Thu, Feb 08
|The Carter Center
Protecting Mental Health
In recent decades, the U.S. has made great strides in ensuring that those who experience mental illness and substance use disorders have access to affordable treatment services. However, changing health care priorities are jeopardizing some of those gains.
Time & Location
Feb 08, 2018, 7:00 PM
The Carter Center, 453 Freedom Pkwy NE, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
About the event
In recent decades, the United States has made great strides in ensuring that those who experience mental illness and substance use disorders have access to affordable treatment services. However, changing health care priorities are jeopardizing some of those gains. Come hear about ways to protect and advance policies that support access to this essential aspect of health care.
Panelists
- Chuck Ingoglia, senior vice president of public policy and practice improvement for the National Council for Behavioral Health
- Wendy White Tiegreen, director of Medicaid and health system innovation for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities
- Sharon (Sherry) Jenkins Tucker, executive director of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, Inc.
Moderator
Andy Miller, CEO and editor of Georgia Health News
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