Article archive / September 1, 2016
Originally published: . Volume 7, No. 9. Source pages: 16.
Drs. Harding, Gray, Osofsky, Foreman and others NDBH Conference on Resilience, New Orleans, October 23 – 26
The 2016 National Dialogues on Behavioral Health (NDBH) will hold its 57th annual conference in New Orleans at the Renaissance Arts Hotel from October 23 through 26. The conference theme is "Promoting Individual, Family and Community Mental Wellness and Resilience”.
The focus of the conference is to identify short- and long-term solutions to maintaining mental wellness by applying research-based approaches for communities and across the lifespan of individuals and their families.
Local experts will join national speakers in a variety of workshops and pre-conference presentations.
Dr. Courtenay Harding and Dr. Sarah Gray will present Defining Resilience, understanding bio-markers and how to use them, and promoting resilience” and “What is Resilience?” They will discuss the “emerging science of neurobiological, genetic adaptations for research-based therapeutic interventions for trauma and stress to promote mental wellness and resilience for individuals, families and communities.” They will also discuss risk and protective factors and summarize how people repair the biopsychosocial damage left by trauma and other life events, and explain how systems, services, families, consumers, and communities can help reclaim lives
Dr. Joy Osofsky will join Ingrid Donato of SAMHSA to present “Challenges and building resiliency over the lifespan.” The presenters will look at how resilience can be promoted at different stages of life, from early childhood through old age. Participants will be learn how develop interventions that promote resilience in early childhood, teens, adults, and for all genders and a variety of cultural groups.
Dr. Mimi McFaul and April Foreman will present, “The Role of the Media.” The presenters will discuss social and mass media campaigns addressing critical factors targeting individual and community resilience, the role of social media and public health, suicide, and other health issues, potential applications of social media in mental health resilience and recovery, and how grassroots social media movements can significantly drive innovation and research in mental health.
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