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.