The University of Michigan Depression Center invites you to attend the upcoming
first annual statewide suicide prevention conference:

Suicide in Michigan:
Perspectives in Prevention

November 19-21, 2008

Sheraton Hotel
925 S. Creyts Road
Lansing, MI 48917

Featured Keynote Speakers:

Cheryl King, Ph.D., Chief Psychologist for the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Youth Depression and Suicide Prevention Program
David Litts, O.D., Associate Director of the SPRC and former Executive Director of the United States Air Force Suicide Prevention Task Force
Jerry Reed, Ph.D., M.S.W., Director of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) in Washington DC
Richard Dopp, M.D., Clinical Lecturer, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry
Eric Hipple, Mental Health Advocate and Outreach Representative, University of Michigan Depression Center

To view the conference agenda and register to attend, please click here.

For more information, please contact:

Chris Smith
Training & Meeting Planner
MI Association of Community Mental Health Boards
CSmith@macmhb.org
Phone 517-374-6848 Ext. 215

This conference is presented by:

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-Metro Detroit/Ann Arbor
Macomb County Community Mental Health Services
Michigan Association for Suicide Prevention
Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards
Michigan Department of Community Health
Shiawassee County Community Mental Health Services
University of Michigan Depression Center

 

Continuing Education Credits

The Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards is approved by the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals to sponsor substance abuse training. MACMHB maintains the responsibility for the program and content. Substance Abuse Professionals participating in this course will receive *10 contact hours.

The Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards, provider #1140, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. The Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards maintains responsibility for the program. Social workers participating in this course will receive *10 continuing education clock hours.

* You must attend the entire conference to receive credit. Participants arriving late and/or departing early will NOT receive credit. NO PARTIAL CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN. THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS.