Events

2019 New Hampshire Behavioral Health Summit

Hosts: The New Hampshire Providers Association, New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors Association, New Hampshire Community Behavioral Health Association
Audience: Behavioral healthcare providers and organizations, including mental health and substance use disorders

Conference objectives:

• Provide opportunities for policy makers to interact with service providers, so that this interaction may inform and provide direction for the policy needs and address policy barriers to service provision;

• Provide educational opportunities that address the behavioral health policy and service needs of children and adolescents, adults, and the elderly;

• Provide educational opportunities that help participants understand the changing substance use,  mental health, and primary health landscape;

• Provide educational opportunities that encourage expansion of the workforce relative to health promotion, prevention, early identification and intervention, treatment and recovery supports;

• Provide opportunities that increase familiarity of the various disciplines and systems in order to promote collaboration and enhance care coordination; and

• Support the provision of evidenced based practices.