Friday, January 07, 2011

From Management to Recovery: Emerging Approaches to Serious Mental Illness

Rand Corporation and Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation are holding an event in Santa Monica, CA January 26, 2011, that will bring together some of the significant forces in helping recovery from mental illness.
Mental health recovery is a journey of transformation that enables those who struggle with mental illness to live a meaningful life in a community of choice while striving to achieve their potential. The panelists will address issues related to recovery from serious mental illness, paying particular attention to the critical role of peer support, the rights and responsibilities of people with serious mental illness to make their own choices, and the unique possibilities offered by involvement in the arts.

A special performance by acclaimed musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers will precede the panel discussion. Ayers is the subject of Steve Lopez’s book The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music and of the 2009 film The Soloist.
Featured Speakers
Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times

Ted Sapp Executive Director, The Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation for the Artistically Gifted Mentally Ill

Ron Schraiber Director, Client Peer Relations, Program Support Bureau, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Alexander S. Young, MD Director, Health Services Unit, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network; Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation

Paul Koegel, moderator Associate Director, RAND Health
Response has been great and this event is now full and closed to new registrations. Join our events email listt to learn about other upcoming RAND programs in the Los Angeles area.

Reserved seating is available for members of the RAND Policy Circle. If you are not currently a Policy Circle member, visit Support RAND to learn more about the benefits of membership.

About RAND
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND focuses on the issues that matter most such as health, education, national security, international affairs, law and business, the environment, and more. With a research staff consisting of some of the world’s preeminent minds, RAND has been expanding the boundaries of human knowledge for more than 60 years. Visit us online at RAND website
About Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation

The Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports arts programs at mental health and arts organizations that serve the mentally ill. It places a special emphasis on programs that serve the Artistically Gifted. Two new spaces to serve this population will be opening in Los Angeles and Atlanta soon. Visit us online at NAAF Website. Support the work of NAAF.