ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss U.S. Mental Health System.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 TOPIC: A federal report from the National Council on Disability claims the U.S. mental health system is failing to provide basic services to help people with psychiatric disabilities, according to an article by The Associated Press. Experts say the problem is that there is an emphasis on medicating mentally disabled people over helping them lead a productive life. The report suggests improvements to the mental health system including services such as counseling, peer support, supportive housing and job training. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Thomas C. Dolan, FACHE FACHE Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives , Ph.D., CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. is president and chief executive officer of the American College of Healthcare Executives The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) is an international professional association of healthcare executives (high-level hospital administrators, CEOs, COOs, health system officers, etc.) Its central offices are located at 1 N. , an international professional society of nearly 30,000 healthcare executives. Prior to joining the College, he was director of the Center for Health Services Education and Research at St. Louis University Medical Center. He has served as chairman of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration The Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) is a not- for- profit association of university-based educational programs, faculty, practitioners, and provider organizations. , as president of the Mental Health Association in Missouri, and as a member of the board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of Alexian Brothers Hospital in St. Louis. He is board certified in healthcare management and a Fellow of both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Society of Association Executives The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) is a non-profit professional organization for executive directors and executive vice presidents of professional societies both in the United States and abroad. . 312-424-9365, tdolan@ace.org Dr. Ralph Wittenberg has been involved in medical education and early mental health interventions for many years. He is a clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the George Washington School of Medicine. He served as the Chair of the Public Information committee of the Washington Psychiatric Society and a consultant to the Joint Commission on Public Affairs of the American Psychiatric Association The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential world-wide. Its some 148,000 members are mainly American but some are international. . Dr. Wittenberg has organized a number of community education projects, including a program for the early identification of children at risk in the District of Columbia Public Schools
Mr. Steve Ronik is the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. for Henderson Mental Health Center. He has been a leader in the field of Behavioral Science for more than 20 years. With extensive executive experience, Ronik applies his broad-based knowledge and understanding of complex multivariate organizational structures to Henderson's comprehensive service network. In 1992, he initiated Florida's first Assertive Community Treatment Assertive community treatment, or ACT, is a form of total in-community care for people with serious, long-term mental illness.[1][2] Definition The defining characteristics of ACT include: Professor Miles Shore of the Harvard Medical School/Kennedy School of Government, is an expert in health sciences, health policy, psychiatry and mental health leadership. 617-496-1392 Dr. James Willis Dilley, of the University of California, San Francisco , can share his insight on mental health clinical services and psychiatry. 415-476-6430 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/ifmd/index.html. |
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