Workshop 1B: NAMI Hawai‘i and Family Education

Marion Poirier and Charlotte Boyd discuss NAMI Hawai‘i's Family 2 Family Education Program, current information about major mental illnesses, anxiety disorders and co-occurring disorders, and information on medication and side effects. This is a presentation of the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 23, 2008.

Workshop 1A: Challenges and Advantages for Physicians in Working with Families: Resistance, Choice, HIPAA, and Outcomes

Dr. Molly Finnerty focuses on the benefits and challenges that physicians working with people with SPMI face in engaging families in treatment. Dr. Finnerty spoke at the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 23, 2008.

Developing Effective Collaborations with Families of Adolescent and Adult Persons with Serious Psychiatric Illnesses

Dr. Shirley M. Glynn, a clinical research psychologist at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System at West Lost Angeles, discusses family involvement in the care of loved ones with a mental illness. Dr. Glynn spoke at the 5th Annual Best Practices Conference in Honolulu on April 23, 2008.