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PROGRAM IN A NUTSHELL (preliminary):
Mental Health Section-sponsored sessions and events
(APHA, San Francisco, November 15-19, 2003)



SUNDAY, November 16


2:00 - 3:30 PM
Mental Health Section Council Meeting

4:00 - 5:30 PM
Mental Health Section General Business Meeting



MONDAY, November 17


7:00 - 8:00 AM
New Freedom Commission Report Breakfast with Mike Hogan and others

8:30 - 10:00 AM
Mental Health Care in the Criminal/ Juvenile Justice Systems

Culture-Specific Mental Health Intervention

10:30 AM - Noon
Aftermath: Response to Terrorism and Other Disasters

Rema Lapouse Award Lecture

12:30 – 2:00 PM
Roundtable on Etiology and Prevention of Violence among Youth

12:30 – 2:00 PM (cont.)
Involving Consumers and Family Members
in Treatment Decisions

2:30 – 4:00 PM
Carl Taube Award Lecture

Psychological Dimensions of HIV


4:30 – 6:00 PM
Management of Personal Funds as a
Component of SMI Care

Origins/Prevalence of Behavioral Health Problems (poster session)

Poster Session: Diverse Topics

Suicide and Victimization in the Public Health Context (poster session)


6:30 - 11:00 PM Mental Health Section Gala and Awards Dinner
Awards, Dinner, Music & Dancing
Green Room at the San Francisco War Memorial (Veterans Building)


TUESDAY, November 18


8:30 – 10:00 AM
Observations on Mental Health Service Delivery (poster session)

New Research on Depression (poster session)

Helping Families Cope with FASD and Autism

Kenneth Lutterman Award Session

Mental Health Services for Clients without Fixed Address

10:30 – Noon
APHA Plenary Session #3 – Global Urbanization and Mental Health, Norman Sartorius, former Director, Mental Health Division, World Health Organization

12:30 – 2:00 PM
Bruno Lima Symposium

Disorders among Children

2:30 – 4:00 PM
Environment, Lifestyle, and
Mental Resiliency (roundtable)

Beyond QI: Promoting Real Quality
and Accountability in Mental Health Systems

Psychological Dimensions of HIV Infection

4:30 – 6:00 PM
New Approaches to MH Service Delivery (roundtable)

“I’m Not ‘Mental’ or Anything” – Treatment Issues Among Teenage Youth

WEDNESDAY, November 19

7:00 – 8:00 AM
NIMH Breakfast: New Findings in the Neurobiology and Epidemiology of
Psychiatric Disorders

8:30 – 10:00 AM
Medications and Diagnostic Tools as Aids and Barriers to Care (poster session)

Beyond the Bottom Line: Effects of Managed Behavioral Care for Treatment Outcomes

Making Public Health Whole: Integration of Behavioral and Primary Care


12:30 – 2:00 PM
Interaction between Mental and Somatic Health Status

Mental Health Services Delivery: Problems and Processes

2:30 – 4:00 PM
Innovative Applications of Databases to Mental Health Epidemiology

Reinventing the Mental Health Workforce

6:30 – 8:00 PM
Mental Health Section Council Mtg.