| September, 2010 |
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Perinatal Mental Health Training for Community Professionals |
| Date: |
September 15 |
| Time: |
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
| Description: |
Pre-register at kgeorge@mhahouston.org as space is limited.
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| Location: |
United Way located at 50 Waugh, Houston, TX 77007 |
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Free Webinar: Understanding Primary & Behavioral Healthcare Integration |
| Date: |
September 15 |
| Time: |
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM |
| Description: |
Individuals bring their medical and behavioral health problems with them to both medical care and specialty behavioral healthcare. Efforts to promote primary and behavioral healthcare integration (PBHCI) are taking hold across the country. What is integration and what does it exactly mean for access to mental and substance use services?
This webinar is an essential primer for staff, consumers, and others who need to hear how primary and behavioral healthcare integration is becoming a vital part of the behavioral health system of care. Register and invite others to join us for this special event co-hosted by the National Council and Mental Health America. Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/543572827.
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| Location: |
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/543572827 |
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Questions? Email cminniear@mentalhealthamerica.net or call 703.838.7509. |
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| Event: |
Health and Human Services Community Conference |
| Date: |
September 20 |
| Time: |
08:30 AM - 04:30 PM |
| Description: |
Topics Will Include: Federal Healthcare Reform Impact on the Greater Houston Area, Rising Food Insecurity in the Greater Houston Area, Behavioral Health Pilot Program and Juvenile Diversion Alternatives Initiative Program. Invitation and registration information will follow in mid-August. |
| Location: |
United Way located at 50 Waugh, Houston, TX 77007 |
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| Event: |
Perinatal Mental Health Training |
| Date: |
September 21 |
| Time: |
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM |
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| Location: |
UTHSC School of Nursing |
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| Event: |
Expanding Psychiatric Care Meeting |
| Date: |
September 22 |
| Time: |
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
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| Location: |
Montrose Counseling Center, 401 Branard, Room 327, Houston, TX 77006 |
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| Event: |
YCMF Advisory Committee Meeting |
| Date: |
September 24 |
| Time: |
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM |
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| Location: |
MHA Houston's Offices located at 2211 Norfolk, Suite 810 |
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| Event: |
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day |
| Date: |
September 25 |
| Time: |
10:00 AM - 02:00 PM |
| Description: |
DEA is asking for your help. As you know, prescription drugs are being misused and abused at alarming rates throughout the United States. As part of our efforts to address this problem, DEA will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction at sites nationwide on Saturday, September 25th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, all over the United States. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Read more http://www.justice.gov/dea/index.htm. |
| Location: |
Houston Community College Spring Branch Campus at 1010 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N. |
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Collection sites can be found by going to the link found at www.GetSmartAboutDrugs.com or www.JustThinkTwice.com. |
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| Event: |
Perinatal Mental Health Training |
| Date: |
September 29 |
| Time: |
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
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| Location: |
Health Family Initiatives |
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| Event: |
Workplace Wellness Education |
| Date: |
September 29 |
| Time: |
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM |
| Description: |
Brown Bag Lunch (Managing Workplace Stress) |
| Location: |
Spectra Energy, 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, TX 77056, (713) 627-5400 |
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| Event: |
Struck by Living (Author Event) |
| Date: |
September 30 |
| Time: |
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM |
| Description: |
Join Mental Health America of Greater Houston, Notre Dame Club of Houston and Notre Dame Women Connect for a
conversation and book talk with author, mother, corporate wife, suicide survivor and mental health advocate, Julie
Hersh on Thursday, September 30th at 6:00 p.m. Struck by Living traces Hersh’s search for identity through her career, interfaith marriage, motherhood and clinical
depression. With humor and brutal honesty, she picks apart the irony of her life. View a clip about Hersh at
www.mhahouston.org or http://www.struckbyliving.org/.
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| Location: |
Barnes & Noble at the River Oaks Shopping Center (2030 West Gray) |
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| October, 2010 |
| Event: |
Spectrum 2010: Annual Conference on Addiction Studies |
| Date: |
October 1 |
| Time: |
12:00 AM - |
| Description: |
Presented by The Houston Chapter of the Texas Association of Addiction Studies |
| Location: |
Double Tree Hotel, 15747 JFK Blvd., Houston, TX 77032 |
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For more information 713-629-1280 or www.houstonchaptertaap.com |
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| Event: |
Understanding Suicide: More Than Just Theory |
| Date: |
October 1 |
| Time: |
08:00 AM - 04:00 PM |
| Description: |
Sponsored by MHA Houston and The Menninger Clinic. The full-day conference registration fee is $135 for mental health professionals and $100 for non-mental health professionals-limited seating. $80 for students-limited seating. Six (6) contact hours for the conference have been designated by The Menninger Clinic for physicians, psychologists, social workers and counselors. |
| Location: |
University of St. Thomas, Scanlan Room, 2nd floor of the Jerabeck Center at 4000 Mt. Vernon |
| Other Info: |
For more information or to sign up, contact Bree Scott,bscott@menninger.edu or visit http://www.menningerclinic.com/calendar/Suicide_CEconf_webversion_10.pdf.
Parking is in the Moran Center Parking Garage at West Alabama Street and Graustark Street for $2. It is cash only parking. From the parking garage the Jerabeck Center is just a short walk across the Campus Life Mall. |
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| Event: |
Supportive Housing Task Force - Community Outreach Plan |
| Date: |
October 26 |
| Time: |
04:00 PM - 07:00 PM |
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| Location: |
United Way located at 50 Waugh, Houston, TX 77007 |
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| November, 2010 |
| Event: |
Houston Out of the Darkness Community Walk |
| Date: |
November 6 |
| Time: |
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM |
| Description: |
Walk in the Houston Out of the Darkness Community Walk on Saturday, November 6th, 2010 at Stude Park , 1030 Stude Street , Houston , TX 77007 benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Join us for this powerful and inspiring event to help make suicide prevention a national priority and to help end the stigma of mental illness. To learn more and register, log on to www.outofthedarkness.org.
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| Location: |
Stude Park - 1030 Stude St. , Houston , Texas 77007 |
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To register and learn more: www.outofthedarkness.org. Email: afsp.houston@gmail.com |
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