Re-Visioning Recovery: June 3 MHA of Westchester Conference

Speakers

Elyn Saks, Author of The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness will speak about her own journey

and draw implications for policy.

Professor Saks specializes in mental health law, criminal law, and children and the law at the USC Gould School of Law.

(via recorded video; lunchtime Q&A live via remote connections)

Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH will introduce the new OMH initiative

OnTrackNY- the first phase of NY State’s initiative to provide optimal and rapid services to individuals experiencing the onset of disorders such as schizophrenia. 

Dr. Dixon is Director, Center for Practice Innovations,

NYS Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University,

College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Ron Diamond, MD, Medication as a Tool for Recovery

Dr. Diamond will discuss the use of medication as

a tool in a multi-dimensional approach to helping

people move toward their life goals.

Dr. Diamond  is on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, Department of Psychiatry and consults  to the Wisconsin Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

Kristin Woodlock, RN, MPA, New York State Office of Mental Health and Today’s Health Care Landscape

Ms. Woodlock is the Acting Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health.

Grant Mitchell, MD, NY SAFE Act
Dr. Mitchell is Commissioner of Westchester County

Department of Community Mental Health.

Georganne Chapin,“Inconvenient for the System.” Whose Lives are We Saving?

Ms. Chapin is President & CEO of Hudson Health Plan

Jessica Arenella, PhD, Making Sense of Voices Using the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) Approach

Dr. Arenella is in private practice and Co-Facilitates a

Hearing Voices Group.

Conference

co-sponsored by

MHA Westchester

Hudson Health Plan

Westchester County

 Department of Community

Mental Health