PR: NAMI Southwestern PA Hosts 16th Annual Educational Conference
Office: (412) 366-3788
Cell: (814) 421-8470
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New research finds that early intervention and recognition can prevent a First Psychotic Episode
PITTSBURGH, PA (PittsburghNewsWire.com) — Promising intervention programs for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) have shown to offer real hope for recovery to the hundreds of thousands of adolescents and young adults who experience their first psychotic episode each year. Typically, a first psychotic episode occurs during a critical developmental stage of an individual’s life, ages 15-25. Without early treatment, research has shown that young adults are at risk of dropping out of school, unemployment, drug and alcohol abuse, incarceration, and suicide.
WHAT: NAMI Southwestern PA 16th Annual Educational Conference
A Call to Action: Creating a Movement to Change Lives
WHEN: Saturday, April 9, 2016 | 8:00am to 4:30pm
WHERE: Pittsburgh Airport Marriott, 777 Aten Drive, Coraopolis, PA 15108
WHO:
- Mary Giliberti, CEO, NAMI
- Irene M. Hurford, MD, Assistant Professor,
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
- Zach Valenti, Founder, Project Uplift
- Eva Bednar, Dick Jevon Advocacy Award Recipient
- Panel Discussion with representatives from Community Care Behavioral Health, UPMC, Value Behavioral Health Services, and the Allegheny County Department of Human Services
NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania (an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness through recovery focused support, education and advocacy. More information is available at www.namiswpa.org or by calling (412) 366-3788.