Patient Advocates, Consumers In The Spotlight At Annual Symposium

INDIANAPOLIS -- Practical information on issues related to mental health and addiction will be offered at the fourth annual Mental Health Symposium "A New Century for Mental Health: Exploring the Brain, Treating the Person" from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, June 1, at Union Station.

The symposium, which is open to mental health professionals, policymakers, consumers and their family members, and people in recovery for alcohol and chemical abuse, is presented by the Indiana University Department of Psychiatry in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Mental Health Association in Indiana, Inc.

Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., a researcher, consumer and patient advocate, is the keynote speaker. Dr. Jamison is professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and author on several books on manic-depressive illness.

Lafayette resident Elaine Doss will address addiction issues from the standpoint of the patient and his or her family. Mrs. Doss lost her husband to a premature, addiction-related death and vowed to make her loss into something positive by working as an advocate for addictions issues. She is a member of the board of directors for the Indiana Addictions Issues Coalition.

Other topics addressed in the symposium are recent developments in child psychopharmacology, attention deficit disorder, alcoholism treatments and Alzheimer disease.

Fourteen workshops will be offered on topics ranging from mood disorders in children to the genetics of bipolar disorders.

For additional information or to register for the symposium by the May 25 deadline, contact the Mental Health Association of Indiana, Inc., at 317-638-3501 or 1-800-555-6424.

Media Contact: Mary Hardin
Tel: (317)274-7722
Email: mhardin@iupui.edu

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