Conference:
"Today's Family and the Faces of Mental Illness: A Life's Journey"

Wednesday, October 29th -
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Radisson Penn Harris, Harrisburg

Criminal Justice Symposium-
Veterans with Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
"A Growing Challenge for Families and Mental Health Advocates"

Updates:

• 10/28/08: Jane Hennessy, RN, MSM will present and have her book, Rebecca's Rose, for sale at the conference
• 10/23/08: Candidates Forum on Saturday, November 1st. A special representative of the Obama Campaign will Attend
• 10/15/08: Inform yourself on the 2008 Presidential Candidates
• 10/14/08: NAMI PA Interview on WHYY "Voices in the Family" with Dan Gottlieb Listen via Real Audio or by mp3 (large files, please be patient)
• 08/12/08: Criminal Justice Symposium - Keynote Presentation by Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery
• 06/27/08: Schedule of Events
• 06/27/08: Auction/Dinner Dance
• 06/27/08: Art Show, Scholarships and Award Nominations
• 06/26/08: Featured Presenters
• 06/24/08: Sponsors/Exhibitors/Advertisers Applications Available
• 06/10/08: Conference Registration now available.
• 06/05/08: Hotel Reservations at Early Bird Rate now available

Our Featured Presenters are nationally known and respected experts in their fields. Please join us as we bring cutting edge education and insight into Mental Illness
and it's impact on families.

Daniel Gottlieb began his practice as a psychologist and family therapist in 1969. In 1979, Gottlieb was in a near-fatal automobile accident, which left him paralyzed from the chest down. Over the ensuing years, he faced depression, divorce and the death of his wife, sister and parents.Now, he sits in a wheelchair observing life and gaining unusual insight into what it means to the human. Since 1985, Daniel Gottlieb has been hosting "Voices in the Family," an award-winning mental health call-in radio show aired on WHYY 90.9 FM, Philadelphia's local public radio station.

Dr. Dan interviewed Jim Jordan, NAMI PA Executive Director on his "Voices in the Family" program. You can listen to the interview here: NAMI PA Interview on WHYY "Voices in the Family" with Dan Gottlieb

Seamus McCaffery Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice
Seamus McCaffery (born June 3, 1950) is a Justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his election to the Supreme Court, he was a judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and a municipal court judge in Philadelphia.

Justice McCaffery will speak on The changes to the Pennsylvania Courts by the Increasing Number of Veterans Entering the Criminal Justice System

Mark Dembert, M.D. has been the Chief of Psychiatry since May 2007. His primary responsibility is the planning, directing, and assisting in the development, application, and evaluation of standardized psychiatric services to mentally ill inmates among the approximately 46,000 inmates incarcerated within the 27 prisons of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections system (DOC).

Dr. Dembert will present on "Psychologically-Informed and Public Health Strategies for Bettering the Interface Between Veterans with Mental Illness and Criminal Justice/Correctional Systems in Pennsylvania Communities."

Joan Erney, Esq. Deputy Director, OMHSAS
Joan Erney joined the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in 1999 as the Director of the Bureau of Operations and Quality Management (BOQM). In that capacity she had responsibility for the monitoring and oversight of the state’s community behavioral health program

Ms. Erney will present on the State of the State on Pennsylvania Transformation