About the Zarrow Mental Health Symposium
The Zarrow Mental Health Symposium is an
annual conference designed to provide state-of-the-art research
and practical information about current issues related to
mental health and mental illness. The conference celebrates
it's 15th year in 2009.
Collaboration
for Mental Health: Meeting the Needs of One through Many
September 17-18, 2009
Tulsa Mariott Southern Hills
Purpose:
The 2009 Zarrow Symposium will bring together local, state,
and national leaders to discuss best practice and research-based
programs in mental health treatment and prevention. This year’s
focus is on practical and reproducible demonstrations of community,
professional, and/or agency collaborations that can serve
the mental health needs of an individual, treatment of illness,
or building wellness. Issues concerning special needs and
high needs populations across the lifespan will be addressed.
Ethical, biological, psychosocial, family support, and cultural
related concerns will also be incorporated.
Objectives:
Participants in the Symposium may pursue one or more of the
following objectives:
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Identify high needs populations
that may benefit most from collaboration of health care
services and describe models and best practices that
are successfully serving these populations. |
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Discuss the benefits of patient centered
primary health care. |
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Discuss the intersection between
the research community, mental health professionals,
and the community at large, including the benefits that
can result from such collaboration. |
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List special concerns that commonly need
to be addressed when working with returning military personnel. |
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Identify and discuss ways in which
state agencies are working together to transform mental
health care in Oklahoma. |
In addition to 6 plenary sessions, the conference will offer
27 90-minute workshops combining innovative approaches to
treatment, best practice models, and ethical professional
practice. Content will be focused on the concerns of social
workers; licensed professional counselors; licensed marriage
and family therapists; psychologists; certified alcohol and
drug counselors; licensed alcohol and drug counselors; and
other professionals engaged in social services, education,
law enforcement, and the judicial system.
Updated 7/01/2009
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