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 *The NTSPP Executive Council is indebted to the Texas Foundation for Psychiatric Education & Research for a grant to support advertising of this pilot project website. We are also grateful to Bob Stewart LCSW of Project Transform, Janie Metzinger of Mental Health America, Sr. Cpl Herb Cotner of the Dallas Police Department, Sherry Cusumano of NAMI Collin County, Sharon DeBlanc of Value Options, Rob Garrett MD of NTSPP, and webmaster James Pepper for their wonderful assistance with this project.

*The North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (www.ntspp.org) 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).

Present Schedule:     Flexible, Experience-driven

Territory:     Dallas, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman,     Montague, Navarro, and Rockwall Counties

Phase 1:   Prototype for licensed/approved hospitals, institutions, organizations, treatment centers, agencies, etc.  August 13 to October 6, 2008

Purposes:     Data-gathering. Learning from experience of mental health professional                     community and DPD before public launch (working out the bugs)

Action plan:          

August 13:     Distribute revised version of category list for form to key persons by e-mail for                 input,     including NTBHA Board and staff, MHA, VO, advocates 

August 15:     Assimilate suggestions. Redistribute new category list to same for input on                 Friday morning August 15

August 16:     Discuss at NTSPP EC meeting

August 18:     Distribute approved consensus pilot form by e-mail to all known institutions,                 agencies, advocates, etc.

August 18 ff:     NTSPP EC reviews data on forms, communicates about any questions by e-mail.             (NTSPPresource@gmail.com), consults with community prn

        NTSPP webmaster James Pepper checks licensing information (if any) and when                 verified inputs to website

Sept 1:     Formal request to mental health professional community                             with controlled DPD use at discretion of Sr. Crpl Herb Cotner for                     use of prototype with request for input (no public use)

Sept 1-30:     Mental health community and DPD give input on experience to NTSPP

October 1-6: Assimilate and restructure for launch date. Publicity information out.

Phase 2:     Launch for use by public October 8 for Mental Illness Awareness Week

Phase 3:    Subjecting: Learning from experience     October 8 to January 2009

Phase 4:     Prototype for individual providers      January 2009. Phase 1 process.

NTSPP EXECUTIVE COUNCIL : Nicole Cooper MD (President), Ed Nace MD (Vice-President), Rege Stewart MD (Treasurer), Adam Brenner MD, John Debus MD, Madeline Harford MD, Alan Koenigsberg MD, Phil Korenman MD, Carol North MD, Dan Pearson III MD, and Catherin Roberts MD

CHAPTER OFFICE : NTSPPchapter@gmail.com (preferred communication) www.ntspp.org

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