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Mental Health and Guardianship Issues

8:30-9:00                              Check In       

 

9:00-10:30                           Welcome and Introduction by Linda Rizzi, NCG, MPA

President of the NMGA

 

Beyond Cognition: Guardianship for Functional Incapacity

 

Keynote Speaker: Cynthia Geppert, M.D., MA, Ph.D., MPH, FAPM, DAAPMMD,

Psychiatrist and Ethicist, specializing in capacity assessments; VAMC

 

10:30-10:45         Break

 

10:45-11:45         Panel Discussion: 

 

Ethics of Guardianship: Balancing Civil Liberties with Effective Treatment

 

Moderator = Mary Galvez, MA, CMC, NCG

Panel:

  • Brendan Gould , B.A.  Mental Health Treatment Guardian

  • Nancy Koenigsberg, MSW, JD, Legal Director, DRNM

  • Dr. Geppert, MD, VA

  • Kimmie Jordan, CPRP, LADC, LAMFT, CLC, President of NAMI

 

 

11:45-1:00                           Lunch

 

Break- Out Sessions

Presentations in each Session are considered

1. Professional Track

2. Legal Track 

3. Family Track

 

1:00-2:00                              Session One

 

1. A System of Care for the Mentally Ill – Albuquerque’s Challenge

Presenter:    Paul Hopkins, D.Min, Psychotherapist, Past President & CEO of Samaritan

Counseling Center. Member of the Mental Health Task Force for the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Conference.

 

2. PTSD And Veterans, When A Guardian Or Conservator May Be Needed

Presenter:   Jennifer Klosterman Rielage, PhD, Staff Clinical Psychologist at NM VA

Health Care System

 

3. Mental Illness 101:  Major Forms and Diagnoses

Presenter:   Jean Keim, PhD., Licensed Psychologist with Advanced Board Certification,

tenured professor at UNM.

 

2:00-2:15              Break

 

2:15-3:15                              Session Two

 

1. The New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute and Its role in the State Mental Health System 

Presenter:   Gerald Russell, PhD, President of Medical Staff/ Division Director/ Clinical

Neuropsychologist; New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute

 

2. The NM Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code- the State Statute- How the Mental Health Code Collides with Probate. 

Presenter:    Nancy Koenigsberg, MSW, JD, Legal Director of Disability Rights New Mexico

 

3. After the Order:  Annual Reports, Ten Year Reviews and Successor Guardians  

Presenter:  Amanda Frazier, JD, PQ Special Master, Second Judicial District Court

 

3:15-3:30                              Break

 

3:30-4:30                              Session Three

 

1. Co-Occurring Psychiatric Diagnoses in People with Developmental and/or Intellectual Disabilities

Presenter:   Jason Buckles, MA, LPCC, Clinical Director of the Bureau of Behavioral Supports,

NM Department of Health.

 

2. Alternatives to Guardianship and Psychiatric Advance Directives

Presenters:  Tim Gardner, JD, MSW Disability Rights New Mexico and

Miguel Chavez, MSW, Senior Advocate for Disability Rights New Mexico, NMBHI.

 

3. The Intersection of Mental Illness and Dementia

Presenter:   Erika Johnson-Jimenez, MSW, PhD, Clinical Psychologist with the Home Based

Primary Care (HBPC) and Caregiver Support Programs at the Albuquerque VA. 

Thank you to the Symposium Committee who are all working very hard to ensure that this year’s symposium is the best ever!

 

 

 

Marcy Baysinger

Marty Brown

Mary Galvez

Tim Gardner

Sheryl Inglat

Gaelle McConnell

Lee Ann McIntyre

Lisa Millich

Linda Rizzi

Vel Saddington

Cheryl Yerby

Symposium Committee

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