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NARPA 2016 Conference Schedule:
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◊ Handouts available
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Workshop 1
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Workshop 2
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Workshop 3
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Workshop 4
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Thursday 8/25
6 - 8 pm
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Registration 5 - 7 pm - Reception Area
Reception & Opening Session - 6-8 pm.
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Friday 8/26
7:30 - 4 pm
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Registration Table Open
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7:30 - 8:30 am
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Breakfast
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8:30 - 9:45 am
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Keynote
Caroline White:
Creating Pockets of Resistance: Supportive Communities outside the Values of the Medical Model
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9:45 - 10 am
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Break
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10 - 11:30 am
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Cooptation of Survivor Knowledge: Dangers of Substituted Values and Voice:Darby Penney
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NARPA 101: Bill Stewart Ann Rider
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Litigation as a Tool for Systemic Reform of Mental Health Systems: Anne C. Ronan, J.D.
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Recent Changes to the Medicaid IMD Rule: What You Need to Know: Bethany Lilly, J.D.
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11:30 am-1:15 pm
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Luncheon Keynote
Eve Hill, J.D.:
Seeking Justice: Civil Rights Division Work to Reform the Criminal Justice System for People with Disabilities
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1:15 - 2:45 pm
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Mental Health and the Muslim Community
: Lisa St. George, MSW, CPRP & Aneesah Nadir, MSW, PhD
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How to Review Investigations,
Part 1: Aaryce Hayes
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Legal Theories for Resisting Incarceration of People Diagnosed with Disabilities Due to Their Diagnoses: Peter Cubra, J.D.
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2:45 - 3:00 pm
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Break
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3:00 - 4:30 pm
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Intro to Intentional Peer Support: Eva Dech, Darby Penney, M.L.S.
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How to review investigations,
Part 2
: Aaryce Hayes
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Let us Not Talk Falsely Now, The Hour is Getting Late: Contrived Diagnoses, Preventive Detention, and Lawlessness
Developing Strategies to Defend the Most Despised; Confronting Institutional Abdication and Indifference to Injustice on Behalf of Sex Offenders
: Dennis Feld, J.D. & Arthur Baer, J.D.
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Murphy Bill Update
: Jennifer Mathis, J.D., Bethany Lilly, J.D.
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Dinner on your own
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7:00 - 9:00 pm
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Board meeting
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Saturday 8/27
7:30 am - 8:30 am
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Breakfast
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Registration Table Open
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8:30 - 9:45 am
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Keynote
Peter Lehmann: Responding to the Catastrophic Reduction of Psychiatric Patients’ Life Expectancy
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9:45 - 10 am
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Break
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10 - 11:30 am
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Chemical Brain Injury and the Coming Epidemic of Drug Induced Dementia:
How Psychiatric Drugs Harm the Target Organ of Neuropsychiatry and What to Do About It
- Grace Jackson, M.D.
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Alternatives to Suicide
: Caroline White
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You Have Rights: Service Animals and Disability Rights Laws: Asim Dietrich, J.D.
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Litigating to Address Unwarranted Psychiatric Drugging of Poor Children
: Jim Gottstein, J.D.
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11:30 am -1:15 pm
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Luncheon Keynote
Mort Cohen, J.D.:
Dissing the Vulnerable "Friendless"
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1:15 -2:45 pm
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Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs: Discussing the Open Questions
: Peter Lehmann ◊
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Stopping Crisis before it Starts: The Hope’s Door Toolkit
: Gaye Tolman, Ann Rider ◊
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Alternatives to Guardianship
: Robert Dinerstein, J.D.
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Voting Rights of People with Psychiatric Disabilities: What You Need to Know for the Upcoming Election
: Maya Abela, J.D. and [Jennifer Mathis, J.D.](/bios/mathis)
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2:45-3:00 pm
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Break
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3:00 - 4:30 pm
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Significant Developments in Mental Health Law - 2016
Robert Dinerstein, J.D.
Professor of Law and Director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic
at American University's Washington College of Law
Annual keynote by legal scholar presenting updates and interpretation
of the most recent legal cases affecting disability rights and mental health law.
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5:00 - 6:00 pm
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Annual Meeting - all are welcome
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Dinner on your own
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Sunday 8/28
8 am - 12:30 pm
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Registration Table Open
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7:30 - 8:30 am
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Breakfast
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8:30 - 9:45 am
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Keynote: Robert Whitaker: Psychiatry Under the Influence:
Institutional Corruption, Social Injury, and Prescriptions for Reform
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9:45 - 10:00 am
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Break
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10:00 - 11:30 am
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Psychotropic Drug Experiences Collectively Challenge Standard Mental Health Practices
- Shannon Hughes, Ph.D. ◊
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Saving America: How Can Psychiatry Be Stripped of Its Power Over Our Lives?
Robert Whitaker
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11:30 am -Noon
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Closing Remarks/Adjournment: Bill Stewart, President
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Reservations must be made by August 5, 2016 to ensure you receive the conference rate.
