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MPS Advocacy Days
You are Invited to attend 2016 MPS Advocacy Days February 3rd and 4th Annapolis, Maryland Visit members of the Maryland General Assembly with your colleagues. MPS lobbyists, Harris Jones & Malone, will set up meetings with legislative leaders. Email khummel@mdpsych.org to register for one or both days.
Find out more »MHAMD 2016 Legislative Briefing and Reception
Can patient outcomes using currently available evidence-based treatments be improved through the implementation of Collaborative Care in primary care settings? National and state experts will share their views about how this model might apply in Maryland at MHAMD’s Legislative Briefing and Reception in Annapolis on February 10. • Chet Burrell, President & CEO of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield • Henry Harbin, MD, Senior Advisor to The Kennedy Forum • Shannon McMahon, Deputy Secretary, Health Care Financing at the Maryland Department of Health and…
Find out more »MPS Best Paper Awards Deadline
To recognize outstanding scholarship by young psychiatrists in Maryland, the MPS established annual “best paper” awards in 2013. The Academic Psychiatry Committee is currently soliciting nominations in two categories: Best Paper by an Early Career Psychiatrist (ECP): Eligible psychiatrists are ECPs who are first authors of papers published or in press in 2015. Best Paper by a Resident-Fellow Member (RFM): Eligible psychiatrists are residents or fellows who are first authors of papers that were written, in press, and/or…
Find out more »2016 Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition Rally
A rally for the more than 1 million Marylanders living with a mental health or substance use issue will be held on Lawyers Mall in front of the State House in Annapolis at noon on Thursday, February 25. Many coalition member organizations are holding their advocacy days earlier that morning, so there should be a large turnout. Click here to view the rally flyer. Last year’s successful Keep the Door Open campaign will continue in 2016 with a platform focused…
Find out more »Violence Risk Reduction Tools for Clinical Practice and More
WPS Presidential Symposium on Violence Violence Risk Reduction: Tools for Clinical Practice and More Saturday, February 27, 2016 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (includes light breakfast and lunch) Saint Elizabeths Hospital Auditorium 1100 Alabama Ave SE, Washington, DC 20032 (Metro Green Line – Government issued ID required for entry into Saint Elizabeths) 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Fees: WPS members – $120 per person Non-members – $175 per person Residents – $15 per person Download Flyer here Veterans and Suicide…
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