Mental Health Matters:
Disparities in Mental Health Care

Saturday afternoon, June 2, 2012 | 1:30 – 4:30 pm
at the Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA

The Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology invites you to an exclusive gathering of leading policy makers, clinicians, and thought leaders for the inaugural conference in the series. This event will focus on extending culturally competent mental health care to children and people from minority populations.

Proceeds will benefit the Dr. Cynthia Lucero Latino Mental Health Program (LMHP) at MSPP

Program Code: MH12
Fee: $65
3 CE Credits
Location: The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 50 Arlington Street, Boston, MA

Presenters include:

Dr. David Satcher, Director of The Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine; 16th Surgeon General of the United States; Former Assistant Secretary for Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Ronald Kessler, P.I., National Comorbidity Survey; McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Margarita Alegria, Director of Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Gemima St. Louis, Director of Mental Health Training and Research, The SPARK Center, Boston Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine

Dr. Hortensia Amaro, Associate Dean of the Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University

Dr. Edward De Vos, Associate Vice President of Research and Faculty, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

Samantha Morton, JD, Executive Director, Medical-Legal Partnership Boston, Boston Medical Center

Dr. Sara Orozco, Member, Massachusetts Health Disparities Council; Faculty, Counseling Psychology Program, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology

John Auerbach, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Dr. Nicholas Covino, President, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology