Mental Health and Telemedicine Organizations and Their Events

A Worldwide Calendar and Locator Resource
Maintained by Myron Pulier

This Page Runs From NATD- to NATHZ-

1. 8-th Annual Yale Conference New Haven, CT: May 4, 2012

The Center develops and disseminates information on consumer-run programs, client-practitioners, recovery, and empowerment. In addition, the Center maintains a computerized bulletin board to link consumers throughout the nation and operates teleconferences on topics of interest. A central tenet of the Center is that recovery from severe mental illness can more often than not be achieved without mainstream professional interventions.

Through information, education, support and validation, advocacy and increasing public awareness, NFCA strives to minimize the disparity between a caregiver's quality of life and that of mainstream Americans.

Resources and services include a hotline, referrals, support, speaker's bureau, quarterly newsletter and a clearinghouse.

The purpose of the National GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in Contact with the Justice System is the development and implementation of a comprehensive program of information dissemination, knowledge application and technical assistance strategies to promote organizational and systems change at the national, state and local level,

Through work with national experts, federal agencies, policy makers, practitioners, researchers, consumers and family members, Center staff assess the best available information for the coordination of mental health and substance abuse services in justice settings and promote effective solutions for immediate use. As such, the Center:

• Functions as the locus for the collection, dissemination and practical application of the best available information on services and strategies for responding to the needs of youth and adults with co-occurring disorders who come in contact with the justice system
• Provides a comprehensive interactive database for easy access to empirical research, descriptions of innovative programs and a listing of other experts and key resources
• Helps communities identify gaps in services and develop integrated approaches to respond more effectively to people with co-occurring disorders in the justice system
• Convenes coalitions of policy makers, practitioners, researchers, consumers and family members from mental health, substance abuse and criminal justice to define new directions and strategies
• Provides targeted technical assistance through the use of national and local experts, who assist communities that wish to implement interventions such as uniform screening and assessment procedures, jail diversion programs and cross-training strategies

NGC is sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR] in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.

NGC collects guidelines from medical organizations and enables professional visitors to its website to compare them conveniently.

NHTSA investigates safety defects in motor vehicles, sets and enforces fuel economy standards, helps states and local communities reduce the threat of drunk drivers, promotes the use of safety belts, child safety seats and air bags, investigates odometer fraud, establishes and enforces vehicle anti-theft regulations and provides consumer information on motor vehicle safety topics.

NHTSA also conducts research on driver behavior and traffic safety , to develop the most efficient and effective means of bringing about safety improvements.

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