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Resources >> Support Resources
National Organizations Team Up for Special Web Event
National Organizations Team Up for Special Web
Event
Recorded on October 8,
2003
Visit
this archived event, entitled “The Physician/Consumer
Partnership: Paving the Road to Recovery.” This unique collaborative
forum focuses on how health care professionals of all disciplines can
actively foster recovery and true reintegration for persons with serious mental
illness.
The
panel included representatives from The American Academy
of Family Physicians (AAFP), The Center for
Reintegration, The National Alliance
for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), and The National Mental
Health Association (NMHA). These organizations come together to
create greater awareness of the crucial role health care professionals play,
through early intervention and knowledge of non-medical supporting resources, in
successful reintegration.
The
event was moderated by Bettina Gregory,
PsyD., former ABC News correspondent and now a practicing
therapist.
The
special event was webcast during national Mental Illness Awareness Week to encourage national discussion on a wide
range of issues related to mental illness.
It is webcast in streaming
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Access this archived event now >>
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Moderator
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Bettina Gregory, PsyD.
Dr.
Gregory was an ABC News correspondent for more than 25 years. Assignments
included the Pentagon, White House, Congress, Federal regulatory agencies, and
Presidential campaigns. She began a second career as a clinical psychologist and
is now a practicing therapist in Washington (DC). Dr. Gregory is also Host of
“The American Family,” a weekly talk show on solutions to family crises that
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Panel Members
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Ralph Aquila
Executive Director, The Center for Reintegration
The Center
for Reintegration is a dynamic web-based resource for those seeking to
control mental illness and pursue a meaningful life that includes competitive
employment, family and friends, and independent living. Reintegration.com brings
together the people and resources that meet the challenge of true reintegration
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Tom Lane
Director, Office of Consumer
Affairs
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
(NAMI)
The National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill is the nation’s largest grass-roots advocacy organization dedicated
solely to improving the quality of life for individuals with severe mental
illnesses and their families. NAMI has more than 1,200 local affiliates in all
50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Somoa, and Canada.
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Sharon S. Sweede, MD
Chair, Commission on Public Health
The
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
The
American Academy of Family Physicians is one of the nation’s largest
medical organizations, representing more than 94,000 family physicians, family
practice residents, and medical students. Founded in 1947, AAFP’s mission is to
preserve and promote the science and art of family medicine and to ensure
high-quality, cost-effective health care for patients of all ages.
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Oscar Morgan
Chief Operating Officer
The National
Mental Health Association (NMHA)
The National
Mental Health Association is the country’s oldest non-profit advocacy
organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. With
more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to improve the mental health of
all Americans – especially the 54 million people with mental disorders – through
advocacy, education, research, and service.
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