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ANNUAL CONFERENCE
2006
FEATURED
PRESENTERS
NAMI PA is Proud
to Announce that
Fred
and Penny Frese
are amongst our Annual Conference featured presenters
this year. Fred Frese is a member of our National Board
of Directors, and heads our Veteran's Outreach Program. Penny
Frese is a long time advocate for mental health.
Biography
Fred Frese was first diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia while
serving in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966. During the following
decade, Fred was involuntarily hospitalized for this condition
in various military, state, county, Veterans, and private hospitals
in Florida, Alabama, Maryland, Wisconsin, Texas, and in Ohio,
where he was judicially determined to be insane person and committed
to the local public psychiatric hospital in the summer of 1968.
Although his court commitment occurred over 35 years ago, Fred
has yet to receive official notification that he has been restored
to sanity. He is sure this must be an oversight.
In that Fred has at least three younger family members who have
also been diagnosed with and hospitalized for schizophrenia, he
suspects that genes for this condition may run in his, the Frese-Sullivan,
family.
Despite his disability, during the past three decades Fred has
been able to function as a psychologist and an administrator,
serving mentally ill persons in Ohio. Since retiring from the
Ohio mental health system where he served as Director of Psychology
at Western Reserve Psychiatric Hospital during his final 15 years,
he has coordinated the Summit County Recovery Project, assisting
persons in recovery from mental illness to integrate into the
vocational and social framework of greater Akron, Ohio.
Fred Frese is a graduate of Tulane University where he majored
in Psychology. He also is a graduate of the American Graduate
School of International Management in Phoenix, Arizona. Fred also
earned masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Ohio University.
Along his checkered path, Fred also took graduate level courses
in mathematics and studied law at the University of Akron Law
School.
Dr. Frese is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology in
Clinical Psychiatry in the psychiatry departments at both Case
Western Reserve University and the Northeastern Ohio Universities
College of Medicine (NEOUCOM). At the latter facility Dr. Frese
regularly delivers lectures to psychology interns and to 3rd year
medical students, as well as to 3rd and 4th year psychiatry residents.
Additionally during the past several years Dr. Frese has delivered
annual invited lectures at the Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences Medical School and the George Mason University
Law School, both in the Washington D.C. area.
During the past two decades Fred has been increasingly active
as a consumer/provider/advocate for the mentally ill. He currently
serves on the boards of trustees for the Treatment Advocacy Center,
the Irwin Foundation, and NISH, a national organization providing
employment for disabled persons, over 40% of whom are mentally
ill. Fred was the founding chairperson of the Community and State
Hospital Section (for psychologists serving the seriously mentally
ill) of the American Psychological Association, and he has served
on the APA’s Task Force on Serious Mental Illness and Severe
Emotional Disturbance (SMI/SED) since its founding in 1994. In
1999 he received the Hildreth Award, the APA’s highest honor
from its Psychologists in Public Service (Division 18). He is
a past president of the National Mental Health Consumers’
Association. He is also on the Board of Scientific Advisors for
Schizophrenia Bulletin, for which he reviews articles, as he does
for Psychiatric Services, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Skills, Schizophrenia Digest, Professional Psychology:
Research and Practice, and The Journal of Clinical Psychology.
In the past he has served on the boards of NAMI - the National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill ((1995-2001) - He has remained on
the NAMI of Ohio and NAMI of Summit County Boards since 1995.),
the American Occupational Therapy Association (1995-1998), and
the Ohio Psychological Association (1983-1992). Fred has also
been working as a consultant to the National Institute for Mental
Health, for NIMH’s National Collaborative Study of Early
Psychosis and Suicide (NCSEPS) and the neurocognition section
of NIMH’s Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve
Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) Committee. Fred has also
been working with the U. S. Veterans Administration, serving on
the VA’s National Psychosis Algorithm Committee and on its
Seriously and Chronically Mentally Ill (SCMI) Committee. Additionally,
Fred has testified numerous times before the U.S. Senate and U.S.
House of Representatives on issues involving mental illness.
Dr. Fred Frese is the editor of the volume, The Role of Organized
Psychology in Treatment of the Serious Mentally Ill, (Jossey-Bass,
2000). He is also the author of numerous articles, chapters and
“forwards” in books on mental illness, and has lectured
widely in the United States, Canada, and Japan. Fred has been
featured in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall
Street Journal and on CNN, NPR, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline’s
Up Close, and in the documentary film, I’m Still Here: The
Truth About Schizophrenia. Fred and his wife of 25 years, Penny
(Penelope A. Frese, Ph.D.), have produced several widely distributed
training videos on various aspects of living with mental illness.
Fred and Penny Frese live in Hudson, Ohio and are the proud parents
of four adult children.
Visit Fred's Website: http://www.fredfrese.com/
A Message from Catherine C. McVey
Chairman, Board
of Probation and Parole
The Pennsyvlania Board of Probation and Parole currently
supervises over 28,000 offender cases by serving as a bridge for
paroled offenders to reintegrate into their communities after
leaving the structured environment of prison.
Parole officers provide active street supervision of, and assistance
to, offenders from the date of parole until they reach their maximum
sentence. Other Board staff support county probation services,
interstate transfer of parole cases, and reentry initiatives.
The Board’s staff fulfills these roles in a professional
and exemplary manner. Parole decision-making is a critical variable
in protecting the citizens of the Commonwealth while addressing
the needs of crime victims by providing effective parolee supervision
geared to reducing recidivism.
To learn more about our responsibilities, explore the informational
publications and recruitment materials provided on this website.
I am proud of the integrity and commitment demonstrated by parole
agents and employees of the Board every day. It is a privilege
and honor to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. I appreciate
your interest in this interesting and challenging work.
Mrs. McVey received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Law Enforcement
and Corrections Administration from Penn State University in 1973
and a Master of Science Degree in Correctional Administration
from Sam Houston State University in 1975.
She has over 31 years of experience working with incarcerated
and paroled offenders in Texas and Pennsylvania.
Beginning as a Bethlehem, PA Police Intern in 1972, she has worked
as a Texas Correctional Officer, Special Needs Reentry Coordinator,
Director of Institutional Parole, Assistant Director of Programs
and Services for the Texas Department of Corrections and as a
Probation Consultant/Trainer.
She returned to Pennsylvania as the Director of Health Care Services
for the Department of Corrections.
Prior to her appointment to the Parole Board by Governor Rendell,
Mrs. McVey served as Deputy Secretary for Administration at the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The Senate confirmed Mrs.
McVey on June 29, 2005.
New
Veterans Services
Dr. Jyoti Shah
The veterans of today’s
military endeavors are a heterogeneous population – men
and women of all ages and backgrounds joined together in a common
goal. No one agency can be expected to meet the needs of this
diverse group, and the VA recognizes that. So to meet the needs
of returning veterans and their families, a joint venture has
been created. VA Medical Centers, Vet Centers and DOD have partnered
with NAMI and other civilian mental health agencies to create
a comprehensive system designed to meet the needs of returning
veterans and their families.
Dr. Jyoti Shah currently serves as Chief, Mental
Health and Behavioral Services at the Wilkes-Barre Veterans Administration
Medical Center. She has been with the Department of Veterans Affairs
since 1979. She received her Board Certification in Psychiatry
and Neurology in November of 1981. Dr. Shah serves as psychiatric
consultant to Community Counseling of Northeast Pennsylvania,
Clarks Summit State Hospital and Children’s Service Center.
She is a Senior Adjunct Professor of Clinical
Medicine at Kings College, Wilkes-Bane; Clinical Assistant Professor
of Psychiatry at Allegheny University of the Health Sciences and
holds an academic appointment in the School of Health Sciences
at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Dr. Shah is a member of the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society and
served at the state level in a variety of positions, most recently
as President-elect of the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society. The
many dedicated service awards Dr. Shah has received include the
Community Contribution Award from the Wilkes-Bane VA Medical Center
in 1996 and 1997, NAMI PA Psychiatrist of the Year in 1992 and
2002, and NAMI National Exemplary Psychiatrist in 2003. Dr. Shah
has been a strong advocate and educator for NAMI for many years
and takes pride in her partnership with consumers and families
in reducing stigma and giving hope, recovery and empowerment.
Kim Powers,
author of The History of Swimming
The History of Swimming details author
Kim Powers' frantic search for his twin brother Tim -- his best
friend, his greatest enemy -- who disappears from Manhattan
one weekend in his late twenties. Kim -- almost mystically --
imagines that the clues to Tim's whereabouts have been planted
in a series of letters written by Tim over the years, part of
an ongoing cat-and-mouse game between the two brothers.
Now, Kim uses the letters
as a sort of roadmap that takes him back to Texas, the setting
of their greatest triumphs and tragedies: their mother's death,
Tim's nervous breakdown, first loves, coming out, a best friend's
brutal rape. But is it a race against time for somebody still
alive, or already dead?
KIM POWERS is an Emmy and Peabody-winning writer
(for his 9/11 coverage) who’s worked at both ABC’s
Good Morning America and Primetime. A graduate of the Yale School
of Drama, he wrote the screenplay for the festival-favorite indie
film “Finding North,” which plays frequently on the
Sundance Channel and is available on DVD. He was also a staff
writer for the AMC series “The Lot.” Prior to writing,
he was an executive developing numerous projects for various film
and TV companies in New York, and was a producer for PBS’s
“Great Performances.” A native Texan, he currently
lives in New York City and Asbury Park, New Jersey, with his partner,
Tony winning costume designer Jess Goldstein, and their dog Scoop.
He would like to give special thanks to Australian artist David
Bromley, whose wonderful painting is on the cover.
For information concerning literary or film rights to The History
of Swimming, please contact the author's agent Jennifer Lyons
at jennifer@lyonspande.com
For press regarding the book, please contact Besty Steve at betsy.steve@avalonpub.com
And to tell the author how much you loved it -- or to have him
call your book club -- contact Kim Powers at kphistswimming@aol.com
Lieutenant Jeffry Murphy
Chicago Police Department, Illinois
CIT had its genesis in Memphis, TN in 1988 when
the Memphis Police Department joined in partnership with the Memphis
Chapter of the Alliance on Mental Illness (AMI) and two local
universities to organize, train and implement a specialized unit
for the purpose of developing a more intelligent and safe approach
to mental crisis events. Mental Health Courts, generally a specialized
court docket for defendants with mental illness, began to appear
in the late 1990s. They employ a process distinct from customary
court proceedings in favor of a therapeutic model. Since their
inception, some 90 new Mental Health Courts have been established
or are in the planning stages across the nation (US Bureau of
Justice).
Lt Murphy, a 36 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department,
lobbied for and was appointed Liaison to the Chicago Metro Area
Mental Health Planning Council. He had a “fire in his belly”
which became the driving force behind the development of CIT training
for experienced officers of the Chicago Police Department and
the launching of the first Felony Mental Health Court in the United
States in 2004.
Lt. Murphy is on the Board of Directors for NAMI-Chicago and
he and his wife co-instruct the Family to Family course for NAMI
of Greater Chicago. He will share with us how people working together
can overcome obstacles to establish a pro-active and positive
vehicle to deal appropriately with those struggling with mental
illness.
The Honorable Michael
J. Barrasse
Michael J. Barrasse, Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, Lackawanna County and a native of Scranton, PA, began his
career in the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office
where he became the First Assistant District Attorney and Special
Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. After serving
as a Senior Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia’s
District Attorney’s Office, Judge Barrasse returned to the
Scranton area as Lackawanna County District Attorney where he
was cross designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney
General for prosecution of drug cases. Judge Barrasse was responsible
for opening the Children’s Advocacy Center and is particularly
interested in issues concerning the welfare of children and the
mental health of geriatric patients and seriously ill prison inmates.
Judge Barrasse will present the
Friday Luncheon Address.
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