Meeting On Mental, Behavioral Disorders In Children And Teens, March 25, 2009

Main Category: Mental Health
Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health;  Public Health;  Conferences
Article Date: 24 Mar 2009 - 2:00 PDT

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Mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in young people cost the U.S. about $247 billion annually - a conclusion reached by a report released last month by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. The report also found evidence that a number of programs - for example, school-based programs such as the Good Behavior Game, and parenting interventions such as the Positive Parenting Program - can effectively prevent some of these problems.

How can the federal government, doctors, community groups, and others aid the wider implementation of programs that work? What research still needs to be done?

On March 25 the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine will hold a public meeting to discuss the report PREVENTING MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: PROGRESS AND POSSIBILITIES. Members of the committee that wrote the report will speak, and representatives of the National Institute of Mental Health, Mental Health America, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other groups will respond to the report. There also will be time for questions and discussion. A preliminary agenda is below.

DETAILS: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, in the Lecture Room of the National Academy of Sciences building, 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C. THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND MAY LISTEN TO A LIVE AUDIO WEBCAST OF THE BRIEFING AND SUBMIT QUESTIONS USING AN E-MAIL FORM AT HTTP://NATIONALACADEMIES.ORG.

AGENDA

PREVENTING MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE: PROGRESS AND POSSIBILITIES Public Dissemination Event Board on Children, Youth, and Families

March 25, 2009

Lecture Room
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC

1:00 OPENING COMMENTS Rosemary Chalk, director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council

1:05 WELCOMING REMARKS A. Kathryn Power, Director, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA

1:15 OVERVIEW AND RESPONSE TO REPORT Moderator: Kenneth Warner, chair of the committee that wrote the report, and Dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health

REPORT RESPONDENTS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

• David Shern, Mental Health America
  
  
• Mark Weist, Center for School Mental Health
  
  
• TBD, American Academy of Pediatrics (invited)
  
  
• Diane Galloway, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (invited)

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

2:30 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PERSPECTIVES

Moderator: Carl Bell, committee member, and President & C.E.O., Community Mental Health Council & Foundation, Inc.

Presenters

• Judith L. Nuss, Director of Social and Emotional Learning, Harrisburg School District
  
  
• Dalene Dutton, Executive Director, Five Town Communities that Care, Rockport, ME
  
  
• Teresa LaFromboise, Chair, Native American Studies, Stanford University Questions and Discussion

3:30 RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES

Moderator: Brad Peterson, committee member, and Deputy Director of Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Research, Columbia University

Panelists

• Christopher Gordon, Associate Director of Prevention, NIMH
  
  
• Zila Sloboda, President, Society for Prevention Research
  
  
• Richard Spoth, Director, Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute, Iowa State University

4:30 FINAL COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION

Moderator: Ken Warner

Final Committee Comments -- Other Final Comments

5:00 MEETING ADJOURNMENT

5:30 Informal Reception, Members Room

6:30 Adjourn

Source: Sara Frueh
National Academy of Sciences

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