal Justice Director Montgomery City Emergency Services, Norristown, Pennsylvania Hank Steadman, Ph.D., President and CEO, Policy Research Associates, National Center for Mental Mental Health and Juvinile Justice, Delmar, New York View Dr. Pinals' presentation. View Dr. Kline's presentation.
Selected Presentations from the Forensic Division 2008 Annual Meeting
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Change in Serious Adolescent Offenders Moderator: Robbie Altenor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Presenter: Edward P. Mulvey, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry,Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine View this presentation. Remediating Deficits in Trial Competence Among Juveniles: A Community-Based Approach? Moderator: Jim Morris, Ph.D.,Commonwealth of Virginia Presenter: Janet I. Warren, D.S.W., Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and Associate Director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia Jeanette DuVal, LCSW, Director, Juvenile Competency Services, Office of Forensic Services, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and SA Services, Commonwealth of Virginia View this presentation. Monday, September 22, 2008 Clinical Update: Expanding Role of State Forensic Mental Health Services (Sponsored by the American Academy of Forensic Psychology AAFP) Moderator: Rodney Miller, Ph.D., State of Wisconsin Presenter: Joel Dvoskin, Ph.D., University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry View this presentation. *Council of State Governments' Justice Center: Blueprint for Behavioral Health Services* Moderator: Rick Gowdy, Ph.D., State of Missouri Presenters: Hope Glassberg, Policy Analyst, Justice Center, Council of State Governments David Miller, Project Director, NASMHPD View this presentation. *Jail Diversion: Systems Mapping: A Tool to Assist* *Jurisdictions in Developing Effective Jail Diversion* *Initiatives* *(Sponsored by The National GAINS Center)* Moderator: Robbie Altenor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Presenter: Patti Griffin, Ph.D., National GAINS Center, Policy Research Associates, Delmar, New York View this presentation. *Council of State Governments: Guide for Victims of* *Crimes Committed by Persons with Mental Illness* Moderator: Larry Fitch, J.D., State of Maryland Presenters: Hope Glassberg, Policy Analyst, Justice Center, Council of State Governments Rick Gowdy, Ph.D., Director of Forensic Services, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri Jim Morris, Ph.D., Director, Office of Forensic Services, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services, State of Virginia View this presentation. Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Legal Update/Updates from the States Presenter and Moderator: Larry Fitch, J.D., State of Maryland View this presentation. Competency to Stand Trial: Data, Trends, and Issues Discussion Leader/Moderator: Rich Miraglia, State of New York Panel: Representatives from States impacted and discussion of new initiatives. View this presentation. View the competency statue handout. Speaker Luncheon Speaker: Amy Kroll, Director of Justice Related Services for Allegheny County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania View this presentation. Concurrent Break Out Sessions - I (2nd Floor) Session 1 *Innovative Treatment Approaches with Civilly Committed Sexual Offenders* Joseph W. Proctor, Psy.D.; Team Leader, Liberty Health Care, Illinois Department of Human Services Sexually Violent Persons Treatment and Detention Facility Diana Dobier, Psy.D.; Director of Training & Research Liberty Health Care, Illinois Department of Human Services Sexually violent Persons Treatment and Detention Facility View this presentation. Antiandrogen Treatment of Sex Offenders Roger Harris, M.D.; Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, New York Medical College Howard E. Gilman, M.D.; Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ￐ New Jersey Medical School View this presentation. Session 2 *Effectiveness of a Jail-Based Treatment Program for Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders* Aileen Rothbard, Sc.D.; Research Professor, University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy and Medicine Holly Wald, Ph.D.; President, HPW Associates, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania View this presentation. *Interrogations and False Confessions: An Overview of Research, Clinical Assessment Methods, and Policy Recommendations* Shawn Roberson, Ph.D.; Director of Forensic Psychology, Oklahoma Forensic Center, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, State of Oklahoma No presentation available. Session 3 *Insanity Acquittees: A National Comparison of Post-Adjudication Programs, Policies, and Procedures* Nicole S. Kitei, Ph.D.; Post-Doctoral Fellow in Forensic Psychology, Law & Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School Thomas Grisso, Ph.D.; Director, Law & Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School View this presentation. *Re-Entry Services in Maryland - Results of the Mental Health & Criminal Justice Partnership* Lisa M. Cuozzo, J.D.; Director of Public Policy, Mental Health Association of Maryland Bonita Cosgrove; Acting Director of Mental Health, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, State of Maryland View this presentation. Concurrent Break Out Sessions - II Session 1 *Mental Health and Justice System Collaboration in Rural Communities: Success in Venango County, PA* Ray Feroz, Ph.D.; Professor, Department of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Jayne Romero, M.S., M.P.H.; Administrator, Venango County Mental Health/Mental Retardation, Titusville, Pennsylvania Robert E. Daugherty; Director of Court Supervision, Venango County Mental Health/Mental Retardation, Titusville, Franklin, Pennsylvania Kimberly Woods; Base Services Unit Director, Venango County Mental Health/Mental Retardation, Oil City, Pennsylvania Bruce E. Kahler; Mental Health Coordinator, Ventango County Mental Health/Mental Retardation, Seneca, Pennsylvania No presentation available. *The Main Link Forensic Peer Support Program (FPSP)* Jonathan D. J. Rees; Coordinator, The Main Link Forensic Peer Support Program, Towanda, Pennsylvania Connie D. Randall-Grant; Team Member, The Main Link Forensic Peer Support Program, Towanda, Pennsylvania No presentation available. Session 2 *Comparison of Dynamic versus Static Factors in Risk Assessment: Standardization of the Violence Clinical Risk Indicator* Josh Tiegreen; Doctoral Student, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma Shawn Roberson, Ph.D.; Director of Forensic Psychology, Oklahoma Forensic Center, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, State of Oklahoma View handout. *Psychiatric Use of Unscheduled Medications in the PA Forensic Service: Long Term Effects of Discontinuing the Use of PRN Orders* Gregory M. Smith; Chief Executive Officer, AllentownState Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania Mia Marcovici, M.D.; Chief Medical Officer, Norristown State Hospital, Norristown, Pennsylvania View this presentation. View the Smith-Wolf PRN manuscript. View the related statute. Session 3 *The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Mentally Ill/Problematic Sexual Behavior (MI/PSB) Program: An Evolving Approach to Comprehensive Treatment and Risk Management* Laurie L. Guidry, Psy.D.; Director, Mentally Ill Problematic Sexual Behavior Statewide Program, Department of Mental Health, State of Massachusetts View this presentation. *Residential Sex Offender Treatment - Assessment and Interventions* Vito J. DonGiovanni, Psy.D.; Executive Director, Sexual Responsibility Treatment Program, Torrance State Hospital Tara Travia, PhD, Clinical Director, Pennsylvania Sexual Responsibility and Treatment Program No presentation available. Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Clinical and Legal Visions of Involuntary Medication to Restore Trial Competence *(Sponsored by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law AAPL)* Moderator: Richard Miraglia, Chairperson, State of New York Presenter: Michael Norko, M.D., Director of Forensic Services Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, State of Connecticut View this presentation. View the related outline. View the bibliography.
Selected Presentations from the Forensic Division 2007 Annual Meeting
September 16, 2007 SVP White Paper Presentation: Larry Fitch, J.D., Director, Forensic Services, State of Maryland September 17, 2007 Treatment of Sexually Violent Persons: What We Know and Don't Know: David Thornton, Ph.D., Treatment Director, Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center, Mauston, WI Jail Diversion Deep in the Heart of Texas: A Tool Kit: Aaron Diaz, LMSW-AP, Program Administrator, Crisis Services, Center for Health Care Services, San Antonio, TX, Jeanie Paradise, M.A., LPC, Unit Coordinator, Jail Diversion, Center for Health Care Services, San Antonio, TX The Compkit: A Comprehensive Approach To Competency Restoration Training For Criminal Defendants: Wayne Anderson, Ph.D., Sr. Psychologist, Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Florida State Hospital Program Development for Mentally Ill Persons with Problematic or Aggressive Sexual Behaviors: The Massachusetts DMH Forensic Division Approach: Robert T. Kinscherff, PhD, Assistant Commissioner for Forensic Mental Health Services, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Laurie L. Guidry, Psy.D., Mentally Ill/Problematic Sexual Behavior (MI/PSB) Program Director, Massachusetts Department Of Mental Health Managing the Competency Crisis: Strategies for Improving Service Delivery Related to Adjudicative Competency: B. Thomas Gray, Ph.D., ABPP, Staff Psychologist, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo John R. DeQuardo, M.D., Superintendent, Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo Michele Manchester, MA, Director of IFP, Colorado, Mental Health Institute at Pueblo Kevin Snyder, M.D., Staff Psychiatrist, Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, James E. Smith, LCSW, Chief Executive Officer, North Texas State Hospital Michael T. Jumes, Ph.D., Director of Psychology, North Texas State Hospital Perpetrators and Victims: Understanding and Treating Maternal Filicide Offenders: Stacey L. Shipley, Psy.D., Chief Psychologist, North Texas State Hospital Dori L. Johnson, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist Social Learning and Rehabilitation Program (SLRP), North Texas State Hospital Victim Offender Mediation/Dialogue: Susan H. Leinweber, State Coordinator, Victim Services Division ￐ Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Austin, Texas) The Sexual Responsibility and Treatment Program (SRTP) for Young Adults at Torrance State Hospital: Vito J. DonGiovanni, Psy.D.; Executive Director ￐ Sexual Responsibility Treatment Program, Torrance State Hospital Tara Travia, Ph.D.; Clinical Director - Sexual Responsibility Treatment Program, Torrance State Hospital September 18, 2007 Behind Closed Doors: Trauma and Recovery: Joan Gillece, Ph.D. Project Manager, NASMHPD/NTAC, State of Virginia, Behind Closed Doors: Trauma and Recovery: Tonier Cain, Consumer Advocate, State of Maryland A Population Of Sexual Offenders With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities: Assessment, Treatment, And Policy Concerns and Functional assessment of behavior in sex offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Jill D. Stinson, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Resident, Fulton State Hospital Sharon B. Robbins, Ph.D., Program Coordinator/Licensed Psychologist, Fulton State Hospital Persons in Recovery as Partners in Planning and Implementing Jail Diversion and Re-Entry Programs: C. Terence McCormick, MSW, MPA, Mental Health Criminal Justice Consultant, Rhonda Stanford-Crews, Program Coordinator, Howie Harp Advocacy Center, Casandra Deas, Intern, Nathanial Project The Big Kahuna: Hawaii's Conditional Release Program: Success and Challenges: Neil Gowensmith, Ph.D., Forensic Services Director, Adult Mental Health Division, State of Hawaii September 19, 2007 Inpatient Approaches to Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders in Texas: Jeff Bearden, LCSW, Director of Forensic Psychiatric Programs, North Texas State Hospital, Michael Jumes, Ph.D., Director of Psychology, North Texas State Hospital, Stacey Shipley, Psy.D., Chief Psychologist, Social Learning Rehabilitation Program, North Texas State Hospital
Selected Presentations from the Forensic Division 2005 Annual Meeting
September 11, 2005 Legal Update: John Petrila, J.D., LL.M., Professor, Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida PowerPoint Version (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Clinical Update (Focus on Assertive Community Treatment): Steve Zuchowski, M.D., Director, Psychology Residency Training, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada PowerPoint Version (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) September 12, 2005 What Can We Say About the Outcomes of Jail Diversion Programs?: Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., President, Policy Research Associates Inc., Delmar , New York PowerPoint Version (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Translating the Criminal Justice Mental Health Report into Policy and Practice: Michael Thompson, Director of Criminal Justice Programs, Council of State Governments, New York, New York PowerPoint Version (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) September 13, 2005 A Social Learning Approach to Psychiatric Rehabilitation: James C. Coleman, Ph.D., Project Coordinator, Fulton State Hospital, Fulton, Missouri PowerPoint Version (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) "Catch 'Em Doing Something Good": Creating a Healthy Environment for Change in a Forensic Hospital: Jeff Bearden, L.C.S.W., Director, Forensic Programs, North Texas State Hospital, Vernon, Texas PowerPoint Version (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Medicaid and Medication Access for Persons with Mental Illness upon Re-Entry to the Community from Jails and Prisons: C. Terrence McCormick, M.S.W., M.P.A. , Consultant, CARES, LLC, Albany, New York, Daniel Abreu, C.R.C., Associate Director, Central New York Psychiatric Center, Albany, New York PowerPoint Version (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) September 14, 2005 Current Trends in the Assessment of Competency to Stand Trial at State Inpatient Facilities: Reneau Kennedy, Ed. D., Forensic Services Director, Adult Mental Health Division, State of Hawaii PowerPoint Version (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

Hospital Directors Conferences

Sixth National Summit (2009)
Hope Redeemed: The Life, Death and Resurrection of A Veteran with Mental Illness Eric Arauz, MLER; Nationally Renowned Inspirational Speaker; Arauz Inspirational Enterprises, Mental Health Consulting Company, New Jersey A first person narrative of the degradation and suffering experienced by a disabled American veteran that cycled in mania into numerous psychiatric hospitals and was eventually held in four point restraints for over 24 hours in a maximum security ward of a Veterans Administration Hospital, less than two years since his biological father died a homeless veteran with acute mental illness. You will journey with Mr. Arauz from the bottom of his life to today with the insight and wisdom he has gained in the last 12 years. No presentation available. Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illnesses: Responding to the Epidemic Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri Alan Radke, M.D., M.P.H., State Medical Director, State of Minnesota Public mental health consumers are facing a worsening epidemic resulting in the loss of at least 25 years of normal life span due to preventable medical conditions. The public health response requires tracking of morbidity and mortality; implementation of established standards of care and improved access to and integration of physical health and mental health care. View this presentation. Promising Practice Mid-Western Region: "Fulton State Hospital New Outlook Program for Behavior and Mood Self-Management" Sharon B. Robbins, Ph.D., Program Coordinator, New Outlook Program for Behavior and Mood Self-Management, Biggs and Guhleman Forensic Centers, Fulton State Hospital, Fulton, Missouri This session will describe the development and implementation of the New Outlook Program in an intermediate and maximum security forensic mental hospital. Initial outcome data will conclude the presentation. This program was designed for people who exhibit challenging behavior during episodes of mood dysregulation. Many of our program participants also have intellectual and developmental disabilities. People in this program have relied on behaviors such as aggression, self-harm, sex offenses, and substance abuse to stabilize or change their acute emotional distress. Our treatments include Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Positive Behavior Support. Positive Behavior Support and Dialectical Behavior Therapy complement each other and provide a good foundation for the New Outlook Program. View this presentation. Promising Practice Western Region: "Creating Your Own Internal Review Process - Consolidating CMS & Joint Commission Standards" Isaac Thomas, L.C.S.W., Director Quality Resources, Utah State Hospital, Provo, Utah Dallas Earnshaw, A.P.R.N., C.N.S., B.C., Superintendent, Utah State Hospital, Provo, Utah Over the past 10 years the Utah State Hospital has worked with CMS to develop an internal review process that would satisfy the state's expectations for meeting CMS standards. Quarterly meetings with CMS consultants were held with USH Administration and QR office staff to set goals for improvement, monitor progress and develop plan of corrections when thresholds were not met. Managers throughout the organization were trained in the review process and completed the quarterly reviews. CMS auditors and consultants were very impressed with the outcomes. Raters achieved an excellent inter-rater reliability. It also assisted unit managers to better understand quality of care standards and assist unit staff to meet documentation expectations. View this presentation. Hospital Disaster Preparation and Response: Like There Wasn't Enough To Worry About! Brian W. Flynn, Ed.D., Associate Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Former RADM/Assistant Surgeon General in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) This presentation discusses several issues related to state psychiatric hospitals and their roles in preparing for, and responding to, disasters and large scale emergencies. Specifically, the presentation focuses on hospitals as patient care providers, workplaces, and partners in communities. It also discusses issues specific to the planning, response, and recovery phases of events. A template for planning is presented. In addition, several of key topics are briefly presented. These include, early intervention evidence, focusing on what people seem to want at various stages in the disaster experience, and the importance of leadership and organizational culture. The presentation concludes with a discussion of the applicability of several current hospital disaster and emergency topics to public psychiatric hospitals. View this presentation. Mental Health Services for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Candice Tate, Ph.D., President and CEO, National Coalition on Mental Health and Deaf Individuals, Denver, Colorado This presentation will give state psychiatric hospital superintendents a comprehensive look at the unique mental health and substance abuse issues of deaf and hard of hearing populations. Dr. Candice Tate, a profoundly deaf psychologist, and President and CEO of the National Coalition on Mental Health and Deaf Individuals (NCMHDI) will present background and demographics of deaf and hard of hearing populations and associated epidemiology statistics. The presentation will end with a discussion on accommodations and resources available for state psychiatric hospitals. View this presentation. The Development of an Evidence-Based Best Practice: Preventing Violence and the Use of Seclusion and Restraint Kevin Ann Huckshorn, R.N., M.S.N., Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware Health and Social Services; Former Director, NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance This presentation will focus on the findings from the first Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint (ASR) State Incentive Grant (SIG) Project funded by SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services. This three year program evaluation began with eight state grantees in 2004. NASMHPD's Office of Technical Assistance was funded to be the National Technical Assistance Center for this project and NASMHPD then sub-contracted the evaluation piece to the Human Science Research Institute in Cambridge, MA. NASMHPD OTA faculty provided training and onsite consultation to the grantee sites throughout the project and HSRI utilized researchers from Harvard as well as a group of consumer researchers to collect, analyze and evaluate the data from this blinded study. Process, findings, lessons learned and future steps will be discussed. View this presentation. Developing National Core Competencies for State Hospital Superintendents: Removing the Mystery of Effective Leadership Kevin Ann Huckshorn, R.N., M.S.N., Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware Health and Social Services; Former Director, NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance The emerging mental health system is focused on providing recovery/resiliency-oriented services as its sole and compelling goal. In order to support states in their efforts to improve and enhance their systems, a group of national experts was convened this spring to articulate a set of competencies, roles, responsibilities, tasks, skills, and attributes of State Hospital Superintendants that collectively serve to promote recovery and foster resilience. The presenter will offer a brief overview of this meeting, the core competencies that were identified, and a discussion of a resource kit of materials that is available to support such efforts. A longer session on this topic will be offered on Monday, July 20th, which offers a more detailed discussion of the eight core competencies addressed in the resource kit. View this presentation. Promising Practice Southern Region: "An Experiment in Community Reinvestment" Ronald Forbes, M.D., Medical Director, Central State Hospital, Petersburg, VA This presentation will discuss the planning and implementation of the very successful Health Planning Region IV Reinvestment Project in Virginia. We will report on the organizational supports and oversight, the expansion of local community services, the development of new regional services, the introduction of regional utilization review of state hospital admissions, and data on hospital and community outcomes. We will review continuing challenges as well as some unplanned outcomes that grew and continue to arise from the sustained collaboration between partners and stakeholders in the region. Meeting dialogue will include discussion on initiatives in other states' that show promise in meeting the challenges of transformation to a system where every individual has a home in the community. View this presentation. Promising Practice Northeastern Region: "Achieving Real Transparency with Families and Consumers in New Jersey's State Hospital System" Gregory Roberts, Director, Office of State Hospital Management, State of New Jersey This session will discuss New Jersey's initiatives to include consumers and family members in multiple aspects of their system to ensure quality in their State hospitals. The session will include discussion on the following: New Jersey's Family Monitoring Program, which allows trained family members and other interested parties (without staff escorts) to come unannounced to any hospital at any time to evaluate conditions there. These family members and interested parties are invited to then work collaboratively with State hospital staff to find solutions to any problems they may find. Information on New Jersey's inclusion of family members and consumers in its legislatively-mandated system of unannounced surveys of State hospitals conducted by the Division of Mental Health staff, which is a special review group called the Patient Services Compliance Unit. This program involves family members and consumers who have been trained to staff the PSCU hotline, which allows anyone to report suspected abuse or professional misconduct. The posting of data on New Jersey's website of incidents that occur in State hospitals, along with other heretofore "secret" information about each hospital (census data, number of forensic patients, JCAHO/CMS results, e.g.): and New Jersey's regular inclusion of family members on committees, task forces, etc. at the hospital level and at the Division level View this presentation. State Hospital Smoking Report Vera Hollen, M.A., Senior Research Analyst, NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia NRI, Inc. has completed two surveys of state psychiatric hospitals regarding their smoking policies, nicotine replacement treatment(s), milieu management, and aftercare planning for smoking cessation. Results of the 2006 and 2008 surveys will be presented and emerging trends differentiating smoke-free hospitals from those that continue to permit smoking will be addressed. View this presentation. From the Hospital into the Community: Technical Assistance and Dialogue on Going Tobacco Free Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care Department of Medicine; Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California San Francisco This presentation will review the epidemiology of tobacco use, recent gains in lowering smoking rates, and the heavy concentration of smoking and the damage it causes among those with mental illness and substance use disorders. It will also review treatment options and counter myths about cessation in these populations. View this presentation. Trauma and Recovery Tonier Cain, Technical Assistance Lead for the National Center for Trauma Informed Care (NCTIC), NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance, Alexandria, Virginia Ms. Cain shares her personal experience moving through multiple systems of care. She will talk about how easy it is for providers to re-traumatize an individual, and the difference it makes when trauma issues are addressed. View this presentation. SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration, "How to Mainstream Behavioral Health into Health Policy" Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care Department of Medicine; Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California San Francisco The speaker will draw on personal and policy experience to review why behavioral health is unduly isolated. He will then suggest a set of attitudes and actions that could integrate behavioral health into mainstream health policy. View this presentation. In-SHAPE: Improved Health Status Through Social Inclusion for Persons with Severe Mental Illness Kenneth Jue, M.S.S.A., Chief Executive Officer, Monadnock Family Services, Keene, New Hampshire Stephen J. Bartels, M.D., M.S., Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School; Director of the Aging Services Research Program and Director of the Behavioral Health Policy Institute at the NH-Dartmouth Psychiatry Research Center; Medical Director of the State of New Hampshire Division of Behavioral Health. Initiated in 2003, In-SHAPE is a lifespan enhancing wellness program targeted for persons with severe mental illness. Presenters will discuss its basic underlying tenets, including social inclusion, leveraging of community partnerships and resources, person-centeredness, and the model of health mentor supported health promotion. Additionally, presenters will provide a description of the results of outcome studies and ongoing, federally funded research on effectiveness and implementation. View Mr. Jue's presentation. View Dr. Bartels' presentation. Peer Support Whole Health Larry Fricks, Vice President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Chicago, Illinois Peer Support Whole Health promotes peer-supported, self-directed whole health that is Medicaid billable and emerging in new state system transformation grants funded by SAMHSA through NASMHPD. This session will highlight this new approach of trained peers promoting sustainable change in health behaviors of other peers to address preventable medical conditions and risk factors contributing to early death and promote holistic recovery. View this presentation. The Joint Commission: CMS and State Hospital Accreditation Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health (Moderator) Paul Schyve, M.D., Senior Vice President, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois State psychiatric hospitals are critical components of the continuum of care required to meet the mental and physical health needs of those served by state systems. By focusing on evidence-based standards and the use of techniques of robust process improvement, the Joint Commission's goal is to help these hospitals ￑ and other accredited organizations ￑ achieve high reliability with respect to the safety and quality of care they provide. For state hospitals subject to the Medicare Conditions of Participation, the Commission has integrated the Conditions into the accreditation standards, and is in active discussion with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to revise or reinterpret those Conditions that create barriers to high quality, safe patient care. View this presentation. Olmstead and CRIPA: Redefining the Standard of Care Robert Bernstein, Ph.D., Executive Director, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, D.C. This session will review key requirements of the Olmstead decision and the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) as they relate to state hospitals and state mental health departments. In addition, it will examine some commonplace factors that signal patterns of non-compliance with these requirements and that place systems at risk of legal action. View this presentation. Preparing Your Direct Care Staff to Work in a Changing System of Care: A Workforce Core Competencies Curriculum Kevin Ann Huckshorn, R.N., M.S.N., Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware Health and Social Services; Former Director, NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance Pat Shea, M.S.W., M.A., Deputy Director, NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance, Alexandria, Virginia This session provides an overview of a curriculum that NASMHPD has developed to support the training of direct care staff working in in-patient and community residential adult mental health treatment settings. The impetus for creating these training modules was to provide the public mental health field with tools for communicating with direct care staff a "shared understanding" of the key components, competencies, and principles of a transformed mental health system. The presenters cover the background of this effort, a discussion of the modules that are included within the curriculum, as well as information on how states and facilities might use these materials. View this presentation.
Fifth National Summit (2007)
Welcome and Opening Remarks Robert W. Glover, Ph.D., Executive Director, NASMHPD, Alexandria, Virginia View Dr. Glover's presentation (this is a large presentation, so please be patient). Increasing Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of State Hospitals E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., President, Treatment Advocacy Center, Associate Director for Laboratory Research at the Stanley Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland Although there has always been a small group of individuals who were diagnosed as being "insane," the incidence of this disorder increased dramatically between approximately 1750 and 1950. This is clear from examining records in England, Ireland, and the United States. Many reasons for the increase have been suggested, including genes, alcohol, immigrants, etc., but the reason is almost certainly biological. The continuing increase led to mass overcrowding, then to deinstitutionalization with its attendant consequences, and will next lead to a resurrection of state hospitals to their proper niche. This presentation will explore these issues. View Dr. Torrey's presentation (this is a large presentation, so please be patient). Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri David Shern, Ph.D., President and CEO, Mental Health America, Alexandria, Virginia Addressing the issues of pre-mature morbidity and mortality among state hospital patients provides an outstanding opportunity to not only improve patients' health and well being but also to better integrate inpatient with ambulatory care ￐ both in the specialty and primary care sectors. In this presentation we will review the policy and practice recommendations for improving patients' health status that are particularly relevant for state hospitals as an integral component of the overall system of healthcare. View the combined Dr. Parks and Dr. Shern presentation. Smoking Policies and Practices in State Hospital Settings: Helping People Make Healthy Decisions Toward Recovery Dale Svendsen, M.D., Medical Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health, State of Ohio David Proffitt, Superintendent, Riverview Psychiatric Center, Augusta, Maine John Allen, Director, Bureau of Recipient Affairs, New York State Office of Mental Health; President, National Association of Consumer/Survivor Mental Health Administrators (NAC/SMHA) On April 17th and 18th, 2007, several persons representing consumers, administrators, providers, policy makers, clinicians, and researchers met in Springfield, Virginia to develop a "Tool Kit" for Hospitals to use to assist in the goal of improving the health of staff and those persons served in State Psychiatric Hospitals. This session will focus on review of the draft tool kit, sharing some first hand experiences in implementing a tobacco free campus policy, and responding to questions and comments concerning this project. Feedback from this session and the regional lunch held on Monday will be incorporated prior to finalizing and distributing the toolkit. Important ideas concerning the context of this initiative, the effects on staff and consumers, and the impact on the care milieu shall be discussed with panelists offering conceptual framing and recommended actions contained in the draft tool kit. View smoking presentation. Psychiatric Advance Directives: The Challenges of Implementation Robert Bernstein, Ph.D., Executive Director, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, D.C. Edith Coakley, J.D., Attorney, Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, D.C. Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are relatively new legal instruments allowing consumers to stipulate what they would wish to happen in the event of future incompetence caused by psychiatric crisis. PADs, for us, have great potential as means of planning non-coercive care, but there are operational challenges in implementing them in practice. In this session, we will present the National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives (NRC-PAD), a web-based resource concerning all aspects of PADs, on which the Bazelon Center has collaborated. We will then open a discussion: what are the barriers to implementing PADs in state hospitals, and what strategies can we use to overcome them? View the Bernstein and Coakley presentation. State Hospitals and the Future of Forensic Services W. Lawrence Fitch, J.D., Director, Forensic Services, Mental Hygiene Administration, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland As state hospital populations have fallen in recent years, the percentage (and in some states the number) of patients with criminal court involvement has grown, substantially in some states. In many states, "forensic" patients now make up more than 50 percent of the census. These increases reflect the enormous growth of jail and prison populations nationally and public perceptions that rates of mental disorders among inmates are rising. In some states, concerns for public safety have slowed hospital discharges. The proliferation of actuarial risk assessment in release decision-making may contribute to this phenomenon. Finally, in the 20 states that have enacted laws for the special civil commitment of sex offenders, a new, long-term patient population has emerged. Strategies for reducing the pressure on forensic beds include effective pretrial diversion, outpatient forensic evaluations and treatment, and community-based risk containment measures, particularly for sex offenders. This presentation will address these issues. View Mr. Fitch's presentation. Promising Practices: Southern Region Kentucky's Direct Intervention: Vital Early Responsive Treatment System (DIVERTS): A Program to Reduce State Psychiatric Hospital Admissions for People with Mental Illness Steve Wiggins, B.S.N., M.H.A., Director, Western State Hospital, Hopkinsville, Kentucky Admission rates at Western State Hospital in Kentucky have increased nearly 2-fold since 2001. The Diverts program was initiated in August of 2006 in an effort to decrease the admission rates and prevent the need to staff additional beds at the hospital. A funded partnership has been developed between the four Community Mental Health Centers in Western Kentucky and the sole state hospital for this region (Western State Hospital). The Diverts program for Western Kentucky is Phase I of a model for the rest of the state. This session will address lessons learned and the early results of this program, which indicate that a decrease in admissions has occurred. View Mr. Wiggins' presentation. Promising Practices: Northeastern Region - The Anti-Stigma Project in Maryland: A Collaboration Between "On Our Own of Maryland" and the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration Jennifer K. Brown, Director of Training and Communication, On Our Own of Maryland Archie Wallace, Chief Executive Officer, Walter P. Carter Center, Baltimore, Maryland Stigmatizing attitudes and practices are barriers to providing and receiving competent and effective mental health treatment and services. During this interactive presentation we will examine the work of the Anti-Stigma Project in Maryland and how anti-stigma training and strategies can improve clinical outcomes and resource efficiencies in state facilities. View the Brown and Wallace presentation. Preventing Seclusion and Restraint in Public Mental Health Settings: Successes, Challengesand Lessons Learned Kevin Huckshorn, R.N., M.S.N., Director of NASMHPD Office of Technical Assistance, Alexandria, Virginia Fred Nirde, L.C.S.W., C.P.A., Hospital Administrator, John J. Madden Mental Health Center, Hines, Illinois Andrew Phillips, Ed.D., CEO, Western State Hospital, Lakewood, Washington Marylouise Jones, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist and Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist, Western State Hospital, Takoma, Washington Work on reducing conflict and violence in inpatient mental health settings continues to be a high priority across the United States in both public and private venues. The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) funded State Incentive Grants to find alternatives to the use of seclusion and restraint has helped greatly to add to our current knowledge base in terms of what strategies are appearing to be successful in reducing violence and the use of seclusion and restraint. This session will showcase two state pubic mental health facilities that have taken on this challenge and have been successful in reducing the use of seclusion and restraint, reducing injuries to staff and service users, and fundamentally changing their cultures of care. The presentations will include what worked and lessons learned by senior staff administrators that have been "hands-on" in making these changes happen. View Mr. Nirde's presentation. View Mr. Phillips' and Dr. Jones' presentation. Lost in Transition: Addressing Continuity of Care Linda Rosenberg, M.S.W., C.S.W., President and CEO, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Rockville, Maryland This session will review the purpose and content of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare's experts' recommendations for bridging gaps between inpatient and outpatient settings. Hospitals and community-based organizations need uniform standards, education and better collaboration to ensure that patients with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses who fail to show up for treatment following hospital discharge are not forgotten. Seeking to stem the tide of patients who are "lost in transition" every day, the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare assembled a 24-member independent panel of experts to develop a consensus approach of coordination between inpatient and outpatient settings and engage people with mental illness in continued care. The panel included representatives from leading accrediting bodies and hospital and community treatment organizations as well as patients, family members, researchers, state authorities, and psychiatric leaders. View Ms. Rosenberg's presentation. Overweight and Obesity in People with Mental Illness: Medication Utilization and Managing Cardiometabolic Risk Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri Elizabeth (Betty) Vreeland, M.S.N., A.P.R.N., Program Manager, UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare, Center for Excellence in Psychiatry, Piscataway, New Jersey Despite the fact that for over a decade Americans have heard about an obesity epidemic along with the alarming news that excess body weight can lead to a variety of physical health problems including: hypertension, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, dyslipidemia, stroke, gallbladder disease, sleep apnea and certain types of cancer, the average American's waistline continues to expand. Two out of three Americans are now overweight or obese, and the World Health Organization has identified excess weight as a global problem with more than 1 billion overweight adults, with at least 300 million of them being obese. A multitude of factors, including unhealthy lifestyle habits, low socioeconomic status, and psychotropic medications place people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) at even higher risk of developing weight problems and its secondary health complication which may be contributing to the increased morbidity and mortality rates seen in this population. This presentation will provide an overview of the weight problem and present data on individual atypical antipsychotics and their propensities for causing metabolic disturbances. In addition, information regarding how to recognize, screen for, and prevent cardiometabolic risk factors will be covered. Further, scientific evidence that psychotropic associated weight gain can be prevented and reversed and evidence-based practices and a "small steps" approach for preventing and managing excess weight will be discussed. View Dr. Parks' and Ms. Vreeland's presentation Workforce Issues: Recruiting, Retaining, and Training Providers of Mental Health Services in Rural Settings Dennis Mohatt, Director, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Mental Health Program, Boulder, Colorado The WICHE Mental Health Program is an Interstate Compact, established in 1955 between the 15 western states. The program has over a half-century of working with the public mental health system to improve services and develop a quality mental health workforce. During the past five years, the program has worked extensively with states across its region to explore rural mental health workforce challenges and issues. The program also worked extensively with the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health to develop its rural issues subcommittee report and related expectations. Additionally, the program was the lead for rural workforce planning with the Annapolis Coalition. This presentation will provide an overview of the workforce challenges facing the rural and frontier West, and discussion of recent efforts to facilitate and strengthen collaboration between higher education and the public mental health system to enhance workforce development. View Mr. Mohatt's presentation. Promising Practices: Mid-Western Region - Peer Specialists: Roles and Challenges Joann O'Connor, Hospital Director, Winnebago Mental Health Institute, Winnebago, Wisconsin (Introduction and Moderator) Christine Elvidge, C.R.S.S., Recovery Specialist, McFarland Mental Health Center, Springfield, Illinois Maria E. Hanson, J.D., Consumer Involvement Coordinator, Mendota Mental Health Institute, Madison, Wisconsin Peer Specialists in Wisconsin and Illinois will discuss their experience and functions in inpatient facilities. The Peer Specialist's position is used differently in each state and each contributes to a deeply personal unique process of change to staff and clients. States who are contemplating hiring Peer Specialists will understand the value of the position and will be inspired to the innovative contributions Peer Specialists can make to their inpatient settings. The peer specialist presentation does not have a downloadable presentation. Please contact NASMHPD for more information. Promising Practices: Western Region - Inpatient Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and the Reduction of Self-Harming Behaviors John Cooper, M.A., H.S.A., Chief Executive Officer, Arizona State Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona (Introduction) Steven R. Bolte, M.A., Program Manager, DBT Program, Arizona State Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona Deborah Desprois, Ph.D., Director of Treatment Planning Services, Arizona State Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona In the spring of 2004, the Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona launched its inpatient Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program. Representatives of the hospital's Clinical Services Department and DBT team will share their experience and "lessons learned" during the process of changing the approaches used to treat extremely challenging, "emotionally dysregulated" patients at Arizona State Hospital. The presentation will include: a brief overview of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and the challenges of providing DBT in an inpatient setting; a bio-social theory of the development and maintenance of BPD; information about the essential components of an effective DBT program; brief case presentations that demonstrate significant progress with a variety of patients; outcome data; lessons learned along the way; steps to implement a DBT program; and an opportunity to ask questions about inpatient DBT. View the DBT presentation.
Fourth National Summit (2005)
Sunday, May 1, 2005 "Inside - Outside, Building a Meaningful Life After the Hospital": A Video and Discussion on Consumer Experiences of Transitions Into the Community Patricia Deegan, Ph.D., Consultant, Advocates for Human Potential George Badillo, Consumer, Advocates for Human Potential Terry Strecker, Consumer and Filmmaker, Advocates for Human Potential PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Smoking Cessation in State Hospital Settings James Smith, L.M.S.W-ACP, Chief Executive Officer, North Texas State Hospital Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care, Director, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) The Role of Leadership in Changing and Ambiguous Times Anthony Salerno, Ph.D. Co-Director, Evidence Based Practices Initiative, New York State Office of Mental Health Paul J. Margolies, Ph.D., Director of Rehabilitation Services, and Training Director, Hudson River Psychiatric Center PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Updates from the NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. Behavioral Healthcare Performance Initiative (ORYX reporting) Lucille Schacht, Ph.D., Director of Statistical Analyses, Director of Operations, NRI, Inc. PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Preventing Suicide Among Staff and Patients David Litts, O.D., F.A.A.O., Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Monday, May 2, 2005 RESPECT Seminar Joel Slack, Executive Director, Respect International, Inc. Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) From the Hospital to the Community: Mandated Treatment in the "De Facto" Mental Health Systems John Monahan, Ph.D., Doherty Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Handout - Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) What Can We Say About the Outcomes of Jail Diversion Programs? Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., President, Policy Research Associates, Inc. PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Mental Health Courts John Petrila, J.D., Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) National Institute of Mental Health ￐ England Phil Sculthorpe, Chief Executive, NIMHE PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) The State Hospital Role in Addressing Substance Use Disorders Joseph Parks, M.D., Medical Director, State of Missouri PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Handout Report Joint Commission and State Psychiatric Hospitals: Today's Culture of Safety and What the Future May Bring Mary Cesare-Murphy, Ph.D., Executive Director, Behavioral Health Accreditation, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Pharmacy Utilization Management, Improving Quality As a Way to Contain Cost Joseph Parks, M.D., Medical Director, State of Missouri PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Behavioral Health Awareness Training for Healthcare Professionals RADM Brian Flynn, Ed.D., Assistant Surgeon General (USPHS, Ret.), Associate Director/Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Center for the Studies of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Seclusion and Restraint State Incentive Grant (SIG) Evaluation Component with the Evaluation Center @ HSRI (Human Services Research Institute) Kevin Huckshorn, R.N., Director, National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning (NTAC) PowerPoint Version 1 (.ppt) PowerPoint Version 2 (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat 1 (.pdf) Adobe Acrobat 2 (.pdf) H. Stephen Leff, Ph.D., Director and Principal Investigator, The Evaluation Center @ HSRI PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Are your patients improving? Are your nurses competent to run groups? The Utah State Hospital (USH) Outcome & Group Competency Program Mark Payne, L.C.S.W., Superintendent, Utah State Hospital Dallas Earnshaw, A.P.R.N., C.N.S.-B.C., Assistant Director, Utah State Hospital Gary Burlingame, Ph.D., Consultant, Utah State Hospital PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4 High Bandwidth TeleBehavioral Health Ron Adler, Ed.M., CEO, Alaska Psychiatric Institute Wandal Winn, M.D., TBH Medical Coordinator, Alaska Psychiatric Institute PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

Legal Division and Interstate Compact Coordinators Conferences

2012 Annual Meeting
National Litigation Trends by Caroline M. Brown, Esq. Covington and Burling LLP Washington Update by Joel E. Miller, Senior Director/Policy and Healthcare Reform, NASMHPD Washington Update by Dan Berland, Director of Federal Policy, NASDDDS Washington Update by Barbara Brent, NASDDDS Legal and Systems Issues in Forensic Services: Jackson, Sell, Edwards, and More, by W. Lawrence Fitch, J.D., Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration, University of Maryland Law School and Medical School
2011 Annual Meeting
Washington Update by Joel E. Miller, Senior Director/Policy and Healthcare Reform, NASMHPD Washington Update by Dan Berland, Director of Federal Policy, NASDDDS Community Alternatives to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Demonstration Grant Program by Ronald R.J. Hendler, Technical Director, Division of Community Systems Transformation, CMS Section 811: Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilties, Marvis Hayward, Office of Housing Assistance and Grants Administration Strategies for Transitions of Persons with Disabilities from Institutions into the Community by Disability Task Force, Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development HCBS Internal Quality Assessment by Jackie Glaze HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing: Persons with Disabilities Access to Housing by Dina Elani, Office of Public and Indian Housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
2009 Annual Meeting
Use of Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) in the Context of Psychiatric Hospitalizations Presenter: Richard Elliott, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Medical Ethics, Mercer University School of Medicine Facilitator: Courtney Tarver, J.D., General Counsel, Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Olmstead v L.C. Zimring; Progress Toward the Most Integrated Setting Presenters: Paul Kaufmann, Ph.D., J.D., Board Certified Neuropsychologist and General Counsel to Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Micky Logan, J.D., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice Transformation Coming to a Facility Near You: Privatization, Contracting with Independent Management, Closure of Facilities Courtney Tarver, J.D., General Counsel, Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Options for Governance Elizabeth Bentley Watson, J.D., Legal Counsel, Georgia Dept. of MHDD&AS Technology at Facilities: Cell Phones, Videotapes, E-mails, etc. Panelists: Micky Logan, J.D., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice Ngozichukwu Akubuike, J.D., CMHS Legal Manager, Minnesota Department of Human Services Building New Facilities: What to Consider Panelists: Lester Blumberg, J.D., General Counsel Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (via telephone) Micky Logan, , J.D., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice
2008 Annual Meeting
States Role in Serving Veterans Presenter: Harold Kudler, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Duke University Medical Ctr., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Facilitator: Cynthia Clark Tyler, J.D., Director, Office of Legal Counsel, Tennessee Dept. of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities *Patient Safety and Quality Assurance* Facilitator and Presenter: Elizabeth Bentley Watson, J.D., Legal Counsel, Dept. of MHDD&AS, State of Georgia *CMS/HHS/DOJ Litigation* Presenters: Mal J. Harkins,III, J.D., Proskauer Rose LLP, Washington DC James F. Segroves, J.D., Proskauer Rose, LLP, Washington DC Facilitator: Courtney Tarver, J.D., General Counsel, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, State of Alabama
2007 Annual Meeting
October 21, 2007 Arizona's Children's System Reform under Medicaid Law: Bob Sorce, J.D., Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, State of Arizona Eddy Broadway, Deputy Director, Arizona Department of Health Services/Division of Behavioral Health Services Brian Lensink, Director of Systems Change, Arizona Department of Health Services/Division of Behavioral Health Services Laura Nelson, M.D., Chief Medical Director, Arizona Department of Health Services/Division of Behavioral Health Services We're from DOJ and We're Here to Help You" or A Primer on How to Handle a CRIPA Investigation Courtney Tarver, J.D., General Counsel, Legal Division, Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation, State of Alabama Ann Andreas, J.D., Deputy Attorney General, Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawaii Mickey Logan, J.D., Senior Assistant Attorney General, General Counsel Division, Department of Justice, State of Oregon Rich Slipsky, J.D., Special Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office, State of North Carolina October 22, 2007 History of the Interstate Compact: Bonnie Lee, Legal Issues Coordinator, State Operated Services, State of Minnesota Non-Emergency Involuntary Medications: State by State Report: Wendy Beinner, J.D., Chief Counsel/Asst. Attorney General Department of Mental Health, Agency of Human Services, State of Vermont Lessons Learned: Virginia Tech: Allyson Tysinger, J.D., Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, State of Virginia Looking Forward from Virginia Tech: Developments in State Firearms Laws: Eric Nelson, J.D., Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, State of Washington October 23, 2007 No powerpoints October 24, 2007 No powerpoints

Medical Directors Council Meetings

Presentations from the Medical Directors Council Meeting held December 9-11, 2007 in Scottsdale, Arizona

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Draft Technical Paper￉Preventing Suicide Among Persons Served by Public Mental Health Systems: A Review In Preparation for Presentation to Commissioners: Alan Radke, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, Department of Human Services State of Minnesota (Moderator and Presenter)

Draft Technical Paper...Obesity in Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Review:
Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri (Moderator and Presenter)

Presentation not available

Draft Technical Paper...Obesity in Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Review:
Gerard Gallucci, M.D., Medical Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Department of Health and Social Services State of Delaware

Draft Technical Paper...Obesity in Persons with Severe Mental Illness: A Review:
Laurence H. Miller, M.D., Medical Director, Division of Behavioral Health Services, Department of Health and Human Services State of Arkansas

Role of Psychiatrists in Recovery Oriented Systems and Promoting Wellness:
John Allen, Director, Bureau of Recipient Affairs, Office of Mental Health, State of New York

Role of Psychiatrists in Recovery Oriented Systems and Promoting Wellness:
Tom Kelly, Manager, Office of Consumer and Family Support, Division of Behavioral Services, Department of Health Services, State of Arizona,

Role of Psychiatrists in Recovery Oriented Systems and Promoting Wellness:
Penny Knapp, M.D., Medical Director, Department of Mental Health State of California

Evidence-Based Medicine￉Embedding the Concept Correctly In Policy: George Parker, M.D., Medical Director, Division of Mental Health & Addiction, State of Indiana,

December 10, 2007

NASMHPD President's Task Force on Returning Veterans: Are SMHA's Ready?: Linda Roebuck, Chief Executive Officer, Behavioral Health Services Division, Department of Health, State of New Mexico,

NASMHPD President's Task Force on Returning Veterans: Are SMHA's Ready?: Michael Lancaster, M.D., Chief of Clinical Policy, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse, Department of Health and Human Services, State of North Carolina

Role of Psychiatrists in Mental Health Transformation: William P. Sheehan, M.D., Medical Director, Adult Mental Health Division, Department of Health, State of Hawaii,

Role of Psychiatrists in Mental Health Transformation: Steven Adelsheim, M.D., Consultant to the New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative, University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry

Principles of Antipsychotic Prescribing for Policy Makers: Alan Radke, M.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, Department of Human Services State of Minnesota

December 11, 2007

No Powerpoints

NASMHPD Deaf Mental Health Research Priority Consensus-Planning Conference

The NASMHPD Deaf Mental Health Research Priority Consensus-Planning Conference was held January 25-29, 2012 at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.

Below are supplemental materials stemming from the outcome of the meeting:

Conference Summary and Results

Thirty-four Research Priorities

Older Persons Division Conferences

Proceedings from the Older Adults Targeted Capacity Expansion Grantee Meeting, held May 22-24, 2011 in Washington, DC

NASMHPD Older Persons Division Annual Meeting Indiana Mental Health and Aging Conference Meeting of PASRR Professionals and NAPP Board on September 16 ￐ 18, 2010

Older Adults Targeted Capacity Expansion Grantee Meeting, held February 22-23, 2010 in Tampa, Florida
Winter Learning Collaborative Session February 22 &23, 2010 Tampa, Florida View the agenda. Basic Principles for Managing Implementation and Working Towards Sustainability Steve Bartels, MD, MS, Aricca Van Citters, MS, Tom Krajewski, MD. View this presentation. Collecting and Using Your Data:Outcome Evaluation Metrics Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS, AriccaD. Van Citters, MS Dartmouth Center for Health & Aging, Dartmouth Medical School. View this presentation The History & Effectiveness of Mental Health & Aging Coalitions Willard Mays, M.A. View this presentation Person Centered, Treatment/documentation Dr. Thomas Krajowski, Baltimore, MD View this presentation
National Council on Aging and the American Society on Aging (NCOA/ASA) National Meeting held March 15-19, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois
SAMHSA/CMHS Older Adult Mental Health Targeted Capacity Expansion Grant Program Marian Scheinholtz, MS, OTIL, Center for Mental Health Services Community Support Program Branch SAMHSA Older Adult Mental Health Targeted Capacity Expansion Gran Program, Targeted Technical Assistance to 10 Grantees Marcia Marshall, MPA, MA, Project Coordinator Office Office of Technical Assistance, NASMHPD SAMHSA/CMHS Older Adult Mental Health Targeted Capacity Expansion Grant Program, Implementation of Older Adults Evidence-Based Practices Steve Bartels, MD, MS, Director, Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging, Professor of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine
Older Persons Division 2009 Annual Meeting, held October 19 - 20, 2009 in, Des Moines, Iowa
Held October 19 - 20, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa For the agenda of the meeting, please click here. For all of the powerpoints of the conference, please click here.
SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services Older Adult Mental Health Targeted Capacity Expansion Grant Program held April 14-15, 2009 in Annapolis, MD

2005 Annual Meeting
September 26, 2005 Keynote: Medicare Part D: Gale Arden, Director, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Evidenced-based Mental Health Practices for Older Adults: Resources and Mechanisms at SAMHSA: Betsy McDonal Herr, Social Science Analyst, Center for Mental Health Services, Rockville, Maryland PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Older Adults Tool Kit: Vijay Ganju, Ph.D., Director, Center for Mental Health Quality and Accountability, NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) National Older Adult EBPs: Lisa Park, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA, Rockville, Maryland PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) September 27, 2005 Geriatric Education Centers: Frank Prerost, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Midwestern Geriatric Education Center, Downers Grove, Illinois PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Policy Academy on Rebalancing Long Term Care Systems toward Quality Community Living and Healthy Aging: Joy Cameron, National Governor's Association, Washington, D.C. PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Co-occurring Disorders: Carol D'Agostino, Director, Geriatric Addictions Program, Lifespan, Rochester, New York PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) A.J. Ernst, Director, Technology Transfer, Co-Occurring Center for Excellence, CDM Group, Bethesda, Maryland PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Mia Moran-Cooper, Executive Director, Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia, Chas, West Virginia PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) September 28, 2005 Abuse , Trauma and Restraints: Joan Gillece, Ph.D., Project Manager, NASMHPD/NTAC, Alexandria, Virginia PowerPoint Version (.ppt) Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

Transformation Leadership Conference

Keynote Speach

A. Kathryn Power, MEd, Center for Mental Health Services

View Ms. Power's presentation.

View CMHS' Program Profiles.

Transformation Management Tools

Introduction: Bill Hudock, CMHS

Steve Leff, PhD, Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)
View Dr. Leff's presentation.

Colette Croze, MSW, Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) View her presentation.

T-SIG State Experiences

Three T-SIG states will discuss what others can learn from their transformation experiences

Texas: Sam Shore, MSSW. View the Texas presentation.

Missouri: Diane McFarland, MSW. View the Missouri presentation.

Connecticut: Scott Migdole, MSW, LCSW. View the Connecticut presentation.

Overview of Ten Transformation Approaches

Tim Tunner, PhD, NASMHPD/OTA
View Dr. Tunner's presentation.
View the references for this presentation.

Alabama: State Consumer Organizations, Ronald Hunt, MA
View the Alabama presentation.

New Jersey: Acute Care Services, Kevin Martone, MSW
View the New Jersey presentation.

Arizona: Building an Office of Consumer Affairs, Tom Kelly
View the Arizona presentation.

Wyoming: Trauma Informed Care (web only; not presented at conference)
View the Wyoming presentation.

Overview of Transformation Transfer Initiative (TTI)

David Miller, MPAff, NASMHPD
View Mr. Miller's presentation.

North Dakota - Medicaid Funded Peer Specialists, Dawn Pearson.
View the North Dakota presentation.

Pennsylvania - Geriatric Peer Specialist Services, Bill Boyer
View the Pennsylvania presentation.

Alabama - Mental and Physical Health Care Integration, Susan Chambers, MPA
View the Alabama presentation.

Consumer Networking

Gayle Bluebird, Center for Consumer Networking
View Ms. Bluebird's fact sheet.

Seclusion/Restraint Reduction and Development of the Direct Care Workforce

Kevin Huckshorn, RN, MSN, CAP, ICADC, NASMHPD/OTA
View Ms. Huckshorn's fact sheet.
View NASMHPD's fact sheet on training for workforce issues.

Rural Workforce Issues

Debra Kupfer, MHS, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
View Ms. Kupfer's fact sheet.

Trauma Informed Care

Tonier Cain
View Ms. Cain's fact sheet.

Peer Specialists - the Consumer and Provider Perspectives

The Consumer Perspective
Larry Fricks, Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance

The Provider Perspective
Tom Lane, Magellan Health Services
View their fact sheet.

Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

John Challis, BA, BSW, Dip Teach, COCE Center.
View Mr. Challis' fact sheet.

Person Directed Planning

Diane Grieder, MEd
View Ms. Grieder's fact sheet.

Self-Advocacy Training

Caroline Chen and Ellen Kozlowski, Community Advocates of Montgomery County, PA
View their fact sheet.

Financing Strategies for Mental Health Transformation

State Financing
Leslie Schwalbe, MPA

SAMHSA / CMHS Bill Hudock, SAMHSA/CMHS
View their worksheet.

The Mental Health Transformation Portal

Frances L. Randolph, DrPH, MPH
View her presentation.

Trauma Informed Care Presentations

Tonier Cain's presentation on "Trauma and Recovery" (PDF, 3.04MB)

Tonier Cain's presentation on "Domestic Violence, Trauma & Recovery" (PPT, 7.44MB)

Dr. Joan Gillece's presentation on "Understanding and Addressing Trauma: Developing Trauma Informed Systems of Care" (PDF, 1.47MB)

Dr. Brian Sim's presentation on "Understanding the Biopsychosocial Impact of Trauma" (PDF, 2.48MB)

David Washington's presentation on "The TAMAR Program" (PPT, 109KB)

Serving the Needs of the Nation's Public Behavioral Health System

Presentations from Conferences

Adults with Behavioral Health Needs under Correctional Supervision: Shared Framework on Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Recovery

Washington Update

Business Session: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Business Session: Suicide Prevention

Business Session: Deaf Mental Health Services

Dialogue with Pamela Hyde, J.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The National Council's Center for Integrated Health Services (CIHS) Grantee Session

Olmstead Implementation: What Federal Entities Can Offer States

SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services Funded Executive Leadership Training Session: What? Why? and How? What States Are Doing to Improve Children's Mental Health Outcomes and Better Invest Resources

Tobacco Free State Psychiatric Hospitals and Continuity of Care in the Community

Legal and Forensic Divisions Session: What You Wished You Knew Before You Took the Job

Washington Update and Dialogue

Implementing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Integration

National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention

Dialogue with A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services

Opportunities and Resources to Improve Outcomes for People with Mental Illnesses in the Criminal Justice System

Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - The Tucson Tragedy in January 2011

Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - A Mental Health Worker's Tragic Death in Massachusetts

Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - "Olmstead may be coming to a neighborhood near you soon!" Lessons Learned from Illinois

NASADAD: Progress, Priorities, and Partnerships

Dialogue Panel with Barbara Edwards, CMS; Matt Salo, National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD); and John O'Brien, SAMHSA

Washington Update

Dialogue with Henry Claypool, Director, Office on Disability, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dialogue with John O'Brien, Senior Advisor for Health Finance, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA's CMHS Funded NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration: "The Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane Archives Project: Implications for State Mental Health Systems"

2010 NRI Reports on State Mental Health Systems

Responding to a High-Profile Tragic Event Involving a Person with a Serious Mental Illness: A Toolkit for State Mental Health Commissioners

Working Together for Improved Health Care Reform: A Dialogue with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)

Opening Ceremony and Presentation on Mental Health Programs for the Native American Populations

Strategic Planning in Difficult Economic Times: Facilitated Discussion on Mission, Vision, and Priorities

SAMHSA's CMHS Funded NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State "Making Progress in Tough Times"

Mandated Community Treatment

Dialogue with A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services

Mental Health Online: Improving Outcomes with Self Help Programs

Washington Update

Toolkit on Violent Incidents in Communities

NIMH Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenic Episode (RAISE) Initiative: Potential Health and Economic Benefits of Early Intervention

Dialogue with Richard Frank, Ph.D. and Ruth Katz from the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

Key Discussion with Leaders of the Ft. Hood Mental Health Response

Trauma and Recovery

SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration, "How to Mainstream Behavioral Health into Health Policy"

In-SHAPE: Improved Health Status Through Social Inclusion for Persons with Severe Mental Illness

Peer Support Whole Health

The Joint Commission: CMS and State Hospital Accreditation

Olmstead and CRIPA: Redefining the Standard of Care

Preparing Your Direct Care Staff to Work in a Changing System of Care: A Workforce Core Competencies Curriculum

Briefing on Developing National Core Competencies for State Hospital Superintendents: Removing the Mystery of Effective Leadership

Missouri's Multimodal Approach to Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care

Mental Health Services for People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Building Consensus for Transformation: A PBS/Fred Friendly Seminars Initiative,"Minds on the Edge"

New Jersey PSA on Mental Health Funding

Taste of Washington, D.C: Highlights of Innovations

National Consumer Memorial

Measurement of Health Status for People with Serious Mental Illnesses

Financing Mental Health Services: What the Future Holds

Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Those Who Serve in the National Guard

Chris Jennings: Policy and Political Drivers of Health Reform - Challenges and Opportunities

The Network for Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) Meets Mental Health

SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration, "Leadership in Public ental Health"

Australia Mental Health First Aid Programme

New Zealand The Low Down

Mental Wellness Teams in Indigenous Communities in British Columbia

Republic of Ireland Collaborative Learning: Leadership Training Course

Mental Health Service Transformation in Scotland

Host State Brag and Steal: Tennessee Integration of Health and Mental Health

Human Services Workforce Strategies in Maryland and Efforts of the CYF Division's Workgroup on Leadership and Workforce

Outcome Management Strategies for Children's Mental Health Services

Arizona Program: Advancing Reform Through Procurement

FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS)

SAMHSA's CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration: "PTSD: Returning with War Injury- Then and Now, There and Here"

Crisis Lines, Suicide Prevention and Continuity of Care for High Risk Individuals: Research and Practice Models

The VA Approach to Suicide Prevention

NASMHPD President's Task Force on Returning Veterans: Are SMHA's Ready?

Peer Delivered Services, Medicaid Reimbursement, and Beyond

Transforming a Tribal Regional Behavioral Health Authority in a Bifurcated Medicaid System of Care: Moving Towards an Integrated System of Behavioral Health Services

Role of Psychiatrists in Mental Health Transformation

Principles of Antipsychotic Prescribing for Policy Makers

Update and Lessons Learned on the State Response to the California Fires and Virginia Tech Tragedy

Adults with Behavioral Health Needs under Correctional Supervision:
Shared Framework on Reducing Recidivism and Promoting Recovery