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November 2014
American Public Health Association – Annual Meeting
APHA's Annual Meeting & Exposition serves as the home for public health professionals to convene, learn, network and engage with peers. Dr Mays and BRITE Center participants will present on the following topics at this year's APHA meeting: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Perceived Need for Mental Health Care Sexual orientation, relationship status, and mental health/substance use morbidity: Results from the California Quality of Life Surveys Increasing Acupuncture Utilization As An Adjunct Treatment in African American Breast Cancer Survivors Mental health correlates…
Find out more »October 2014
American Psychological Association – Board of Professional Affairs Meeting
The Board of Professional Affairs is responsible for recommending and implementing APA policy, standards and guidelines for the profession of psychology, maintaining relationships with other professional organizations and groups appropriate to its mission, recognizing contributions to the profession of psychology through awards and honors, proposing to the association ways to enhance the profession of psychology and fostering the application of psychological knowledge to promote public welfare.
Find out more »September 2014
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics – Full Committee Meeting
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics was established by Congress to serve as an advisory body to the Department of Health and Human Services on health data, statistics and national health information policy. It fulfills important review and advisory functions relative to health data and statistical problems of national and international interest, stimulates or conducts studies of such problems and makes proposals for improvement of the Nation’s health statistics and information systems.
Find out more »August 2014
2014 SAMHSA Voice Awards
On Wednesday, August 13, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will recognize television and film screenwriters and producers, and more who educate the public about substance use and mental disorders at the 2014 Voice Awards, held on the UCLA campus. Now in its ninth year, the Voice Awards event brings together the behavioral health community and the entertainment industry to improve public awareness about behavioral health and recovery. “There is no discounting the power of media and particularly film…
Find out more »UCSF Alliance Health Project
Upon completion of the symposium, participants will be able to: 1. Describe how homosexuality and gender issues have been historically viewed by mental health organizations; 2. Identify common mental health disparities for members of LGBTQ communities; 3. Explicate the current theory for the development of these disparities; 4. List and explain the main areas of current LGBTQ mental and behavioral health research; 5. Identify research deficits and an agenda for future research necessary to mitigate these deficits.
Find out more »May 2014
Healthy Living Project
Come learn how to live a more positive and healthy lifestyle while also being visited by some very cute lovable, and highly trained therapy animals.
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