OMNA on Tour LA Presentations and Photos
OMNA on Tour Los Angeles
“Co-Occurring Disorders: No Longer Double Jeopardy – A Call to Action for Prevention and Recovery in Diverse Populations in Los Angeles”
OMNA on Tour – Los Angeles was a successful program with nearly 200 people in attendance on July 22 at the California Endowment. It was a memorable daylong event, ending with an after-hours dinner at NAMI Urban Los Angeles and a book signing by keynote speaker, Carl Bell, M.D. of Chicago at Eso-won bookstore. The program was held in conjunction with Bebe Moore Campbell Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
Program evaluations are proof the program’s success. Seventy-four percent of the 133 people who completed program evaluations rated the overall rating of the quality of education offered as “Excellent”
Presentations
The following are the slides from the presentations given by presenters for the OMNA on Tour Los Angeles program on July 22.
Annelle Primm, MD, MPH Meeting Overview
Carl Bell, M.D. Is the Prevention of Mental
Illness/Substance Abuse Possible?
David Mineta, MSW “Family Oasis”: A Family Counseling
Project for Asian / Pacific Islander
Youth and Their Families
Donald R. Vereen, Jr., Understanding Co-Occurring Disorders:
M.D., M.P.H. Using the Science of Addiction
Patricia I. Ordorica, MD New Models of Treatment for Co-Occurring
Disorders
OMNA on Tour Photo Gallery
Link to photos from OMNA on Tour LA, July 22, 2008.
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