2008 Highlights: Friday - June 6th
Plenary: No Health Without Mental Health
Mental Health America President and CEO, Dr. David Shern, set the stage with the premier of the groundbreaking FundaMENTAL Health presentation, which examines the current state of mental health and proven strategies to promote wellness and drive down the unacceptably high rates of early death and co-morbidity among people with mental illnesses.
Plenary: An Update on the Institute of Medicine Report “Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse among Children, Youth, and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions”
Internationally-known researchers, authors and IOM committee members, William Beardslee, M.D. and Carl C. Bell, M.D. prepared attendees for the much-anticipated release of Institute of Medicine’s forthcoming report. Dr Beardslee presented on the current state of scientific research with a focus on family approaches and Dr. Bell shared his perspective as an advocate and scientist. Kevin Haggerty, M.S.W., of the Social Development Research Group at University of Washington in Seattle, discussed how effective prevention programs at the community, school and family levels can save dollars.
Keynote Lunch: John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer, American Cancer Society
Dr. Seffrin discussed the strategies the cancer movement used to drive down mortality rates while increasing awareness and reducing stigma, including which approaches work, which don’t and how the mental health movement can model its efforts after those of the American Cancer Society.
Plenary: Galvanizing the Political and Social Will for Change
Gregor Henderson, MSC, former director of the Scottish Government's National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Helen Herrman, M.D., director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Centre for Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia, shared their country's experiences developing national mental health promotion and prevention programs and offered insight into what it takes to get a promotion and prevention agenda adopted in the United States.
Dinner and Awards Ceremony
Dinner attendees heard from young people honored with mpower awards for speaking out about mental health issues, as well Harold House, who received Mental Health America’s highest honor, the Clifford W. Beers Award, for lifetime achievement in mental health consumer advocacy.
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