One of our favorite subjects here on Mental Health News Radio is how animals can be used to positively impact mental wellness. Jeff Fink, founder of Go Fetch Wellness joins us to discuss his work and the positive impact he and his therapy dog Earl are having in Behavioral Health.

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Last summer I met perhaps the most unforgettable human beings I have ever known– Julia Bolton Holloway. This 70-something year old Anglo-American resided a short walk from my temporary residence on Borgo Pinto (street) in the city of Florence, Italy. I was there for the month of July to enjoy being a tourist and study as a guest of my cousin, Dr. Nancy Shaffer, while she attended a course on Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy”, which drew faculty from various colleges and universities in the U.S. Read the full blog article HERE,

Gabor Maté, M.D. joins us after his presentations at The National Council for Behavioral Health’s annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Take a journey as Dr. Maté and our host, Kristin Walker, discuss the need for meaningful human connection and the enormity of changing the structures in which we treat and comprehend addiction. 

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Join us live from Las Vegas, Nevada at the annual conference for The National Council for Behavioral Health. Our goal was to speak with presenters and guests. Eileen Joseph, CEO of CareLink Community Support Services, stopped by the media room to give us her thoughts on the most esteemed conference supporting our favorite sector of healthcare: Behavioral Health.

Eileen discusses what her agency offers their client population, what their technology needs are, and how the ever changing paradigm of mental health is affecting their organization. 

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Cindy A. Schwartz joins us live from the annual conference for The National Council for Behavioral Health. We're in the media room to discuss her presentation, Making Jail the Last Resort. 

 

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Cindy Schwartz joins us live from the annual conference for The National Council for Behavioral Health. We're in the media room to discuss her presentation, Making Jail the Last Resort. 

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Cindy Schwartz, MS, MBA 

Director, Jail Diversion Program 

Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building 

1351 NW 12 Street, Room 7200 

Miami, FL 33125 

Psychiatrist, John Kane, M.D. and Clincial Psychologist, Susan Azrin join us at the annual National Council for Behavioral Health conference to discuss their presentation on recovery after initial schizophrenia episodes. The program RAISE is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. It was designed to reduce the likelihood of long-term disability that people with schizophrenia often experience.

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Join us for a interview with Michael Flora, Senior Operations and Management Consultant for MTM Services, a strategic partner with National Council for Behavioral Health. Michael presented at the annual conference for the council about back office, revenue cycle management, clinical implementation services, and new regulations regarding Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers - for a short segment, Michael covers a lot of ground.

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Mr. Flora the Senior Operations and Management Consultant for MTM Services, a National Council Senior Consultant, and Adjunct Faculty at the Northern Illinois University. He is also the President and CEO of a multimillion dollar behavioral healthcare organization and its four subsidiary corporations. He has over 30 years experience in clinical practice and behavioral healthcare administration. He has had extensive experience in Strategic Planning, Performance Improvement, Workforce Development, Diversity Training, Clinical Re-Engineering, Marketing, Business Planning, Leadership Training, Executive /Leadership Coaching and Training , Board Governance and Board Leadership training and consulting, Evaluation and Development, Project Management and Mergers and Acquisitions in healthcare. He has lectured throughout the country and on the national conference level on behalf of treatment and administrative issues.

Sound bite interview with Dr. Aaron Janssen at The National Council for Behavioral Health's annual conference: NatCon16. Dr. Janssen stopped by the media room at the conference for a live interview about his work and his presentation for the conference on Gender Variant Youth.  

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Join us for a live sound bite with Scott Lloyd, President of MTM Services. MTM is a strategic partner with The National Council for Behavioral Health.  He swings by the media room of the council's annual conference NatCon16 held in Las Vegas to discuss our presentation on EHR issues with our host, Kristin Sunanta Walker.

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