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The Twenty-Third Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium On Mental Health Policy

The Time is Now: Creating a Public Policy Action Agenda
on Preventing Mental Illnesses

Schedule

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Thursday, November 8, 2007

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Opening Session 1:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Reception and Dinner 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.	REGISTRATION/Ivan Allen III Pavilion Lobby
1:00 – 1:05 p.m.	WELCOME Thomas Bornemann, Ed.D. Director, The Carter Center Mental Health Program
1:10 – 1:20 p.m.	OPENING REMARKS Rosalynn Carter Chair, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force
1:20 – 2:05 p.m.	KEYNOTE ADDRESS Vincent Felitti, M.D. Co-principal Investigators, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE)
2:05 - 2:35 p.m.	Q & A Vincent Felitti, M.D. and Robert Anda, M.D. Co-principal Investigators, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE)
2:35 – 2:50 p.m.	Break
2:50 – 3:30 p.m.	PANEL I Prevention Programs for Children William Beardslee, M.D. Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Boston Children's Hospital Principal Investigator, Parental Mental Illness Study Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force Mary Dozier, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware Jane Knitzer, Ed.D. – Moderator Director, National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Carolyn Webster-Stratton, Ph.D. Professor of Family and Child Nursing Research Affiliate, Center of Human Development and Disability, University of Washington Principal Investigator, "Incredible Years"
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.	Q & A
4:15 - 4:30 p.m.	CHARGE TO WORK GROUPS Thomas Bryant, M.D., J.D. Chairman, Non Profit Management Associates, Inc. President, National Foundation for Mental Health Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force
4:30 – 5:45 p.m.	WORK GROUPS IN SESSION
5:45 – 6:00 p.m.	Break/Transition to Reception/ Museum Lobby
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Reception/Museum Lobby
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.	Dinner/Cyprus Room
8:00 – 8:30 p.m.	DINNER SPEAKER Terry Cline, Ph.D. Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
8:30 – 8:45 p.m.	Q & A

Thursday, November 8, 2007
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast/ Ivan Allen III Pavilion
9:00 – 9:40 a.m.	PANEL II Prevention Programs for Adolescents Larke Nahme Huang, Ph.D. - Moderator Senior Advisor on Children to the Administrator Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Carl C. Bell, M.D. President and CEO, Community Mental Health Council Founder, Institute for the Prevention of Violence Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force David Osher, Ph.D. Managing Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Paulette Running Wolf, Ph.D. Executive Director, First Nations Behavioral Health Association
9:40 – 10:25 a.m.	Q & A
10:25 – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45– 11:25 a.m.	PANEL III PreventionsPrograms for Adults and Older Adults Gail Hutchings, M.P.A. – Moderator President and CEO, Behavioral Health Policy Collaborative Former Chief of Staff, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Martha Bruce, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry Weill Medical College, Cornell University Eric Goplerud, Ph.D. Director, Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems, George Washington University Medical Center Richard Price, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Business Administration, University of Michigan Director, Michigan Prevention Research Center Principal Investigator, Prevent Depression During Unemployment – JOBS Intervention
11:25 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.	Q & A
12:10 – 12:30 p.m.	DISMISS TO WORK GROUPS Thomas Bryant, M.D., J.D. Chairman, Nonprofit Management Associates, Inc. President, National Foundation for Mental Health Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force
12:30 – 2:10 p.m.	WORK GROUPS IN SESSION (lunch delivered to work groups)
2:10 – 2:30 p.m.	Break/Transition to General Discussion/Cecil B. Day Chapel
2:30 – 3:50 p.m.	GENERAL DISCUSSION Gregory L. Fricchione, M.D. Associate Chief of Psychiatry Director, Division of Psychiatry and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
3:50 – 4:00 p.m.	CONCLUDING REMARKS Rosalynn Carter Chair, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force
4:00 p.m.	ADJOURN

Special thanks to the 2007 Symposium Planning Committee

Katherine Acuff, J.D., PH.D.
Senior Policy Consultant
Adjunct Associate Professor
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University

Carl Bell, M.D.
President and CEO
Community Mental Health Council, Inc.
Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force

Paulo del Vecchio
Consumers Affairs Specialist
Center for Mental Health Services

Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H.
Rosalynn Carter Endowed Chair in Mental Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force

Gail Hutchings, M.P.A.
President and CEO
Behavioral Health Policy Collaborative

Sherry Jenkins Tucker
Executive Director
Georgia Mental Health Consumers Network

Nadine J. Kaslow, Ph.D., A.B.P.P
Professor & Chief Psychologist at Grady Health Systems
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University
Member, The Carter Center Mental Health Task Force

Cynthia Wainscott
Member, National Council on Disability

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