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2014 Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, Part 5/5

On Nov. 20-21, 2014, at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, former U.S. First Lady and Carter Center Co-Founder Rosalynn Carter brought together mental health leaders, stakeholders, and providers to celebrate the achievements of the behavioral health field over the past 30 years and to look ahead to the future of U.S. mental health and substance abuse policy. In this video, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter welcomes participants to the ceremony.

CONVERSATION

Facilitator:
Mary Jane England,MD, Ad Interim Chair, Community Health Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health;
Member, the Carter Center Mental Health Task Force

Participants:
Steven Sharfstein, MD, MPA, President & CEO, Sheppard Pratt Health System;
Clinical Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine;
Vice Chair of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, School of Medicine

David Satcher, MD, PhD, Director, The Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine;
Professor, Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry, Morehouse School of Medicine;
Founding Director, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine;
Interim President, Morehouse School of Medicine

Michael Hogan, PhD, Principal, Hogan Health Solutions LLC

Allen Daniels, PhD, EdD, Independent Behavioral Health Care Consultant;
Senior Study Director, Westat;
Clinical Director, InfoMC

Leah Harris, MA, Director, National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery;
Consultant, Center for Dignity, Recovery, and Empowerment;
Consultant, National Center for Trauma-Informed Care

CONCLUDING REMARKS
Rosalynn Carter, Chair, the Carter Center Mental Health Task Force

Learn more about the Carter Center's mental health work:
http://www.cartercenter.org/health/mental_health/index.html

Founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter in partnership with Emory University, The Carter Center is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. The Center wages peace, fights disease, and builds hope worldwide.