FBI – National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS)
Giget Stover, Acting NICS Supervisory Liaison Specialist, FBI National Instant Criminal Background Checks System, Clarksburg, West Virginia
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SAMHSA’s CMHS Funded Harvard/NASMHPD Program for Executive Leadership in State Mental Health Administration: “PTSD: Returning with War Injury- Then and Now, There and Here”
Robert J. Ursano, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Crisis Lines, Suicide Prevention and Continuity of Care for High Risk Individuals: Research and Practice Models
Gwendolyn B. Skinner, Director, Division of Mental Health,
Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Services, Department of
Human Resources, State of Georgia (Moderator and Presenter)
John Draper, Ph.D., Project Director, National Suicide Prevention LifeLine, Mental Health Association of New York City, New York
David Covington, N.C.C., L.P.C., M.B.A., Chief Operating Officer and Director,Georgia Crisis and Access Line, Behavioral Health Link, Atlanta, Georgia
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The VA Approach to Suicide Prevention
Kathryn Power, M.Ed., Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland
Janet Kemp, Ph.D., R.N., Veterans Affairs, National Suicide Prevention Coordinator and Associate Director of Education and Training at the Veterans Affairs Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Rochester, New York
NASMHPD President’s Task Force on Returning Veterans:
Are SMHA’s Ready?
Nancy Rollins, Chairperson, NASMHPD President’s Task Force on Returning Veterans; Director, Division of Community Based Care Services, Bureau of Behavioral Health, Department of Health and Human Services, State of New Hampshire
Linda Roebuck, Chief Executive Officer, Behavioral Health Services Division, Department of Health, State of New Mexico
Michael Lancaster, M.D., Chief of Clinical Policy, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse, Department of Health and Human Services, State of North Carolina
Peer Delivered Services, Medicaid Reimbursement, and Beyond
Sue Bergeson, President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance,
Chicago, Illinois
Larry Fricks, Vice President, Depression and Bipolar Support
Alliance, Chicago, Illinois
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Transforming a Tribal Regional Behavioral Health Authority in a Bifurcated Medicaid System of Care: Moving Towards an Integrated System of Behavioral Health Services
Steven Green, Chief Executive Officer of Behavioral Health, Gila River Health Corporation, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona
Priscilla Foote, L.M.S.W., Director of Behavioral Health Services, Gila River Health Care Corporation, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona
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Role of Psychiatrists in Mental Health Transformation
Brian Hepburn, M.D., Executive Director, Mental Hygiene Administration, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland (Moderator and Presenter)
Principles of Antipsychotic Prescribing for Policy Makers
Joseph Parks, M.D., Chair, NASMHPD Medical Directors Council; Medical Director, Department of Mental Health, State of Missouri (Moderator and Presenter)
George Parker, M.D., Medical Director, Division of Mental Health & Addiction,
State of Indiana
Financing Mental Health Transformation – How to Plan and Manage When the Rules Keep Changing - Part I: Update on the Medicaid and Mental Health Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
TAG Co-Chairs:
Renata J. Henry, M.Ed., Director, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Delaware Health and Social Services
Financing Mental Health Transformation – How to Plan and Manage When the Rules Keep Changing - Part II
William J. Hudock, Special Expert - Financing Policy, Office of the Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland (Moderator)
Carlos Brandenburg, Ph.D., President, NASMHPD Board of Directors; Administrator, Division of Mental Health & Developmental Services, Department of Human Resources, State of Nevada
