Mental Health Kentucky

The US Surgeon General reported in 1999 that the stigma of receiving mental health treatment "leads others to avoid living, socializing or working with, renting to, or employing people with mental disorders. . . . It reduces patients' access to resources and opportunities (e.g., housing, jobs) and leads to low self-esteem, isolation, and hopelessness. . . . In its most overt and egregious form, stigma results in outright discrimination and abuse. More tragically, it deprives people of their dignity and interferes with their full participation in society."

Three members of MHA-Kentucky's board of directors are available individually or as a group to speak to community groups about the stigma against mental illness, the effectiveness of treatment, and the promise of recovery. Here's a video of their presentation on October 26, 2010, to the Brandeis Law School of the University of Louisville. The event was co-sponsored with MHA-Kentucky by the University of Louisville School of Law Diversity Committee and the Student Health Law Association.

Speakers:
James T. R. Jones
George Walton, President of the Board of MHA-Kentucky
Rif El-Mallakh, MD

Jim Jones has also recorded a presentation for mental health nursing students. Jim can make himself availabe to nursing classes who wish to view the video and follow it with a question-and-answer session. Nursing teachers should contact our office at mhaky@mhaky.org to arrange a session or to request a DVD of Jim's presentation.

To request a presentation by MHA-Kentucky's Speakers Bureau, contact our office:
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 213
Louisville, KY 40207-5072
502-893-0460
Toll Free 888-705-0463

MHA-Kentucky's Speakers Bureau is supported by an educational grant from Lilly USA, LLC. For further information concerning Lilly grant funding visit www.lillygrantoffice.com.