8:30 – 9:00 am
Welcome – Daniel Yohanna, MD, President, Illinois Psychiatric Society, Chicago, IL
Eliminating Mental Health Disparities: A Call to Action – Annelle B. Primm, MD, MPH, Director, Minority and National Affairs, American Psychiatric Association, Arlington, VA
9:00 – 10:15 am
Understanding Racial and Ethnic Influences in 3D: Diversity, Disparity, and Difference
Moderator: Surinder Nand, MD, President-Elect, Indo-American Psychiatric Association and Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Asian in America: Psychological Patterns of Adaptation” – Prakash Desai, MD, Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Associate Medical Director, UIC Medical Center, Chicago, IL
“Mental Health of People of African Descent” – Tanya R. Anderson, MD, Deputy Clinical Director, Child and Adolescent Services, Division of Mental Health, Illinois Department of Human Services, Chicago, IL
“Mental Health of People of Hispanic Descent” – Mercedes Martinez, MD, Private Practice, Chicago, IL
10:15 – 10: 30 am
Break
10:30 – 12:30 pm
Consideration of Cohort and Co-Morbidity
Moderator: Mark Heyrman, JD, Clinical Law Professor and Faculty Director of Clinical Programs, The University of Chicago –The Law School, Chicago, IL
Minority Veterans: Ray Parish, Director of Military and Veterans Counseling, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Chicago, IL
Individuals in the Corrections System: “Addressing the Needs of Persons with Serious Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System” – Jill Valbuena, MSW, LCSW, Program Director, Thresholds Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, Chicago, IL
Youth: “Challenging Assumptions About Effective Interactions with Youth” – Sue McKenzie, Program Director, InHealth WI and National Association of Health Education Centers, Milwaukee, WI
Women: “Women’s Mental Health Services” – Laura J. Miller, MD, Director, Women’s Mental Health Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dental Health: “Bridging the Gap Between Mental Health and Dental Health” – Mario Cruz, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Public Health: “Risk Factors are not Predictive Factors due to Protective Factors” – Carl C. Bell, MD, President and CEO, Community Mental Health Council, Chicago, IL
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch and Keynote Address
Terrie Williams, Mental Health Advocate, Depression Survivor and Author of “A Plentiful Harvest: Creative Balance and Harmony through the Seven Living Virtues”
1:45 – 3:00 pm: Breakout Sessions
Achieving Equity Through:
Improved Access (Group 1) – Altha Stewart, MD; Peter Chien, MD
Research (Group 2) – Mario Cruz, MD
Legislation and Advocacy (Group 3) – Linda Denson; Mark Heyrman, JD
3:00 – 3:10 pm
Break
3:10 – 4:10 pm
Plenary: Reporting out of Work Groups
Moderator: Carl Bell, MD
4:10 – 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks