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  • Monday, May 5th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    A1 - What Makes Zero Suicide Stick? Lessons From Implementation Experiences
    Location: 103A
    Breakout Presenter: Becky Stoll, LCSW – Centerstone
    Breakout Presenter: Kasie Pickart, MPH – Hope Network
    Breakout Presenter: Barbara Gay – Zero Suicide at EDC
    Breakout Presenter: Amy Wunderlich
  • Monday, May 5th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    A5 - Embodying Trauma-informed Leadership
    Location: 112AB
    Breakout Presenter: Nadine Akinyemi, MHA – Bridging Access to Care
    Breakout Presenter: Natalia Rachel – Illuma Health
  • Monday, May 5th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    A9 - Beyond the Smoke: Addressing Nicotine-free Recovery and Youth Addiction in Behavioral Health
    Location: 115A
    Moderator: Yoon H. Choi, PhD – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
    Breakout Presenter: Chad Morris, PhD – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
    Breakout Presenter: Madison Beehler, MPH – Public Health Management Corporation
    Breakout Presenter: Ryan Coffman, MPH, CHES, CTTS-M – Philadelphia Department of Public Health
    Breakout Presenter: Kristin Jimison – Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
  • Monday, May 5th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    A15 - Mass Violence in the United States: Definition, Prevalence, Causes, Impacts and Solutions 
    Location: 117
    Breakout Presenter: Joe Parks, MD – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
    Breakout Presenter: John S. Rozel, MD, MSL, DFAPA – UPMC Crisis Services
  • Monday, May 5th
    10:15 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    MTS1 - Case Examples of CCBHC Crisis Service Implementation
    Location: 113C
    Breakout Presenter: Garima Singh, MD – Burrell Behavioral Health, Brightli
    Breakout Presenter: Luming Li, MD, MHS, FACHE, FAPA – The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD
    Breakout Presenter: Katherine Friedebach, MD – Compass Health Network
    Breakout Presenter: William Warnes, MD – The Guidance Center
  • Monday, May 5th
    11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    MTS2 - Building Trust Through Leader Visibility
    Location: 113C
    Breakout Presenter: John Santopietro, MD – Hartford HealthCare
    Breakout Presenter: Sara Coffey, DO – Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
    Breakout Presenter: Shawna Jaworowski, MA – Hartford HealthCare
    Breakout Presenter: Erica Moura, LCSW, MBA, CPXP – Hartford HealthCare
  • Monday, May 5th
    11:45 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    MP9 - Evaluating Methodologies for Monitoring Designer Drug Exposure and Comparing Results
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Savannah Clary, Pharm.D., BCPS – Aegis Sciences Corporation
  • Monday, May 5th
    11:45 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    MP20 - Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral Health: Embracing the Future of Provider Efficiency
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Javier Favela, n/a – NextGen Healthcare
    Poster Presenter: Mike Renaud, MPH – Valle del Sol
  • Monday, May 5th
    11:45 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    MP23 - Exploring the Virtual Intensive Engagement and Wraparound Program's Benefits
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Kevin Riffel, LMHC, CMHS, RPT-S – Excelsior Wellness
    Poster Presenter: Scott Swan, DSW, LMHC – Molina Healthcare
  • Monday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    MP29 - Predicting Outpatient Follow-up for Optimizing Invervention Resource Allocation After Psychiatric Hospitalization
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Paulo R. Correa, MD, MSc – CT BHP/ Carelon Behavioral Health
    Poster Presenter: Kathryn-Mary Wakim, MS, PhD – Carelon Behavioral Health
  • Monday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    MP31 - Advancing Quality in Shared Housing: Overcoming Stigma and Supporting Recovery
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Precyous J. Newton – Community Health Improvement Partners-Recovery Residence Association
    Poster Presenter: Ignasio Liscano III – Community Health Improvement Partners-Independent Living Association
  • Monday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    MP32 - A Health Care Quality Landscape Analysis of Schizophrenia to Identify Key Opportunities for Improvement
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Nancy Witkowski, RN BSN CPHQ – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Poster Presenter: Joe Parks, MD – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
  • Monday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    MP40 - Relax, It’s Just Art! A Peer-led Approach to Motivational Interviewing and Self-care
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Colby Hankey, BA – Aspire Health Partners
    Poster Presenter: Maria Buckley, BS – Aspire Health Partners
  • Monday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    MP42 - Pharmacy Analysis: Harnessing HEDIS Measures to Support HUSKY Health Members and Providers in Connecticut
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Sarah B. Brdar, MS, LPC – Carelon Behavioral Health CT
    Poster Presenter: Fatmata Williams, MPH, MSN, PMHNP-BC – Connecticut Department of Social Services
    Poster Presenter: Teresa George, MSE – Carelon Behavioral Health
  • Monday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    MP47 - Revolutionizing Clinical Research: Bringing Life Sciences to More Communities
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Javier Favela, n/a – NextGen Healthcare
  • Monday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    C2 - Systemwide School-based Suicide Prevention: Zero Suicide in Schools
    Location: 108B
    Breakout Presenter: Julie Goldstein Grumet, PhD – Zero Suicide Institute at Education Development Center
    Breakout Presenter: Richard Fournier
  • Monday, May 5th
    12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    C3 - Making the Cultural Shift Into Measurement-based Care and how the DLA-20 Is Driving Treatment
    Location: 109AB
    Breakout Presenter: Annie Jensen, LCSW – MTM Services, LLC
    Breakout Presenter: Jenny Ganaway, MSW, LCSW – MTM Consulting Serviceshttp
  • Monday, May 5th
    3:15 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    D5 - The Role of CCBHCs in Crisis Services and Systems
    Location: 105AB
    Breakout Presenter: Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners
    Breakout Presenter: Jorge R. Petit, MD – Coordinated Behavioral Care
    Breakout Presenter: Joe Parks, MD – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
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  • Monday, May 5th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    E4 - Quickly Deciding if Your Client Could Be Violent and What to Do Next
    Location: 113A
    Breakout Presenter: Ronald Zimmet, JD – Mental Health Risk Retention Group
  • Monday, May 5th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    E8 - Supporting Parents After Their Child's Suicide Attempt
    Location: 108B
    Breakout Presenter: Alison M. Paine, MS – Parents To Parents
    Breakout Presenter: Julie Goldstein Grumet, PhD – Zero Suicide Institute at Education Development Center
    Breakout Presenter: Laura Leone, DSW, MSSW, LMSW – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
  • Monday, May 5th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    E9 - Healing Trauma: The Power of Neurofeedback
    Location: 102AB
    Breakout Presenter: Colette Melancon, LCSW – Neurofeedback Advocacy Project
    Breakout Presenter: Roxana Sasu, MD – Neurofeedback Advocacy Project
    Breakout Presenter: Christy Johnson, MA, QMHP – Neurofeedback Advocacy Project
  • Monday, May 5th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    E19 - Measuring the Impact of Long-acting Medications
    Location: 117
    Breakout Presenter: Joe Parks, MD – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
    Breakout Presenter: Carolyn M. Rekerdres, Medical Doctor – Pecan Valley Center
    Breakout Presenter: Tiona Guess Praylow, MD, MPH – Three Rivers Midlands
  • Monday, May 5th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    MTS3 - Providing Consultation to Increase Access and Quality
    Location: 113C
    Breakout Presenter: Sara Coffey, DO – Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
    Breakout Presenter: April Sweeney, MD – Cascadia Health
    Breakout Presenter: Jonathan Betlinski, MD – Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    8:45 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    GS3 - Keynote Presentation with Patrick Kennedy and Stephen Fried
    Location: Hall A
    Keynote Speaker: Patrick J. Kennedy – The Kennedy Forum
    Keynote Speaker: Stephen Fried – Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    G4 - Never Underestimate the Power of Peer Support: Lessons and Innovations
    Location: 103B
    Moderator: Joan Kenerson King, RN, MSN – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
    Breakout Presenter: Steve Miccio, BA, CPRP – People USA
    Breakout Presenter: Harold Grimes, CT Certifies PSS, National Certified PSS – Institute for Hispanic Families (Catholic Charities)
    Breakout Presenter: Miracle Akortha, PSS, MHPS, CFP – The Center for Health Care Services
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    G7 - Improving Care for Youth With Trauma
    Location: 109AB
    Breakout Presenter: Rosemary Motz, MPH, MA, RDN – Moses/Weitzman Health System
    Breakout Presenter: Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, MD – Bringing Health Equity Training & Consulting
    Breakout Presenter: Tiona Guess Praylow, MD, MPH – Three Rivers Midlands
    Moderator: Alicia Kirley, MBA – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    G11 - Using AI Tools to Support Vulnerable Communities
    Location: 118BC
    Moderator: Samuel H. Dorison, LLM, MSc – ReflexAI
    Breakout Presenter: Levi Van Dyke, MPA – Volunteers of America Western Washington
    Breakout Presenter: Emily S. Moser, MPA, MAT – Lines for Life
    Breakout Presenter: Tanya Barrett, MS, LPC, NCC – United Way of Connecticut
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  • Tuesday, May 6th
    11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    G15 - Parity New Rules: An Overview and Discussion
    Location: 117
    Breakout Presenter: Reyna Taylor – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
    Breakout Presenter: Brad Lerner, J.D. – Carelon Behavioral Health, an Elevance Company
    Breakout Presenter: David Lloyd, MBA – Inseparable
    Breakout Presenter: Martin Rosenzweig, MD – Martin Rosenzweig. MD
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    RS1 - CETA Global: A Scalable Evidence-based Solution
    Location: 113A
    Breakout Presenter: Laura Murray, PhD – CETA Global Inc.
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    MTS4 - Change Is the Only Constant: Strategies for Being an Effective QI Leader
    Location: 113C
    Breakout Presenter: Luming Li, MD, MHS, FACHE, FAPA – The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD
    Breakout Presenter: Tristan Gorrindo, MD – Optum Behavioral Care
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    TP1 - Reducing Overdose Through Policy: ASTHO’s Recommendations and Resources for Public Health Agencies
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Victoria Pless, MPH, PMP – Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    TP8 - Building Resilient Youth Through Community Partnerships With Schools
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Uriel A. Stephens, LMSW – Easterseals MORC
    Poster Presenter: Jennifer Thayer, LMSW – Easterseals MORC
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    TP9 - Contingency Management Implementation: Risks and Rewards
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Ryan Carruthers, LMHP, LADC, CPSS, Ph.D – CenterPointe
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    TP14 - Addressing Barriers to Perinatal Behavioral Health Screening: Insights from Kansas Providers
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Silke Angelika VON ESENWEIN, PhD – CPPR
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    TP17 - Identifying Connections Between Mental Health and Vaping Behaviors in Young Adults
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Janine M. Tobia, MPH – Public Health Management Corporation
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    TP20 - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-resistant Depression
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Erin Jewell Burks, DO – Compass Health Network
    Poster Presenter: Muskinni Salau, MD – Compass Health Network
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    1:15 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    TP27 - Reducing Barriers to Care: The Focus on Person-centered Entry in Community Behavioral Health in Oregon
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Ariel Singer, MPH – Waterwheel Health Consulting
    Poster Presenter: Cherryl L. Ramirez, MPA, MPH – Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    1:15 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    TP29 - The Future Is Peer: Reflecting on a Peer Training Program’s Journey
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Tanisha Durden, CPP
    Poster Presenter: Jennifer Tine, LCSW
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    1:15 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    TP30 - Building a Care Transitions Team: Reducing ER Visits and Readmissions Through Care Navigation and Partnerships
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Jaclyn McCarthy, LMHC, CASAC2 – CN Guidance & Counseling Services
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    1:15 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    TP32 - Connecting Communities: Unique Collaborations in the Keystone State
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Erin C. Glenn, LSW – TrueNorth Wellness Services
    Poster Presenter: Cori A. Reed, LBS, LPC – TrueNorth Wellness Services
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    1:15 PM – 1:45 PM ET
    TP38 - Building Resilient Communities Through Partnerships
    Location: Hall BCD
    Poster Presenter: Hannah Sanborn – DOH-Manatee
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    RS2 - Depression Control Measure
    Location: 113A
    Breakout Presenter: Joe Parks, MD – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
    Breakout Presenter: Meghan Khatri Arora, MBA – BronxRHIO
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    MTS5 - Including SUD Treatment and Street Psychiatry When Serving Populations Experiencing Homelessness
    Location: 113C
    Breakout Presenter: Frank E. Shelp, MD, MPH – Centene Behavioral Health
    Breakout Presenter: Ken C. Hopper, MD, MBA – Hopper Health Strategies/The Hopper Group
    Breakout Presenter: Rochelle Head-Dunham, MD, DFAPA, FASAM – Metropolitan Human Services District
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM ET
    I3 - Exploring the Paradigm Shift: Seeking Power and Control Over Suicidal Thoughts
    Location: 104AB
    Breakout Presenter: Sera Davidow – Wildflower Alliance
    Breakout Presenter: Liz Mombourquette – Wildflower Alliance
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM ET
    I14 - It Did Not Start With You, But It Can End With You
    Location: 115A
    Moderator: Laura Leone, DSW, MSSW, LMSW – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
    Breakout Presenter: Jennifer Velten, MA, LPC, ACS, CCTP, DRCC – CarePlus NJ
    Breakout Presenter: Giesel Ussery, MAS, CDE – Care Plus NJ, Inc.
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  • Tuesday, May 6th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM ET
    I16 - Scaling Coordinated Specialty Care for First-episode Psychosis
    Location: 117
    Breakout Presenter: Steven Ronik, EdD – Henderson Behavioral Health, Inc.
    Breakout Presenter: Jessica M. Pollard, PhD – NASMHPD
    Breakout Presenter: Erica Coe, MPH, MBA – McKinsey Health Institute
    Breakout Presenter: Darcy Gruttadaro – National Alliance on Mental Illness
    Breakout Presenter: Kevin Collins – McKinsey & Company
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM ET
    RS3 - Using Peers to Detect Rising Health Risk
    Location: 113A
    Breakout Presenter: Joe Parks, MD – National Council for Mental Wellbeing
  • Tuesday, May 6th
    2:45 PM – 3:45 PM ET
    MTS6 - Urgent Walk-in Care: Brief Solution Interventions
    Location: 113C
    Breakout Presenter: Mark O'Dwyer, MBA, MA, LPC – Merakey
    Breakout Presenter: Nicole Connell, M.Ed. – Merakey
    Breakout Presenter: Sosunmolu O. Shoyinka, M.D, MBA – Merakey
  • Wednesday, May 7th
    9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    J1 - Transforming Trauma Into Triumph for Our Veterans
    Location: 103A
    Breakout Presenter: Wendy Standifer, MA, LPC – Correctional Counseling INC (CCI)
    Breakout Presenter: Kenneth Robinson, ED.D. – Correctional Counseling INC (CCI)
  • Wednesday, May 7th
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    K7 - Supporting Voice Hearers in Crisis: Evidence-based Tools and Strategies
    Location: 109AB
    Breakout Presenter: Tásha Pearce – Wildflower Alliance
    Breakout Presenter: Cindy Hadge – Wildflower Alliance
  • Wednesday, May 7th
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    K8 - Why We Didn't Tell You: Learning From Lived Experience of Those With Suicidal Thoughts
    Location: 111AB
    Breakout Presenter: Grace Grinnell, Recovery Support Specialist – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Connecticut
    Breakout Presenter: Valerie A. Lepoutre, Recovery Support Specialist – National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Connecticut
    Breakout Presenter: Steve MacHattie, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist – Charter Oak Family Center LLC
  • Wednesday, May 7th
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    K9 - Ending Stigma Through Innovative Marketing Campaigns: A Rural Model
    Location: 113B
    Breakout Presenter: Abbie McClung, MBA, QMHA-I – Klamath Basin Behavioral Health
    Breakout Presenter: Jennifer M. Scott, BS in Public Health, MPH Student – Klamath Basin Behavioral Health
    Breakout Presenter: Makenzie Folsom, M.Ed. in Prevention Science, QMHP, CPS, CADC-I – Klamath Basin Behavioral Health
    Breakout Presenter: Jesse Hunt, BS in Marketing – Klamath Basin Behavioral Health
  • Wednesday, May 7th
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    K14 - Breaking Down Silos: A New Model for Addressing Homelessness for Individuals with Complex Behavioral Health Needs
    Location: 115A
    Breakout Presenter: Darilynn Cardona-Beiler, MSSA, LCSW – Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
    Breakout Presenter: Jennifer Erasime, LCSW-S – Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
    Breakout Presenter: John Snook, JD – Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute