RECOVERY AND HOPE:

CONSUMER/FAMILY PERSPECTIVES ON MENTAL ILLNESS

A Conference Presented by:

The Athens Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness

Saturday, April 18, 2009, The Rotunda, Walter Hall, Ohio University

MORNING EVENTS

8:00-8:30 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45 AM: Introductory Remarks, Sheila Williams, PhD, Counseling and Psych Services, Hudson Health Center, Ohio University -or someone else from that office (Confirmed)

8:45-10:00 First Keynote: Tamara Lambert, Schizophrenia Society of Canada, on “Living with Schizoaffective Disorder.” (Confirmed)

10:00-10:15 AM: Break

10:15-11:30 AM: Ellen Anderson, PhD,  Person to Person Resources,  “Depression and Suicide in Children and Adolescents.” (Confirmed)

11:30-12:00 noon: Who We Are, (A round robin of 20-second self introductions of all present.) Pete Wuscher, Coordinator (Confirmed)

AFTERNOON EVENTS

12:00-12:45  PM: Buffet Lunch.  Music by Pete Wuscher (Confirmed)

12:45-1:10 PM: Luncheon remarks: Sandra Stephenson, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health (Confirmed)

1:10-2:15 PM: Second Keynote: Jane Mountain, MD, author of Beyond Bipolar: 7 Steps to Wellness on “Living with Bipolar Disorder.” (Confirmed)

2:15-2:30 PM: Break

2:30-3:30: PM: Panel, “Mental Illness in Children and Adolescents”

Chair: Catherine Matise, MD. (Confirmed)

Other panelists: Parent/s, teenager.

3:30-3:45 PM: Closing Remarks. Alana Joseph, School of Nursing, Hocking College (Confirmed)