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Draft Agenda (Subject to Change)

  • Thursday, October 16, 2025
  • 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM US EST
    Coffee in Exhibit Hall
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM US EST
    Workshops
  • 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM US EST
    Welcome Lunch and Opening Session

    Speaker: Schroeder Stribling – Mental Health America

  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM US EST
    Empowering Youth Expression: A Youth-Led, Creative Arts Program for Mental Health

    Author: Josephina Lin, MS – Harvard Medical School

    Author: Jennifer McKenzie – The Family Van, a program of Harvard Medical School

    Author: Patrick Elvariste – The Family Van, a program of Harvard Medical School

  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM US EST
    Open Access to Mental Health Medication: Impact to State Medicaid Budgets

    Speaker: Leigh Morrissey – Otsuka

  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM US EST
    Pause to Heal: A Public Education Program on Firearm Restraining Orders

    Author: Allison Baum, MBA – The Ad Council

    Author: Heather Whetsell, MBA, MSHI – Illinois Department of Public Health

    Author: Colleen Creighton, MA – Brady

  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM US EST
    The Rise of Pop Psychology: Navigating Misinformation in the Digital Mental Health Era

    Speaker: Israa Nasir, MHC-LP – Israa Nasir

  • 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM US EST
    Exhibit Hall Networking Break
  • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM US EST
    Beyond Participation: Co-Creation as a Path to Meaningful Youth Mental Health Solutions

    Author: Sabrina Abdalla, M.Ed – Second Muse

  • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM US EST
    Enhancing Community Well-being and Crisis Management for Neurodivergent Individuals: The Role of Neuroaffirming Language in Healthcare

    Author: Carina E. Mendoza, MA – UCSD Health Promotion Services

  • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM US EST
    Partnering with School Nurses to Support Student Mental Health

    Author: Lisa Hunter Romanelli, PhD – The REACH Institute

    Author: Joanna Pitts, BSN, RN, NCSN, CNOR – Virginia Department of Health

    Author: Leah Rowland, MD, FAAP – Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Virginia Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

  • 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM US EST
    Rural Mental Health: Unmet Needs and Opportunities for Prescription Digital Therapeutics

    Author: Lisa Palko, PharmD – Society for Digital Mental Health

    Author: Chuck Strand – Rural Minds

  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM US EST
    Keynote and Clifford W. Beers Awards Ceremony

    Awardee: Scott Strode

  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM US EST
    Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall