Selected Presentations
from the

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
(NASMHPD)
Summer 2006 Commissioners Meeting
Sunday, July 9 - Tuesday, July 11

The Gaylord Palms Hotel
6000 W. Osceola Parkway
Kissimmee, Florida

SAMHSA’s CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for  Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration: “Addressing the Mental Health Needs of First Responders in Public Health Emergencies, Natural Disasters, and Terrorist Events”

LTC David Benedek, M.D., U.S.A., Associate Professor of Psychiatry,
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services
University; Senior Scientist, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Bethesda, Maryland

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Implementing Evidence-Based Programs to Achieve Consumer Benefit         

                                                                                 
Dean L. Fixsen, Research Professor, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida; Co-Director, National Implementation Research Network of FMHI, Tampa, Florida.

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Medical Directors Introduction

Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri

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Draft Technical Paper -- Smoking Policy and Practice in State
Psychiatric Facilities: Implications for States, NASMHPD, and Others

*Data Provided by the NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc.

Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri

Peggy Jewell, M.D., Medical Director, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, State of Oklahoma

Alan Radke, M.D., Medical Director, Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota

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Draft Technical Paper -- Excess Mortality and Morbidity Among Persons with Severe Mental Illness: Implications for States, NASMHPD, and Others

                                                   
                                          
Dale Svendsen, M.D., Medical Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health

Patricia W. Singer, M.D., Psychiatric Consultant, Division of Behavioral Health Sciences, New Mexico Department of Health

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Acute Care Bed Crisis       

Sharon Autio, Director, Mental Health Program Division, Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota

William Emmet, Project Director, NASMHPD, Alexandria, Virginia

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Outreach Partnership Program

                              
Daisy Whittemore, Director, Outreach Partnership Program, Office of Constituency Relations and Public Liaison, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Sharon Carpinello, Ph.D., R.N., Commissioner, Office of Mental Health, State of New York

Giselle Stolper, Ed.M., Executive Director, Mental Health Association of New York City, New York

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Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Ohio

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