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Community Events
  1. Do you need help with transition services for your son or daughter?
    A team from the University of California - SF and Support for Families of Children with Disabilities is conducting a study about teenagers and young adults with chronic disabilities and transition to adulthood. We're recruiting families living in San Francisco who have
    • a transitional age youth (14 -25 years old)
    • with complex transition needs, such as mental health (schizophrenia, autism), physical health (diabetes, asthma) and/or developmental disability
    • the study includes a family ÒnavigatorÓ and resource parent, transition workshops and person-centered plan
    • interviews and questionnaires in your home
    • parents/guardians receive $110 - $130 for study completion
    Learn more about the study by contacting Lucy Fisher, RN, PhD or Kate Topolski at (415) 476 4659

  2. INTERESTED IN TEACHING A BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT FOR PERSISTENT AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS COURSE?
    This 10-session course has been researched and taught many times, mostly for persons with schizophrenia who are outpatients. It is adaptable to inpatient and other settings and is currently being disseminated throughout the VA as a best practice. It is offered to any mental health professional with group experience wishing to teach the course by its developers, Dr. Robin Buccheri and Dr. Louise Trygstad of the University of San Francisco School of Nursing. The developers do not charge for sharing their material and are willing to communicate with you to help you in teaching the course and do ask that you complete an evaluation form after teaching the course. For a reference list and information about the course for those who would like to teach it, please email louisetrygstad@hotmail.com

  3. SPECIAL EVENT FEATURING E. FULLER TORREY, MD

    4. What: The Future of Psychiatry in California if Public Policy Does Not Change
    Who: E. Fuller Torrey, MD, sponsored by the SFGH Department of Psychiatry and the California Treatment Advocacy Coalition
    When: Saturday, July 24, 2010, at 1 PM
    Where: San Francisco General Hospital Carr Auditorium (Carr Auditorium is located on 22nd St @ San Bruno Ave. Street parking is available)

    E. Fuller Torrey, MD, is a research psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia and manic-depressive illness. He is the founder of the Treatment Advocacy Center and the executive director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute, which supports research on schizophrenia and manic-depressive illness. Called America's leading psychiatrist and "schizophrenia's most zealous foe" by the New York Times, Dr. Torrey is the author of over 20 books and 200 lay and professional papers. His latest book is The Insanity Offense: How America's Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill Endangers its Citizens . He co-authored "More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons than Hospitals," a joint survey by The National Sheriffs' Association and the Treatment Advocacy Center released in May, 2010.

  4. Mood Disorders Education Day!
    When: Saturday July 24, 2010 8:30am - 2:30pm
    Where: William R. Hewlett Teaching Center
    370 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

    To download a flyer click here.
    FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO REGISTER TO ATTEND THIS EVENT CLICK HERE.

    Our 6th Annual Mood Disorders Education Day is a particularly special event this year, as we are celebrating the establishment of the Stanford Mood Disorders Center, a new approach in research and treatment of mood disorders. Anyone in the community interested in learning up to date information about the treatment of depression and bipolar disorders is welcome to attend!

  5. DBSA San Francisco - Education Night
    TOPIC:Americans with Disability Act - Reasonable Accommodation in a Work Place
    SPEAKER: Zoya Yarnykh, JD, Attorney from People with Disabilities Foundation
    Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
    Time: 7:15pm - 8:45pm
    Location: Conference Room B & C (lower levels) in St Francis Memorial Hospital (900 Hyde St, San Francisco, CA 94109)

  6. UCB Mood Clinic Sliding Scale Services
    For more information please call the Psychology Clinic at: 510-642-2055
    Please click here for more information.

  7. Fresh Beginnings From Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC)
    Please click here for more information.

  8. NAMI CA State Convention
    August 27 - 28, 2010
    The new registration process is available at http://www.namicalifornia.org
    More info at 916-567-0163 or catheryn.mercado@namicalifornia.org








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