American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's  13th Annual International Survivors of Suicide Day Conference
Saturday, November 19, 2011  9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Local Dallas Conference is one of 250+ Sites for Synchronized Film Broadcast

Thousands of survivors of suicide loss gather together around the world on this day for mutual support & practical guidance on dealing with grief.

If you have lost someone to suicide, please join us.
  Connecting with other survivors will provide you with insights for healing.
  Learning with practical tools & takeaways will help you navigate the grief journey.
  Realizing you are not alone on the journey is a source of strength.

Saturday, November 19, 2011  ---  9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Conference will feature:
* 90-minute film with a panel of survivors
* Break-out discussion groups
* Photo memory board
* Resource gallery
* Opportunities to hear what helped other survivors
* Tools & takeaways for healing
* Brunch and afternoon refreshment break

Location:  Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas (Fogelson Auditorium) 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX Ð two blocks east of 75 North Central Expressway  (Look for the 3-story building with a red dome.)

Admission: No Charge (Attendees will only have to pay for parking -- $2 for the day)

For Information or to Pre-Register, Contact:
Peggy Marshall
Email: pmarshall1@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 214-533-9908
Website: http://www.dallassurvivorsofsuicidedayconference.org

Planned Living Assistance Network of North Texas Nonprofit Organization for Lifetime Recovery Support for People with Mental Illness   7th Annual Dinner and Silent Auction
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011  at 6 pm

Renaissance Hotel   900 East Lookout   Richardson TX 75082

Tickets $75 per person  ~    Business casual attire

Guest speaker Julie Hersh, author of Struck by Living and advocate for mental health

For more information on February 19 Dinner:  http://planofntx.com/oyh.php
For more information on PLAN: http://www.planofntx.com/about_plan.php

The SMU Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility organized in collaboration with The North Texas Neurophilosophy Network

Brain, Mind, and Science: The Future of Neuroethics

Thursday, February 10, 2011  8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Karcher Auditorium, Storey Hall, SMU Dedman School of Law

Featuring:
Paul Churchland, Ph.D.,Department of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
James Giordano, Ph.D., Director, Center for Neurotechnology Studies, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies|
Hank Greely, J.D., Deana F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law and Director, Stanford University Center for Law and the Biosciences
Thomas Metzinger, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Director, Theoretical Philosophy Group, Dept. of Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Ph.D., Chauncey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Duke Universi

FREE ATTENDANCE: There is no charge for attending this event but you must pre-register by visiting:  http://smu.edu/ethicscenter/register

CME/CEU ETHICS: $25 charge. This conference is approved for 6 hours AMA PRA Category 1 Credits, 6 hours of Medical Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and 6 hour CEU for Psychologists.  For CME/CEU, there is a $25 processing fee which must be paid at the door on the day of the conference.  For more information, call the Maguire Center for Ethics at (214) 768-4255.

POSTSCRIPT:  This well-organized and meaningful Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance event took place on a rainy cold evening.  With good training and professional and personable police officers paving the way for speaking with any homeless persons who were interested in contributing to the survey, this experience is highly recommended.  Please consider it for yourselves next year.  Welcoming and educating this rookie were veterans Joel Feiner MD (psychiatrist advocate and community mental health guru/ leader),  Janie Metzinger (MHA); Mike Katz (NTBHA Consumer/Family Council);Valencia Hooper, John Dornheim, and Sherry Cusumano (NAMI Dallas and Collin County); Sr Cpl Herb Cotner of DPD.   Officers Isaac and Celeste of Northeast and LPC David Mora (presently a City of Dallas caseworker) were wonderfully easy and respectful and humane as we visited with those homeless persons who felt comfortable speaking with us.  My sense:  we all realized we are much more alike than different and but for the grace of…Fortunately riding through my own neighborhood, I learned the haunts and strategies and extreme distress of the unsheltered who were NOT in the Bridge and what they believed would help.    NCmd

2010 Homeless Count and Census:  volunteers needed, on-site training.
ALTERNATIVE TO NTSPP DINNER WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Highly recommended by Carolyn Rekedres MD who has participated…

It is once again time to conduct the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA) annual homeless count and census. The census is conducted each year in the last week of January so that Dallas and Collin Counties can collect information on homeless residents.

With MDHA’s renewed commitment to end Chronic Homelessness by 2014 and the opening of the Bridge Homeless Assistance Center in May of 2008, the Homeless Count and Census allows us to monitor our progress in achieving this goal. The Census helps us to complete a needs assessment for the community and encourage the development of programs to fill identified gaps. The information compiled during the census is also used by several interested groups, including non-profit organizations, faith-based groups, media outlets and various departments in Federal, State and local government.

DATE: Thursday, January 28, 2010
TIME: 6:00 P.M. – 12:00 A.M.  (subject to slight changes if needed, most volunteers are able to leave by 10:30 p.m.)
LOCATION: Dallas City Hall – 1500 Marilla, L1 F North Auditorium  Park in City Hall underground parking (entrance traveling east on Young Street)  Enter through the GREEN door

HOW TO HELP: Volunteers are needed for both the indoor and outdoor census. Volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.  Remember to wear comfortable shoes, bring a flashlight, writing pen and clipboard.

Indoor Volunteer Team Member: Conducts the Homeless survey in an indoor location, such as an Emergency Shelter or Transitional Housing facility. Law enforcement professionals are not assigned to these teams, but a staff contact will be provided for teams who visit these locations and agency staff will be present.

Outdoor Volunteer Team Member: Conducts the survey outdoors in teams of two or three. Law enforcement personnel are assigned to each team for safety reasons.

Training:   Training on how to conduct the census will be provided for volunteers on the night of the census. Volunteers will sign-in from 6:00 – 6:30, and should arrive no later than 6:15 P.M. in order to receive all of the information presented.

Contact Information:  Thank you for your interest! In order to volunteer for the Homeless census or to receive more Information, please contact Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance:

Phone: 214-670.1112

E-mail: PMaroney@MDHADallas.org

FREE Program with Psychiatrist Speakers and Panelists  for Mental Illness Awareness WeekHaving Opportunities for Positive Expansions Conference  (H.O.P.E.) 4  Dallas
Saturday—October 10^th  World Mental Health Day       10 am—1 pm
Fellowship Bible Church Dallas   9330 N. Central Expwy   Dallas TX 75231

Free & Open to the General Public ~ Please register ahead***

 10 am:       Support Groups: Who, What, When, Where, Why & How   Ricardo Aguilar
 11 am:        Ask a Psychiatrist Breakout Sessions:   Psychiatrists will present and answer your questions on these psychiatric disorders:
                             Schizophrenia  ~  Les Secrest MD
                             Bipolar and Mood Disorders ~ Madeline Harford MD
                             Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ~ Catherin Roberts MD
                             Addictions ~ Carlos Tirado MD MPH
                             Personality Disorders & Psychotherapy ~ Kathi Sommerfelt MD
 12 noon:   Panel Discussion—Open Forum with all Psychiatrists together
 1:00 pm:   Adjournment

***Costs: FREE !  Please REGISTER with Ricardo Aguilar, Mental Health America of Greater Dallas at 214-871-2420 ext. 118 or raguilar@mhadallas.org

Sponsored by:   The North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, Mental Health America of Greater Dallas  www.mhadallas.org , AND Value Options  www.valueoptions.com.

MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK  is OCTOBER 4-10, 2009.  NTSPP is grateful to the Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education and Research for its grant supporting MIAW events. 

NTSPP is the local chapter of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (www.txpsych.org) which is the district branch of the American Psychiatric Association (www.psych.org). 

RESCHEDULED FROM SEPTEMBER 20 DUE TO IKE:

NTSPP AND THE DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS (DCMRC) OFFER

SPECIAL DISASTER TRAINING AND DCMRC CERTIFICATION FOR PSYCHIATRISTS

The North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (NTSPP) is organizing a special half-day disaster training program for psychiatrists (including psychiatry residents and fellows), in partnership with the Dallas County Medical Reserve Corps (DCMRC), on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 1 from 8:45 am to 1:00 pm, at the Dallas County Health Department, 6^th floor, room 627 (2377 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas TX 75207). The training program will be led by Carol North, MD (local, national, and international disaster expert who is a member of NTSPP Executive Council and serves as Mental Health Liaison for DCMRC), Frank Webster, MD (UT Southwestern psychiatrist and organizer of services for the 2008 Hurricanes), Ira Nemeth, MD (DCMRC Medical Director), and Jess Wade (DCMRC Emergency Volunteer Program Coordinator). The program will provide special disaster training for psychiatrists and will conduct recruitment and credentialing of psychiatrist volunteers willing to register in Dallas County. We hope you can attend. (Psychiatrists are welcome to attend the training even if they do not want to be a DCMRC volunteer. CME credits are not being offered.)

To be credentialed as a disaster responder volunteer for Dallas County at this meeting, you must:

    1) Attend this meeting (at which your photo will be taken and a badge prepared to be given to you at the completion of your credentialing) and read the Volunteer Handbook provided at this meeting

    2) Register as a DCMRC volunteer (you can fill out an application online at www.metroplexvolunteers.com)

    3) Complete on-line training as required by the US Department of Homeland Security (IS-100 and IS-700), and forward evidence of your certification to the MRC (instructions below)

    4) Return a confidentiality agreement package and pass a related credentials check (see confidentiality agreement document for completion attached to this message)

If you would like to attend this training meeting, please RSVP to
Jess Wade (numbers/addresses provided at the bottom of this document). Thank you for considering participation in this training and joining the ranks of DCMRC volunteers as a Disaster Psychiatrist. The effort you invest in this endeavor will help you, the DCMRC, and NTSPP be better prepared to respond to disaster.

Directions to complete the on-line training are as follows:

On-line courses can be conveniently completed at your own computer. Just click on the link below to access it (or if that does not work, copy it into the address window of your browser):

http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp

Select the second IS100 course: “Introduction to Incident Command System for Healthcare/ Hospitals.” Follow the instructions closely to avoid time-consuming missteps.

IS100 is presented in 5 lessons plus the test (~2.5 hrs – but most psychiatrists can do it a lot faster!)

IS700 is presented in 8 lessons plus the test (~3 hrs – but most psychiatrists can do it a lot faster!)

Please send a copy of your Certificate of Completion and also your Confidentiality Agreement to Jess Wade at Dallas County MRC:

Email: jdwade@dallascounty.org

Fax: 2148192099, ATTN: Jess Wade

Mail: Dallas County Dept. of Health & Human Services, 2377 N. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75207

Phone: 2148191922

TO RSVP FOR THE NOVEMBER 1 TRAINING, PLEASE SEND YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION including both e-mail address and phone numbers TO JESS WADE (ABOVE). Program changes (if any) will be sent to you by Mr. Wade and posted on the www.ntspp.org website.

NTSPP Psychiatrists Bagya Aramugham MD, Catherine Fontaine MD, and Madeline Harford MD are graciously sponsoring 3 Silver Table luncheon seats at the 40th Anniversary Metrocare Services Fundraising Luncheon Monday September 15 for  UTSWMC Psychiatry Residents/Fellows or Medical Students interested in Psychiatry.   (For last-minute ticket information contact Katie.Goodell@metrocareservices.org.) 

Many thanks to these MDs interested in public mental health and trainees.  Interested residents, fellows, or medical students, please contact Dr.  Adam Brenner, a member of the NTSPP Executive Council (EC) who will also be seated at the NTSPP table. 

Rounding out the table are psychiatrists  Andrew Brylowski MD, Catherin Roberts MD (EC), Ed Nace MD (EC), and Nicole Cooper MD (EC).  Psychiatrist Carol North MD (EC) will attend and sit at the Metrocare Board Table.

NTSPP is a strong supporter of the fine work of Metrocare Services, with particular appreciation for psychiatrists CEO James Baker MD and Medical Director Greg Graves MD and their dedicated team of psychiatrists.

Date/time: Thursday June 26th at 6 pm  

Speakers: Psychiatrist Carol North MD MPE** and Medical Reserve Corps officials  

Program: Basics of Disaster Psychiatry, the Role of Psychiatrists in Disaster Intervention, and the Medical Reserve Corps  

RSVP: Please RSVP if planning to attend to NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com. Cheap to moderate food price and free location depend on number responding.  

DETAILS: Learn how you can serve as a volunteer during the next Dallas County public health emergency or mass casualty disaster. Learn WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW to get ready and be prepared to serve your community. The Dallas County Medical Reserve Corps is training volunteers and will be here to explain WHY you are needed and HOW you can get involved in this important public health preparedness program.  

The Dallas County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) enlists medical and non-medical volunteers from the community at large. It then trains these volunteers to fill specific roles in both disaster relief shelters and in temporary clinics, or PODs (points-of-dispensing). The psychiatrist’s role in a shelter (such as following Katrina/Rita evacuations in 2005) will be to assist as part of a medical team operating

an on-site medical care unit within each shelter. In addition, MRC training will help prepare the volunteer psychiatrist for assisting with crisis intervention within the POD environment.  

For the doctor who wishes to train for a broad leadership role, the MRC offers training as POD Director, Clinic Manager, and other non-medical management job roles.  

**Carol North MD MPE is the Dallas County Health & Human Services Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) disaster mental health liaison for MRC Mental Health Units and UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. North holds the Nancy and Ray L. Hunt Chair in Crisis Psychiatry as well as being Director-Program in Trauma and Disaster, Dallas VAMC. She will be accompanied by MRC officials.

THE NTSPP EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

NICOLE COOPER MD President *ED NACE MD Vice-President *REGE STEWART MD Treasurer

*MADELINE HARFORD MD Editor & Web *JOHN DEBUS MD Fellowship, Nominating, Alt Chap Rep

*ALAN KOENIGSBERG MD Hospitality, Photographer PHIL KORENMAN MD Co-Editor

*DAN PEARSON III MD Chapter Rep & Ethics *LES SECREST MD Consultant *Past President

NTSPP CHAPTER: NTSPPchapter@gmail.com www.ntspp.org 8111 Preston Rd Ste 811 Dallas TX 75225.6316

MOTTO: Affiliation~Altruism~Anticipation~Humor~Mentalization~Self-Assertion~Self-Observation~Sublimation~Suppression

TERRITORY: Dallas Collin Cooke Denton Ellis Fannin Grayson Hunt Kaufman Montague Navarro Rockwall Counties

APA FAMILY: The North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians is the local chapter of the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians , the district branch of the American Psychiatric Association. TSPP: TSPPofc@aol.com www.txpsych.org APA: www.psych.org