CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS
University of New Mexico
Department of Psychiatry – Center for Rural and Community
Behavioral Health
The Department of Psychiatry is an
exciting array of faculty, residents, educational programs,
research activities, and clinical and community based
facilities and programs. The vigorous faculty have trained
and taught at the leading psychiatric institutions in the
country. The department's vision is comprehensive and
balanced, with considerable emphasis placed on education,
research, clinical and community missions, and on the
biological, psychological, social and cultural aspects of
Psychiatry and the related mental health professions. And
they work, play and live in the sunny, hospitable, informal,
creative, diverse, healthy, outdoors-oriented, affordable
and magical atmosphere of New Mexico.
State of New Mexico Human
Services Department - Behavioral Health Services Division
BHSD allows several state agencies
and resources involved in behavioral health prevention,
treatment and recovery to work as one in an effort to
improve mental health and substance abuse services in New
Mexico. New Mexico is in its fourth year of a ten year
process to transform behavioral health services to adult,
children, youth and families, driven by a focus on recovery
and resiliency.
WICHE Mental Health Program
The Western Interstate Commission on
Higher Education Mental Health (WICHE) Mental Health Program
helps states respond to changing environments by employing
collaborative approaches of regional research, policy
analysis, networking, technical assistance and information
sharing. The mission is twofold: 1) To assist states in the
improvement of systems of care for consumers and their
families; and 2) To advance the preparation of a qualified
workforce in the West.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health
Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services
The Center for Mental Health Services
(CMHS), SAMHSA is charged with leading the national system
that delivers mental health services. The goal of this
system is to provide the treatment and support services
needed by adults with mental disorders and children with
serious emotional problems. Almost 44 million Americans are
affected by mental illness in any given year, and more than
5.4 percent are diagnosed each with a severe mental illness,
such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe
depression.
University of New Mexico, Office
of Continuing Medical Education
The Office of Continuing Medical
Education offers educational opportunities for physicians
and health care professionals to improve their abilities as
practitioners by way of a comprehensive selection of CME
activities. UNM CME offers over 160 courses per year in all
medical specialties serving over 10,000 annual
participants. UNM CME is accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly and Company is a
leading, innovation-driven corporation committed to
developing a growing portfolio of best-in-class and
first-in-class pharmaceutical products that help people
live longer, healthier and more active lives. Lilly
products treat depression, schizophrenia,
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes,
osteoporosis and many other conditions. We are committed
to providing answers that matter - through medicines and
information - for some of the world's most urgent
medical needs.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Office of New Mexico Health
Sciences Center – Office of the Vice President for Community
Health
The University of New Mexico Health
Sciences Center is the largest academic health complex in
the state. Located on the UNM campus in Albuquerque, the HSC
combines its four mission areas - education, research,
patient care and community outreach.
The Office of the Vice President for Community Health is
a national, award wining center that focuses on the role,
responsibility and relationship of the Health Sciences
Center to the people and communities of New Mexico that is
community driven and responsive to community needs.
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy
Center at UNM
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF) Center for Health Policy is a collaborative project
between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the
University of New Mexico. The purpose of the Center is to
increase the diversity of those with formal training in the
fields of economics, political science and sociology who
engage in health services and health policy research.
Particularly, the Center seeks to become a nationally
recognized locus for health policy research at that will
support work to inform health policy debates at multiple
levels.
Rural and Community Psychiatry
Network of New Mexico
The Rural & Community Psychiatry
Network of New Mexico (RCPNNM) is comprised of 60+ community
and rural psychiatrists from around the state. The RCPNNM
is open to anyone wanting to engage in open and honest
discussions and networking regarding New Mexico’s unique
community and rural psychiatric challenges and
opportunities. Key topics areas and issues that the RCPNNM
has identified are 1) Advocacy for individuals served by
rural and community psychiatrists; 2) Opportunities to share
information and network in a non-clinical atmosphere; 3)
Mutual assistance in problem-solving administrative issues;
4) Linking rural and community psychiatrists to resources
outside of their practice area(s); and 5) Serving as a
resource for other physicians and primary care providers.
University of New Mexico Health
Sciences Center – Dept. of Family & Community Medicine -
Transdisciplinary Evaluation and Support Clinic
The Transdisciplinary Evaluation and
Support Clinic (TEASC), funded by the New Mexico Department
of Health/Developmental Disabilities Supports Division, is a
consultation team that includes family practice providers,
psychiatrists, experts in social services and health care
systems, and a clinical social worker. The team may include
other specialists such as a neurologist or sign language
interpreter. TEASC offers in-home and clinic-based
consultation to adults who have intellectual/developmental
disabilities and complex medical, mental health, and support
system needs. TEASC assistance does not replace the direct
care provided by the client’s primary care doctor,
psychiatrist, therapist, interdisciplinary team, or other
care givers.
University of New Mexico Health
Sciences Center - Center for Telehealth
The Center for Telehealth is the
coordinator and facilitator for the integration of
Telehealth programs at the University of New Mexico Health
Sciences Center and other state partners. The Center for
Telehealth is available to help programs interested in
integrating Telehealth into their initiatives, provides
technical, network, business, and operational planning and
design and connects providers, patients, administrators,
across the state, across the nation and across the world.
There are 100 sites in NM connected involving several health
care provider organizations.
ValueOptions
ValueOptions®, the nation's largest
independent behavioral health care company, provides
services to more than 23 million individuals through a
variety of contracts with state and county agencies, as well
as with health plans and employers. ValueOptions® is a
managed care company that specializes in management for all
behavioral health issues, and mental health and chemical
dependency diagnoses. ValueOptions® supports the unique
needs of client organizations with traditional managed care
products, integrated behavioral health care services, as
well as wellness and prevention initiatives and work/life
programs. Leveraging a national behavioral health provider
network with more than 50,000 practitioner locations, the
clinical well being of our members is the first priority of
ValueOptions®. We develop innovative and cost effective
solutions to help people adopt healthy behaviors and
proactively manage wellness and disease.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
The mission of the National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) is to diminish the burden of mental
illness through research. This public health mandate demands
that NIMH harness powerful scientific tools to achieve
better understanding, treatment and, eventually prevention
of mental illness.