National Health Policy Forum

Forum Session

Date: SEPTEMBER 8, 2003
Title:
The New Freedom Vision: Transforming
the Mental Health System
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Manager: Eileen Salinsky
Summary: This meeting explored the recommendations made in the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health’s final report, "Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America." It reviewed the report and its recommendations and considered the policy changes required to reorient mental health care towards consumer needs.
Speakers: Michael F. Hogan, PhD, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health, and Chairman, New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; Charles G. Curie, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and Member, New Freedom Commission on Mental Health