A Special Webinar: June 19, 2013
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
"Bridging the Gap between Health and Mental
Health for Persons with Serious Mental Health Conditions"
Improving the quality of
life through the integration of health and mental health is one of the key
goals of U.S. federal initiatives including the Affordable Health Care Act, the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for
Integrated Health Solutions and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
In this webinar,
presenters will be considering the systems, services and individual
perspectives on the need and the opportunities to bridge the divide between
health and mental health. The webinar will begin with an overview of research
on health/mental health integration.
Following this, a person with lived experience who has been a student in
the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation's Recovery Services, will tell her
story about how the absence of integration and collaboration led to serious
problems. Finally, presenters will
describe the program at Boston University and how it was replicated and adapted
in Arizona with approval and funding by Medicaid. Presenters from Boston University Center for
Psychiatric Rehabilitation include:
Gloria Dickerson, Recovery
Services Alumnae
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