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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"

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 ChildrenWilliam 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 AdolescentsLarke 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 AdultsGail 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 GROUPSThomas 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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