• Survey Highlights Attitudes and Understanding of Mental Illness and Addiction

• The Offender Reentry and Re-Integration Edition

  Guest Articles

  Tom Stickrath, Director
  Ohio Department of Youth Services
  “Promoting Successful Reentry of Youth”

  Terry Collins, Director
  Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
  “Mental Health Leads to Successful Reentry”

  Sandra Stephenson, Director
  Ohio Department of Mental Health
  “Partnerships in Preparing for Reentry”

  Angela Dawson, Director
  Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services
  “Providing Access to Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction Treatment and Reentry Services”
  

• Board Spotlight
  

  Jody Demo-Hodgins, Executive Director
  Crawford-Marion Board of ADAMH
  “Reentry Coalition Eases Transition”

• The Older Ohioans Healthy Living Edition

  Guest Articles

  Barbara Riley, Director
  Ohio Department of Aging
  “Simple Lifestyle Changes Promote Overall Wellness for Seniors”

  Nancy L. Wilson LCSW, Associate Professor of Medicine-Geriatrics
  Baylor College of Medicine
  “Healthy IDEAS in Ohio: Addressing a Condition that is Disabling, Deadly and Expensive”

  Board Spotlight

  William Harper, Executive Director
  County of Summit ADM Board
  “The Hidden Epidemic”

• National Healthcare Reform: A Behavioral Health Perspective

  Guest Articles

  The Honorable Sherrod Brown
  U.S. Senate, Ohio
  “Healthcare Reform”

  Linda Martens, Director
  Advocacy and Professional Relations Worldwide public Affairs and Policy, Pfizer Inc.
  “Pfizer Launches Medicine Assistance Program for Newly Unemployed”

  Barbara Coulter Edwards, Principal
  Health Management Associates
  “An Update on National Health Reform”

  Board Spotlight

  Elain Georgas, Executive Director
  Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Lorain County
  “Substance Abuse and Addiction’s Role in Healthcare”

• The Future of the Behavioral Health System Edition

  Guest Articles

  Sandra Stephenson, Director
  Ohio Department of Mental Health
  “The Choice is Ours”

  Angela Cornelius Dawson, Director
  Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services
  “Providing for the Future of the AoD System”

  Jody Demo-Hodgins, Executive Director
  Crawford-Marion Board of ADAMHS
  President, OACBHA
  “Envisioning a Balanced System of Care”

  Terre Garner, Executive Director
  Ohio Federation for Children’s Mental Health
  “A Magic Wand for Children’s Mental Health”

  Hubert Wirtz, Chief Executive Officer
  The Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Services Providers
  “Building a Better Future for Behavioral Health Services”
  

• Older Ohioans: The Statewide Continuum of Care Edition

  Guest Articles

  Mary Jo Hudson, Director
  Ohio Department of Insurance
  “Prescription Plan Benefits Older Ohioans and Those with Severe Mental Illness”

  Larke Recchie, Executive Director
  Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging
  “The Unified Long-Term Care Budget”

  Board Spotlight

  Mike Jenks, Executive Director, Medina County ADAMH Board
  and Sandy Calvert, Program Director, HANDS Foundation
  “Improving Services for Medina County Seniors”

• Twenty Year Celebration: The Mental Health Act of 1988

  Guest Article

  The Honorable Jennifer Garrison
  Ohio House of Representatives – 93rd District
  “Mental Health Services in Ohio: Past, Present and Future”

  Board Spotlights

  Steve Stone, Executive Director
  Ashland County Mental Health and Recovery Board
  “Community Programs Prioritize Care for Vulnerable Populations”

  Terry Royer, Executive Director
  Butler County Mental Health Board
  “Development of a Community Support System of Care”

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