Committee:  Program

 

Committee: Program

 

Members present: Pollack, Thompson, Goldfinger, Adams, Haggerty, Rush

 

Planning for upcoming meeting presentations:

 

1. 2006 Winter Mtg.  Pittsburgh, planning decisions delegated to Board and Pittsburgh representatives

 

2. 2006 APA Mtg Presentations

No known submissions.  Will send out inquiry to AACP membership re program submissions that were accepted, hopefully soon enough to identify a presentation to serve as the official AACP program presentation.

 

3. 2006 NAMI meeting.  DC.  Planning decisions delegated to Duckworth and Goldfinger.

 

4. Topics for the 2006 IPS, New York.  Proposed main topics for symposia:

 

Symposium concept

Subtopics

Potential presenters/coordinators

Disasters as stimulus for systems change

1.      Rebuilding public MH infrastructure

2.      Bringing public hlth & MH back together

3.      MH’s role in rebuilding communities after disasters

1.      Anita Everett

2.      Tony Ng, Ken Thompson

3.      Ken Thompson, Jack Haggerty

Medicare Part D

Implementation, enrollment, education of providers, and MMA’s impact on dual eligibles and community systems

Anita Everett, Hunter McQuistion, Ken Duckworth, David Pollack, Carol Alter, NMHA, NAMI, National Council

System transformation

State examples as works-in-progress

Ken Minkoff, Chris Cline, Fred Osher, Anita Everett

Behavioral health workforce development and core competencies

1.      Core competency development in public MH

2.      Roles for psychiatrists in core competency development

3.      Role of psychiatrists in the process

4.      Community-engaged scholarship

5.      Cultural competency compatibility with core competencies

Neal Adams, Ken Minkoff, Paulette Gillig,

Mario Cruz, Thompson

Evidence-based practices

1.      Epidemiological and public health approaches to EBP

2.      Are EBPs appropriate mechanisms for system transformation or just another fad?

1. Steve Goldfinger

 

 

2. Ken Minkoff, Charley Huffine, David Pollack, Fred Osher

 

Cultural Competency (from Disparities/Underserved committee)

1.      Foster children

2.      DSM-IV TR cultural formulations

1.      Charley Huffine

2.      Russell Lim

Training & Early Career issues (from Training and Scholarship committee)

Supporting psychiatrists in their involvement with EBP development

Jack Haggerty