Ohio's 2025 Mental Health & Addiction Conference
The Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, will host Ohio’s 2025 Mental Health and Addiction Conference: Advancing Care in Communities on June 9-10, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus, OH.
OACBHA is pleased to continue to expand on the successes of our prior conferences and continues to have a broader focus on addressing mental health and addiction topics. This 15th annual, two-day conference will focus on efforts related to mental health and addiction prevention, education, intervention, treatment, recovery, family supports, community engagement, and more. The conference will help advance the resources and knowledge essential for communities to provide support to those in need.
OACBHA is requesting presentations from all categories of professionals, individuals in recovery, and family members. OACBHA is seeking a variety of presentation proposals for this event, including presentations related to the topic areas listed below. Presentations are limited to four presenters per session.
· Behavioral health innovation
· Behavioral healthcare and insurance
· Community partnerships and strategies
· Community engagement and education
· Creating a recovery friendly company culture
· Criminal justice partnerships
· Early interventions
· Emerging drug trends
· Evidence-based practices
· Faith-based partnerships
· Family engagement and support
· First-episode psychosis
· Harm reduction strategies
· Health equity
· Leveraging data to support behavioral health policy and practice
· LOSS teams
· Medication-assisted treatment
· Mental health and addiction in the aging population
· Mental health and substance programs in schools
· Methamphetamine
· Peer-led services and supports
· Prevention
· Recovery
· Recovery supports
· Reentry and criminal justice
· Resources to support children and families with complex needs
· School Partnerships
· Social determinants of health
· Social media and its impact on mental health and addiction
· Specialty populations
· Stigma-reduction efforts
· Strengthening Ohio’s behavioral health workforce
· Strengthening Ohio’s crisis continuum
· Suicide prevention
· Supporting caregivers
· Trauma-informed car
Click here to submit a proposal
The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, January 10th at 5:00 PM EST.
If you have questions about the conference or this form, please contact Shelby Embrey at sembrey@oacbha.org