234289 Implications of health reform for mental health services

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 : 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

David L. Shern, PhD , President, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Ronald Manderscheid, PhD , National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors, Washington, DC
Lorez Meinhold , Office of Governor Bill Ritter, Office of Policy and Initiatives, Denver, CO
     
This session provides a panel discussion on the impact of health reform for mental health services. Panelists will discuss challenges facing mental health policymakers to preserve and develop needed services and strategies for reform taking shape at various levels of local and state government. The president and CEO of Mental Health America, will talk about the implications of health reform for individuals with mental illness and their families. The chief health care policy advisor to Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and director of health reform implementation for the state, will address the mental health transformation built at the community level. Executive Director of the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Directors will focus on national health reform and the challenges facing county behavioral healthcare systems.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe the impact of health reform for mental health services. Discuss challenges and strategies for reform taking shape among county behavioral health systems. Describe strategies states can use to build grass roots support for mental health service transformation under national health reform.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I lead the nation’s oldest and largest advocacy organization for mental health that has been intimately involved with the health care reform legislation.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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