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February 28, 2000 - AGENDA
Ramada Inn Conference Center, 5865 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville Florida

THEME: MENTAL HEALTH: The State Of The Science

The third public meeting of the Commission was at the Ramada Inn Conference Center in Jacksonville, Florida. A special presentation was given on Sunday the 27th to the members of the Commission and the public by Dr. Howard Goldman, senior scientific editor of recently released Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health . To facilitate public access, the meeting was videotaped. These videotaped portions are being provided over the Internet to interested parties through the use of webcasts. Also available are links to the supporting documents given to the Commission by those persons giving invited or public testimony.

To view the webcasts, you will need to have a media plug-in, MediaPlayer, loaded on your computer. If you are coming in over a modem line, you need to use the link labeled 56 kb. If you do not have Microsoft MediaPlayer on your machine, you may download the plug-in from their site.

The Goldman and Kip presentations are readily available via Powerpoint using Internet Explorer. We are in the process of converting them for viewing via Netscape.

Sunday, February 27, 2000
Ramada Inn Conference Center, 5865 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville FL
6:00-7:00pmCommission Dinner and Business Meeting
Webcasts: 56 kb; 250 kb [running time: 00:40:28 minutes]
7:00- 8:00pmDr. Howard Goldman (open to public)
Webcasts: 56kb; 250kb
[presentation; use Internet Explorer];   [presentation, PDF]
8:00-9:00pmQuestions and Open Discussion


Monday, February 28, 2000
Roberts Building Auditorium at 5920 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville FL

9:30-11:35 am Summary of Dr. Goldman's presentation  [17:14 minutes]   Webcast 56kb;   250kb

Invited Testimony on Issues in Practice:   
Content Notes [PDF; 9 pages]; Webcasts [1:45:09 minutes]: 56kb ; 250kb

    Speakers
  • Alberto de la Torre, M.D., Medical Director, Renaissance Behavioral Healthcare Systems, Jacksonville
  • Dick Warfel, Executive Director, River Region Human Services, Jacksonville [presentation; PDF]; River Region brochures[handout 1; handout 2 ; both PDF]
  • Ruth O'Keefe, JD, MBA, CPA, Professor of Accounting, Jacksonville University, Family Member
  • John Rutherford, Director, Department of Corrections for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office [handout; PDF]
  • Angela Vickers, Attorney, FL HB 675, Student Education in Mental Illness [handout; PDF]
  • Fred Spears, consumer [handout 1; handout 2; both PDF]
  • Sandra Adams, PhD, Infant Mental Health Project Co-director [handout; PDF]
  • Nancy Fudge, Consumer, Jacksonville [handout; PDF]
  • Carol Caldwell, Attorney, Mental Health Advocacy Project - Community-based Care [handout; PDF]
11:35 -1:00amOpen Public Testimony  Webcasts [1:43:11 minutes]: 56kb; 250kb
  • Bridget Nitsche, consumer
  • Julie Livsey, consumer, President Greater Jacksonville Depressive/Manic Depressive Association
  • Rick McCollum, executive VP, Operation PAR, Inc. St. Petersburg
  • Gail Badger, consumer, River Region
  • Kathy Baker, consumer, River Region
  • Frank Owens, Sheriff, Columbia County
  • Bob Milner, Sheriff, Bradford County,
  • Casey Swanson, consumer, River Region
  • Ann Collins, VP, NAMI Nassau County
  • Phil Ketchum, chair, Human Rights Advocacy Committee
  • Jean Pope, family member, NAMI
  • Carl J. Lindenfeld, president of JAMI (Jo Heller, co-president spoke) [handout, PDF]
  • Robert B. Gentry, co-president, family member JAMI
  • Helen Walter, co-president of NAMI, Nassau County
  • Bob Mayrand, president Florida Consumer Action Council for Mental Health Inc.
  • Pattie Hunt, family member, president NAMI St. Johns County [handout; PDF]
  • Karen Heesch, public relations chair, NAMI
  • Anita L. Cape, consumer, Family Trauma Survivors' Network
  • Gene Costlow, social worker
  • Harry Reiff, PsyD. cochair, Legislative Affairs & Public Policy Board, Florida Psychological Assoc.
  • Evelyn Till, president, Friends of Northeast Florida State Hospital [handout, PDF]
  • Susan Siemer, Mental Health Association
  • Daniel Lestrage, MD, (Commissioner) spoke on behalf of Laurie Price of Blue Cross/Blue Shield
1:00-2:00pm LUNCH
2:05-3:25pm Webcast [1:20:05 minutes]: 56kb  250kb

2:05-2:30pm
Resources Workgroup Data Presentation:
Kevin Kip, PhD, Epidemiologist, de la Parte Institute/USF
   [presentation; use Internet Explorer]

2:30-3:25pm
Commissioners' Facilitated Discussion with Dr. Eric Eisenberg

3:25pm Adjourn
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