Contact The Bridge Inc. for event and ticket information.
Friday, November 20, 2009 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
in partnership with
Committee on Mental Health Law
is pleased to present...
NOTE: This event is FREE OF CHARGE
Seating is limited; early registration is encouraged.
Moderated by Dr. Paul
Appelbaum,
Past President of the American Psychiatric
Association and the American
Academy of Psychiatry and
the Law, member of the MacArthur Foundation Network on
Mandatory Outpatient Treatment and Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law at Columbia University.
The Second Curtis J. Berger Symposium on Mental Health and the Law will be an opportunity for the legal and mental health communities to review the variety of techniques used nationally to gain outpatient treatment compliance and to consider the legal and ethical issues that result from the intersection of treatment concerns and civil rights. Dr. John Monahan of the University of Virginia Law School, is the lead researcher of a multi-year, multi-city MacArthur Foundation-funded study of outpatient compliance methods and will present the study’s most current findings. Dr. Beth Angell of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Social Work will review her work on the effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment teams in gaining consumer compliance. Dr. Marvin Swartz of the Duke University School of Medicine, principal author of the recent evaluation of New York State’s Outpatient Commitment Law, will present the finding of this important study which forms the background for legislative action in the spring of 2010 when Kendra’s Law sunsets. Dr. Michael Hogan, Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health, and a panel of agency, family and consumer representatives will share their perspectives.
The
Bridge Inc. is a 55 year-old nonprofit community-based mental health, rehabilitation and housing agency that offers help, hope and opportunity
to the most vulnerable in our community. Known for its cutting-edge programs, The Bridge offers mental health and substance abuse treatment, housing, vocational
training and job placement, healthcare, education and creative arts therapies to over 1,600 men and women each year.
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