[NYAPRS Enews] MHANYS' 2009 Awards Dinner & Conference; Oct. 29th and 30th

[Matt Canuteson]

NYAPRS Note: The following conference announcement comes to us from our
friends at the Mental Health Association in New York State.

 

 

MHANYS' 2009 Awards Dinner & Conference

Oct. 29th and 30th

Conference Topic: 

New Freedom Commission Progress Report
6 Years Later - Impact to New York State

 

Featured speaker: William Emmet, Director of the Campaign for Mental
Health Reform, he is responsible for coordinating the efforts of
eighteen national organizations to make effective mental health services
a national priority and to ensure the integration of mental health into
national health reform.

Click here to Register
<https://www.mhanys.org/registration/reg_begin.php?ConfID=18> 

 

Click here for more information
<http://www.mhanys.org/events/MHANYS-Conf%20Brochure%202009-Finall.pdf> 

 

Do Not Miss! 17 Workshops featuring State and National Experts

 

How have both New York's and the U.S. mental health system been
transformed since the President's New Freedom Commission Report from six
years ago?

 

What are the future priorities of the New York State Office of Mental
Health (OMH)?

 

What is the most updated status on PROS and Clinic Rate Restructuring?

 

What is happening with mental health in the federal health care
legislation debate?

 

How can your agency or stakeholder group become more responsive to the
needs of peers?

 

What innovative national practices are being implemented to divert
individuals with psychiatric disabilities away from the criminal justice
system?

 

How is OMH currently using their performance measures to work with
providers and other stakeholders?

 

What is the most updated status on issues of parents with psychiatric
disabilities, children's mental health, geriatric mental health,
veteran's mental health and youth in transition?

 

What are the current innovative models being implemented for individuals
who are dually diagnosed with both a psychiatric disability and an
addiction disorder?

 

How can you develop successful strategies to advocate for changes during
difficult times?

 

What are the major legal issues facing providers and other stakeholders
in the mental health system?

 

What are some of the innovative academic programs available to work with
providers on outcomes and quality assurance?

 

 

 

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