Selected Presentations from the
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Annual 2011 Commissioners Meeting

July 17-19, 2011

Washington Update and Dialogue

Joel Miller, Senior Director of Policy and Healthcare Reform, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Alexandria, Virginia

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Implementing Mental Health and Substance Abuse Integration

Danna Mauch, Ph.D., Abt. Associates; NASMHPD Consultant, Cambridge, Massachusetts

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National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention

Michael Hogan, Ph.D. (NY)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Lidia Bernik, Mental Health Association of New York City

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Dialogue with A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director of SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services

A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland

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Opportunities and Resources to Improve Outcomes for People with Mental Illnesses in the Criminal Justice System

Laura Nelson, M.D., Deputy Director, Division of Behavioral Health Services, Department of Health Services, State of Arizona (Moderator)

Fred Osher, M.D., Director, Health Systems and Services Policy, Council of State Governments, Johns Island, South Carolina

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Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - The Tucson Tragedy in January 2011

Laura Nelson, M.D., Deputy Director, Division of Behavioral Health
Services, Department of Health Services, State of Arizona

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Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - A Mental Health Worker's Tragic Death in Massachusetts

Barbara Leadholm, M.S., M.B.A., Commissioner, Department of
Mental Health, State of Massachusetts

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Risk Management and Lessons Learned from State Experiences - “Olmstead may be coming to a neighborhood near you soon!" Lessons Learned from Illinois

Lorrie Rickman Jones, Ph.D., Director, Division of Mental Health, Department of Human Services, State of Illinois

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NASADAD: Progress, Priorities, and Partnerships

Robert (Rob) Morrison, Executive Director, National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), Washington, D.C.

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Dialogue Panel with Barbara Edwards, CMS; Matt Salo, National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD); and John O’Brien, SAMHSA

Barbara Leadholm, M.S., M.B.A., Commissioner, Department of Mental Health, State of Massachusetts (Moderator)

Barbara Edwards, Director, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group; Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey & Certification; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Baltimore, Maryland

Matt Salo, Executive Director, National Association of Medicaid Directors, Washington, D.C.

John O’Brien, Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Health Care Financing, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, Maryland

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