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Mental Health & Judicial
Summit
The Dallas NAACP and Children on the Mend is sponsoring a Mental Health &
Judicial Summit on July 17, 2004 at the Southwest Center Mall from 10:30 AM
– 3:30 PM. Significant strides have been made to reduce crime, improve our
health, and to raise the bar on education; however, we still lack full
knowledge of how to access appropriate services and representation. There
exist a strong correlation and link between mental disorders and criminal
involvement, thus our goal is to address these issues that can continue to
affect us on a short and long term perspective. Improving our knowledge is
critical and fundamental to our survival.
The event will feature a morning panel discussion regarding the status of
mental health in our Community. The panelists include: Dr. Michael Lindsey
of Nestor Consultants; Dr. Natalie Davenport of Diagnostic Assessment
Services; Don Johnson – Director of Cedars Hospital; Carolyn Johnson -
parent and a representative of the National Alliance of Mental Health.
Mental health issues to be discussed will include schizophrenia, bipolar,
anxiety disorders, sexual orientation, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder and attachment disorders. Information vendors will be on site to
display and discuss services available to the community. A resource guide
will also be given to community participants. The moderator for this session
will be The Honorable Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price.
The afternoon session will focus on navigating the Judicial System. The
panelists for this segment will include: Warden Richard Watkins – Warden of
the Holiday Unit TDC; Judge Thomas Jones- Justice of the Peace Precinct 1;
Travis Wortham- Superintendent of Texas Youth Probation Commission Cottrell
House; Josea Alisada – Board Member of Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice ;
Joyce Ann Brown – MASS; and Attorney at Law George West. The moderators will
be Texas State Senator Royce West and Texas State Representative Terri
Hodge.
This event is in collaboration with the following local churches: The
Potter’s House, Inspiring Body of Christ, Friendship West, Concord Baptist
Church, St. John Missionary Baptist Church and St. Luke “Community” United
Methodist Church. The summit is free and open to the public.
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