Mental Health disorders can place a financial burden on the client, family and the health care system. In a 2001 study by Wang, Berglund and Kessler in the Journal of Internal Medicine, they conclude," An epidemic of untreated mental disorder exists in the United States, especially among vulnerable groups such as African Americans and the underinsured.. Cost effective interventions are needed to improve both the access to and quality of treatment." The focus of this lecture will be on prevention, current treatment of mental health disorders and the effects on the client, family, community and health care system. Come and Ask the experts!

Moderator:

Antoinette Hays, PhD, RN, President of  Regis College

Presenters:

Dominic A. Ciraulo MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Terrance Keane PhD, Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, Veterans Administration  Boston Health Care System

Mary Lou Sudders MSW, President and CEO of Massachusetts Society of the Prevention to  Cruelty to Children

Martin H. Rosenzweig MD, Director of Optimum Health Behavioral Solutions In Philadelphia, and Regional Director for United Behavioral Health

This activity has been submitted to the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., for approval to award contact hours. Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc. is accredited as an approver of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s COA.

This lecture is sponsored by