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NAMI SouthWest
Pennsylvania Conference 2009
TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE
Living Longer with Serious Mental Illness
April 18, 2009, Pittsburgh Airport Marriott
9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.
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the 2009 Conference Brochure.
NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania Leads the Movement to Take
Back More Than Two Decades of Life
Too many of us are dying young. Today, dramatic improvements in
lifespan are being recognized by the vast majority of Americans,
but those with serious mental illness in our country are now dying
25 years earlier than the general population. In an age where it
has been an American birthright that each generation live longer
than the last, why is the disparity for those with mental illness
so great, and why is this trend expected to continue? The 2009 NAMI
Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Conference explores the complex
answers to these difficult questions.
Keynote Address:
Fighting for Our Heroes - The Battle to Identify and Treat Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder
Matt Kuntz, JD, Executive Director, NAMI Montana
Morning Plenary Session:
Returning Home, Returning Memories: PTSD and Veterans
John P. Seasock, PhD, Specialist/Consultant, Renaissance Psychological
and Counseling Corporation Inc.
Afternoon Plenary Session followed by Panel Discussion:
A Look at Policies, Practices and Services to Effectively Improve
the Life Expectancy of Mental Health Consumers
Kenneth S. Thompson, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Public
Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western
Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and Associate Director of Medical
Affairs, Mental Health Services at SAMHSA
Panelists:
Joan Erney, JD, Deputy Secretary, Office of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services, PA Department of Public Welfare
Jon Lloyd, MD, Senior Clinical Advisor, Plexus Institute
John Lovelace, President, UPMC for You
Jack Cahalane, PhD, MPH, Chief, Adult Mood and Anxiety Services,
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, UPMC Clinical Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Shirlee Hopper-Scherch, Executive Director of the Peer Support and
Advocacy Network (PSAN)
Workshop Presentations:
Caught by the Past: Understanding Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder; Lessons Learned from the Grassroots Action to Save the
Lives of Montana’s Heroes; Hearts & Minds: Mentally Healthy/Physically
Strong; Surviving After a Loved One's Suicide; Eating Well for a
Healthy Future; and What's On Your Mind?-Ask the Doctor.
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