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Pennsylvania Cambria MIAW 2008 Activities
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Activities 2008 Flyer
Sunday, October 5, Candlelight Ceremony 'Let the Journey Continue' Heritage Discovery Center Courtyard 6 p.m. Music - Program - Refreshments
Monday, October 6, NAMI Annual Banquet
Holiday Inn Downtown/Grand Ballroom 6 p.m. $30 person
'Hearing Voices, Speaking in Tongues'- Michael Mack's one-man play about his mother's
mental illness
Tuesday, October 7, Film - 'A Summer in the Cage' Johnstown Flood Museum Theatre 6 p.m. Adult language/Limited Seating
The feature-length documentary follows the friendship and eventual explosive
downfall of a documentary filmmaker and his embattled subject who
is diagnosed with manic-depressive illness. Discussion following
with Filmmaker/Director, Ben Selkow and Psychologist, Larry Nulton,
PhD.
Wednesday, October 8, Seminar - 'Major Depression and Its Treatment
Options: The use of Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT) in 2008'
Central Park Complex/Second Floor Auditorium 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Burton Singerman, M.D., Chair, Department Behavioral Medicine, Memorial Medical
Center
This program has been approved for 2 (two) CEU’s by the University of Pittsburgh
at Johnstown and the
Cambria-Somerset Council for Education of Health Professionals, Inc.
Friday, October 10, Conference, 'Rx: Mental Wellness: Closing The Gap
Between What We Know And What We Do'
Living Learning Center, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Presenters:
Bill McPhee, CEO/Founder: Schizophrenia Digest - "Living
with Schizophrenia, My Story"
Katrina Gay, Director Communications, NAMI National - "Schizophrenia Report:
Public Attitudes, Personal Needs"
Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia, MD - 'Mental Ilness from the Neck Down
' & Ask the Doctor
Ron Honberg, JD, Director Policy and Legal Affairs, NAMI National - NAMI's "Grading
the States" Report: "How Does Pennsylvania Measure Up?"
Sabrina Tillman-Boyd, Policy & Program Development, OMHSAS
- "PA Responds to "Grading the States"
Panel:
Sabrina Tillman-Boyd, OMHSAS, Dr. Mary Diamond,
OMHSAS, Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia, MD, Jim
Gides, PA-C, Dept. of Behavioral Medicine, Memorial Medical Center, Peggy McGuirk,
NAMI Cambria County
Facilitator: Ron Honberg, J.D. NAMI National
Fees:NAMI Professional and CS Council Members: $55 Non-Member Professionals: $75
Family Members/ Consumers/ FT Undergrad Students $20
www.cscouncil.com for
conference brochure.
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