Includes interview with Dr. Howard Osofsky on mental health outreach in New Orleans, interview with Dr. Florence Kaslow on global mental health efforts, policy briefs, conference announcements and more!

The Administration has proposed huge cuts in funding for community mental health services and programs administered by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Nearly half of CMHS’ discretionary budget would be slashed under the President’s fiscal year 2009 budget proposal. His plan would eliminate the consumer support technical assistance centers, the senior mental health services’ program and the State Incentive Grants for Transformation that support development of comprehensive plans to address fragmentation in states’ public mental health systems.  Contact your Senators and Representative and urge them to support increases that would help close the unmet treatment gap for people with mental disorders.  [Source: Bazelon Center Mental Health Policy Reporter - www.bazelon.org]

The World Family Therapy Congress has a rich history of bringing together the greatest clinicians from the field, and in Slovenia we will continue this worthy tradition. In addition to showcasing the preeminent thinkers and scholars in family therapy, we will also probe the complexities of family life and the human condition and consider the crucial role that family therapy plays. For further information, read more at: www.paragon-conventions.com/ifta2009

The Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development, co-edited by Drs. Sam Goldstein and Jack Naglieri to be published by Springer Science, is seeking author/contributors for the over 3,000 entries.  As a repository of current knowledge, the Encyclopedia will serve as an electronic and print resource for students, educators, researchers, professionals and practitioners.  Entries will be of varying length.  Contributors will be noted as authors in the volume.  Interested contributors can learn more about the Encyclopedia and the contribution process at http://refworks.springer.com/ecbd. We are also seeking Editorial Board members.  Editorial Board member responsibility requires the authorship or solicitation of ten or more entries.  If you are interested in serving on the Editorial Board, please contact Ms. Joy Jansen, ECDB@samgoldstein.com.  If you have any questions please contact Kim Chambers at kchambe1@gmu.edu.

Ortho’s CE/CME program includes a partnership with the Red Toad Road Company which provides opportunities to received CE/CME credit by reading designated articles in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Submit a nomination for the 2008 Ortho Awards Program

Includes interviews with Janice Cooper, Carl Bell and other Ortho leaders and supporters.

Student Members and Early Career Professionals- Join Now and Get First Year FREE!

Take advantage of New Membership Benefit: Dual Membership with the American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP)

Access select abstracts from the 2nd Annual Ortho Summer Symposium at the Cape Cod Institute – Trauma and Violence: Prevention, Intervention and Treatment

Browse abstracts from Latest Issue of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry available at: http://www.apa.org/journals/ort/

Apologies to Richard Ruth – Read his Prologue to the Brannigan article on the new Bender-Gestalt II

Shirley Cooper, who served as President of Ortho in 1976, died Nov. 30 in San Francisco. She was 82.  The family suggests memorial donations to the Children's Defense Fund, 25 E St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, or the Ann Martin Center, 2150 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94610.

Ellen Olshansky, former Ortho Board member and niece of Shirley Cooper represented the association at the memorial service on January 8, 2006.  To read her remarks at the service click below…