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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

 

 

 

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