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Session: Mental Health Policy and Practice
4244.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Mental Health Policy and Practice
Leading researchers and policy experts will present new studies related to mental health policy and practice.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to identify current issues related to mental health care plicy and practice.
Moderator(s):Steve Huz, PhD
2:30 PM   IIMHL Examination of Mental Health Leadership Competencies Across IIMHL Countries
Richard H. Beinecke, DPA, ACSW, Justin Spencer, MPA
2:45 PM   State Public Mental Health Systems Performance: Effects of State Political Culture and State Mental Health Planning and Implementation Characteristics on State Public Mental Health System Comprehensiveness
Jennifer L. Magnabosco, PhD
3:00 PMPolicy and provider characteristics associated with successful evidence based practice uptake
Debra R. Hrouda, MSSA, LISW, Barbara L. Wieder, PhD
3:15 PM   Impact of Kendra's Law on intervention strategies used by assertive community treatment teams
Steve Huz, PhD, Emily Leckman-Westin, PhD, Molly Finnerty, MD, Anthony Mancini, PhD, Bruce Link, PhD, Dorothy Castille, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Mental Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA