ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [ACF] 1701 K Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006-1503 Phone: 202/429-0400; Fax: 202/429-0178, www.alliance1.org Peter Goldberg, President and CEO Founding Date: Family Service America (1911) and the National Association of Homes and Services for Children (1975) merged in 1998 to form the Alliance for Children and Families. Membership Size: 320 agencies. Publications: The Alliance for Children and Families Magazine; Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services; electronic digests. Staff Participating in MHLG: Carmen Delgado Votaw, Senior Vice President, Public Policy. Organizational Purpose: The Alliance advocates for children, families and the organizations that serve them to foster community-supportive policies. The Alliance provides advocacy, research, leadership development, public information, training and agency support. Description: International nonprofit association of 320 private not-for-profit child- and family-serving agencies operating in the 50 states, Washington, DC, and Canada. Alliance members serve more than 5 million families annually in more than 6,000 communities. The Alliance’s mission is to strengthen members' capacity to serve and advocate for children, families and communities and its vision is a healthy society and strong communities for children and families. Priority Issues for 2005: Welfare reauthorization; child welfare; Title IVE; mental health parity; juvenile justice; child protection issues such as adoption and foster care; charitable giving incentives; advocacy rights of nonprofits; and issues to support family well-being. 
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY [AACAP] 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-3007 Phone: 202/966-7300; Fax: 202/966-1944; www.aacap.org Virginia Q. Anthony, Executive Director Founding Date: 1953. Membership Size: 7,000. Staff Size: 30. Number of State/Local Chapters: 57. Affiliated Organizations: Regional organizations of child and adolescent psychiatry. Annual Convention/Meeting: October 22-27, 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Publications: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; AACAP newsletter. Staff Participating in MHLG: Kristin K. Ptakowski, Director of Government Affairs and Clinical Practice, Nuala Moore, Deputy Director of Government Affairs, Cynthia Cunningham, Legislative Assistant. Organizational Purpose: To coordinate activities surrounding membership's research and treatment of psychiatric disorders of children, adolescents and their families. Description: Membership organization for child and adolescent psychiatrists. Priority Issues for 2005: Increasing access to treatment for children and adolescents with mental illness; parity; addressing the national shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists; ending child custody relinquishment for mental health treatment; increasing research into child and adolescent disorders; and related children’s issues.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY [AAGP] 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1050, Bethesda, MD 20814 Phone: 301/654-7850; Fax: 301/654-4137; www.AAGPonline.org Christine M. deVries, Executive Director; Dan Blazer, MD, MPH, PhD, President Founding Date: 1978. Membership Size: 2,000. Staff Size: 16. Affiliated Organizations: Geriatric Mental Health Foundation. Annual Convention/Meeting: March 3-6, 2005 in San Diego, California. Publications: American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry; Geriatric Psychiatry News. Staff Participating in MHLG: Marjorie Vanderbilt, Director, Government Affairs; Stephanie Reed, Associate Director, Government Affairs; Tim Perrin, Government Affairs Representative. Organizational Purpose: AAGP is a national association representing and serving its members and the field of geriatric psychiatry. It is dedicated to promoting the mental health and well being of older people and improving the care of those with late life mental disorders. Description: AAGP members have been certified in the subspecialty of geriatric psychiatry. About half of AAGP's members are involved in research and hold academic positions. AAGP has the infrastructure that one would expect in a national association (e.g., departments of education, government affairs, communications, finance, etc.). Priority Issues for 2005: Mental health parity; Medicare mental health co-payment equity; the Positive Aging Act; Medicare physician reimbursement issues; legislation to extend the National Health Corps Loan Repayment Program for geriatric training; the Geriatric Care Act; federal funding for geriatric mental health research and services programs; mental health services in nursing homes; long-term care; and patient protection.
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION [AHA]
Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services 1 North Franklin, 32nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: 312/422-3346; Fax: 312/422-4590 Richard Davidson, President Founding Date: AHA in 1898, the Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services in 1969. Section Membership Size: 1,700. Staff Size: 1. Number of State/Local Chapters: Contacts within each of the 50 states and numerous metropolitan hospital associations that deal with behavioral issues. Publications: Membership briefings; Mental Health Care Coverage Issue Brief (1997); Meeting the Needs of People with Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorders; Trends in the Delivery of Hospital Based Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services; TEFRA Provider's Guide to Adjustments and Appeals; Substance Abuse Services: A Guide to Planning and Management; The Role of Hospitals in Caring for Pregnant Substance Abusing Women; Guiding Principles on Restraint and Seclusion for Behavioral Health Services. Staff Participating in MHLG: Rebecca Chickie, Director, Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services; Curtis Rooney, Senior Associate Director and Counsel. Organizational Purpose: To promote high quality psychiatric and substance abuse care for all people through the development of public policy, representation and advocacy, and membership services to assist hospitals and health care organizations meet community mental health needs. Description: The section is composed of freestanding specialty hospitals and general hospitals offering psychiatric and/or substance abuse services through inpatient, outpatient and partial hospitalization programs, as well as hospital-based community mental health centers. The section's primary ongoing activities include: representation and advocacy, public policy development and provision of membership services such as resource tools, to ensure that high quality mental health services are available and accessible to all Americans. The section is guided by a 15-member governing council of nationally-recognized administrators, physicians, nurses and other professionals involved in behavioral health care management. Priority Issues for 2005: Advocacy for reforming the nation's health care system, expanding access to care and ensuring fair financing; member services to provide tools to help behavioral health care providers take a leadership role/participate in community-based care networks; and open dialogue and networking opportunities by creating new and stronger relationships with other behavioral health providers.
AMERICAN MANAGED BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION [AMBHA] 1101 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, 6th floor, Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202/756-7726; Fax: 202/756-7308; www.ambha.org Pamela Greenberg, MPP, Executive Director; Ian Shaffer, MD, MMM, MHN, Chair of Board Founding Date: 1994. Membership Size: 9. Staff Size: 1. Annual Convention/ Meetings: Board meetings twice a year. Publications: A catalogue of special reports and studies is available. Staff Participating in MHLG: Pamela Greenberg, MPP, Executive Director. Organizational Purpose: AMBHA seeks to present and promote the industry perspective in federal and state legislative and regulatory actions, and is working to foster a broad understanding of specialty behavioral health care’s ability to deliver accessible, quality, cost-effective care. The association maintains an office and staff in Washington, DC and represents the industry to federal and state governments, mental health and substance abuse providers, associations and other key audiences. AMBHA supports and promotes the need for comprehensive specialty behavioral care benefits in all private and public health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. AMBHA advocates open competition based on documented performance, positive clinical outcomes, consumer satisfaction and public accountability. Description: AMBHA members collectively provide behavioral health care benefits to over 110 million people. Priority Issue for 2005: Mental health parity.
AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS ASSOCIATION [AMHCA] 801 North Fairfax Street, Suite 304, Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703/548-6002; Fax: 703/548-4775; www.amhca.org W. Mark Hamilton, PhD, Executive Director and CEO; Carom Staben-Burroughs, LPC, President Founding Date: 1976. Membership Size: 8,000. Staff Size: 5. Number of State/ Local Chapters: 48. Annual Convention/Meeting: July 21-23, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Publications: Journal of Mental Health Counseling; The Advocate, E-News from Washington. Staff Participating in MHLG: Beth Powell, Director, Public Policy and Professional Issues. Organizational Purpose: To enhance the profession of mental health counseling through licensing, advocacy, education, and professional development. Description: Members of AMHCA have a master's or doctoral degree in counseling or a related field and have completed a minimum of 2 years, 3000 hours of post-master's clinical supervision, and have passed a state licensure examination. Mental health counselors practice in a variety of settings including hospitals, substance abuse treatment centers, employee assistance plans, community mental health centers, agencies, and private practice. Priority Issues for 2005: Eliminate physician referral/supervision requirements under TRICARE; Medicare reimbursement for mental health counselors; recognition of mental health counselors by the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, FEHBP and other federal programs; federal mental health parity; health care reform initiatives, particularly patient and confidentiality protections and behavioral health care research funding.
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION [ANA] 8515 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 301/628-5098; Fax: 301/628-5348; www.ana.org Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA, Chief Executive Officer; Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, APRN, APRN, BC, ANP, President Founding Date: 1896. Membership Size: 178,000. Staff Size: 200. Number of State/Local Chapters: 50 state and 3 territory constituents. Affiliated Organizations: American Nurses Foundation; ANA Political Action Committee; American Nurses Credentialing Center; American Academy of Nursing. Publications: Capital Update, a biweekly subscription for legislative and regulatory issues; The American Nurse, bimonthly circulation of nearly 200,000. Staff Participating in MHLG: Rose Gonzalez, Director, Government Affairs. Organizational Purpose: The ANA is the only full service professional organization representing the nation's 2.6 million registered nurses through its 53 constituent associations. ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the work place through a comprehensive work place advocacy program, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing to the public, and by working with the U.S. Congress and regulatory agencies on issues affecting nurses and the public. Description: Individual members are registered nurses. Sixty two percent are staff nurses. Members are represented by their state nurses association. ANA is organized as a federation of state nurses associations, working through ANA congresses, committees, councils and ad hoc groups. Priority Issues for 2005: Focus on defining and measuring quality of patient care, especially for consumers and in terms of the knowledge and skills of nurses; preserving and extending the roles of nurses in patient care, especially through state and federal health care reform efforts; increased minority recruitment into nursing.
AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION [AOTA] PO Box 31220, 4720 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220 Phone: 301/652-6611; Fax: 301/652-7711; www.aota.org Fred P. Somers, Executive Director; M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, President Founding Date: 1917. Membership Size: 35,000. Staff Size: 100. Annual Convention/Meeting: April 2005 in Long Beach, CA. Affiliated Organizations: American Occupational Therapy Foundation, Assembly of State Association Presidents and World Federation of Occupational Therapists. Publications: American Journal of Occupational Therapy; eleven special interest section quarterlies (including mental health, developmental disabilities, school systems and geriatrics); and OT Practice. Staff Participating in MHLG: Daniel Jones, Legislative Representative; Marian Kavanagh Scheinholtz, Practice Associate. Organizational Purpose: To represent the interests and concerns of occupational therapists and to improve the quality of occupational therapy services. Description: Membership includes registered occupational therapists (OTs), certified occupational therapy assistants (OTAs), and occupational therapy students, operating through 50 state associations, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 65 foreign countries. The AOTA has an extensive network of committees and special interest sections, including mental health, all of which have representation at the state level. The state associations and AOTA committees provide an established network for communicating with members through a weekly newsletter, a monthly professional journal, a bi-weekly professional practice magazine, and extensive continuing education activities. Priority Issues for 2005: Medicare, especially mental health coverage and partial hospitalization benefits; implementation of IDEA and children's health and mental health programs; parity legislation (regulation/implementation in the states).
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION [APA] 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825, Arlington, VA 22209 Phone: 703/907-7300; Fax: 703/907-1085; www.psych.org James Scully, MD, Medical Director Founding Date: 1844. Membership Size: 37,000. Staff Size: 180. Number of State/Local Chapters: 76. Annual Conference/meeting: May 21-26, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. Publications: Federal Legislative Newsletter; State Update Newsletter; Psychiatric News; American Journal of Psychiatry; Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Staff Participating in MHLG: Rachel Audi, Deputy Director for Congressional Relations; Lizbet Boroughs, Associate Director, Government Relations; Paula Johnson, Deputy Director, State Affairs; Nicholas Meyers, Director, Government Relations; Nancy Trenti, Associate Director, Government Relations. Organizational Purpose: A medical specialty society, the APA promotes the highest quality diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care for the mentally ill, the mentally retarded and the emotionally disturbed, and facilitates the prevention of such conditions. Description: APA members include psychiatric physicians and psychiatric residents. APA objectives are to improve the treatment, rehabilitation and care of the mentally ill, the mentally retarded, and the emotionally disturbed; promote research, professional education in psychiatry and allied fields and the prevention of psychiatric disabilities; advance the standards of all psychiatric services and facilities; foster the cooperation of all concerned with the medical, psychological, social and legal aspects of mental health and illness; make psychiatric knowledge available to other practitioners of medicine, scientists in other fields of knowledge, and the public; and promote the best interests of patients and those actually or potentially using mental health services. Priority Issues for 2005: Nondiscriminatory coverage of treatment for mental illness, including substance abuse; sustained growth of funding for psychiatric biomedical and behavior research and services; stringent protection of the medical records privacy, particularly psychotherapy records; elimination of Medicare’s discriminatory 50% copayment for outpatient psychiatric treatment; expansion of Medicare coverage of mental health services, including nondiscriminatory coverage of psychotropic medications in any prescription drug benefit and elimination of discriminatory 190-day lifetime reserve limit on inpatient care in psychiatric hospitals; children’s health and related issues; Department of Veterans Affairs medical care and health research appropriations; Indian Health Services appropriations; FEHBP parity implementation; enactment of strong laws to protect patients and physicians from abusive managed care practices, specifically including enabling patients to sue health plans for malpractice and establishing nondiscriminatory utilization review criteria; promote necessary mental health structure for preparing and responding to terrorism.
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC NURSES ASSOCIATION [APNA] 1555 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 602, Arlington, VA 22209 Phone: 703/243-2443; Fax: 703/243-3390; www.apna.org John F. Garde, CRNA, MS, FAAN, Interim Executive Director; Sandra Talley, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN, President Founding Date: 1987. Membership Size: 4,800. Staff Size: 8. Number of State and International Chapters: 35. Annual Convention/Meeting: November 2-5, 2005 in Nashville, Tennessee. Publications: APNA News newsletter; Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. Staff Participating in MHLG: Julie Shroyer, MaryAnne Sapio and Steve Dye, Wheat Government Relations. Organizational Purpose: APNA provides leadership to advance psychiatric/mental health nursing practice, improve mental health care for culturally diverse individuals, families, groups and communities and shape health policy for the delivery of mental health services. Description: APNA membership encompasses all levels of psychiatric-mental health nursing, from the basic level prepared nurse (staff nurse) to the advance practice level (Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists). 60% of members are advanced practice nurses with a master’s degree. Approximately 7% hold doctoral degrees and work as researchers or faculty members. Members practice in a wide variety of capacities and settings throughout the US with such diverse responsibilities and position titles as clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, manager/head nurse, educator, administrator, director or vice president of nursing, staff nurse, therapist, researcher and consultant. The majority of APNA members specialize in adult mental health, and many are also involved in subspecialties such as substance abuse, geriatric mental health or child and adolescent mental health. Advance practice psychiatric nurses have prescriptive privileges in 38 states. Priority Issues for 2005: Mental health parity; increase funding for psychiatric nursing research, services and education; increase access to quality mental health services for military personnel and their families; Medicare and Medicaid.
AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION [ApsaA] 309 East 49th Street, New York, NY 10017 Phone: 212/752-0450; Fax: 212/593-0571 Dean K. Stein, Executive Director; Jon Meyer, MD, President Founding Date: 1911. Membership Size: 3,500. Staff Size: 14. Number of State/ Local Chapters: 29 affiliate training institutes; 45 affiliate societies and study groups; 3 study groups. Affiliated Organizations: Fund for Psychoanalytical Research, 42 affiliated societies, 3 study groups, 29 accredited institutes. Annual Convention/ Meeting: January 19-23, 2005 in New York City. Publications: The American Psychoanalyst; Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association; Ethics Case Book of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Staff Participating in MHLG: James Pyles, Washington Representative; Dottie Jeffries, Director of Public Affairs in New York. Organizational Purpose: To study and advance psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, advocate and maintain standards for the training of psychoanalysts and for the practice of psychoanalysis, foster the integration of psychoanalysis with other branches of science, and encourage research in all fields having to do with the scientific knowledge and welfare of man. Description: Members are graduates or candidates at accredited institutes. The Board of Directors is an Executive Council, and a Board of Professional Standards sets and maintains standards for training. Priority Issues for 2005: Ensuring that the use and disclosure of mental health information is consistent with professional ethics standards and judgment, state and federal privacy and privilege laws and the privacy protections under the HIPAA Privacy Rule; preservation of essential conditions for effective psychoanalysis and intensive psychotherapy; confidentiality, privacy, security and continuity of treatment relationships; patient participation in treatment decisions; freedom of patient and therapist to contract for services on a self-paying basis outside the insurance reimbursement system. Also, mental health care issues including nondiscriminatory coverage for mental illness in health care reform.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION [APA] 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002 Phone: 202/336-5500; Fax: 202/336-6069; www.apa.org Norman B. Anderson, PhD, Chief Executive Officer; Ronald Levant, EdD, President Founding Date: 1892. Membership Size: 150,000 members and affiliates. Staff Size: 557. Number of State/Local Chapters: 60. Annual Convention/Meeting: August 18-21, 2005 in Washington, DC. Staff Participating in MHLG: Karen Studwell, Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, Science Policy; Ellen G. Garrison, Ph.D., Director of Public Interest Policy; Denis Nissim-Sabat, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, Public Interest Policy, Peter Newbould, Director of Congressional and Political Affairs, APA Practice Organization; Douglas Walter, Counsel for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, APA Practice Organization. Organizational Purpose: To advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare. Description: Membership includes researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students working in the full range of academic, government, science and other settings. APA has 53 interest-based divisions dealing with subspecialties of psychology and such issues as child, youth and family services, psychologists in public service and ethnic minority issues. Priority Issues for 2005: Parity for mental health and substance abuse services; health insurance reform; Medicare and Medicaid reform; funding for behavioral research, mental health services, prevention research and services; health and behavior; school mental health services and violence prevention; health professions/minority training; AIDS services, prevention and research; ethnic and cultural minority issues.
AMERICAN PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION [APA] 2750 East Sunshine, Springfield, MO 65804 Phone: 417/823-0173; Fax: 417/823-9959; www.americanpsychotherapy.com John Paden, Chief Association Officer, Mike Baer, PhD, Chairman Founding Date: 1997. Membership Size: 3,500. Annual Convention/Meeting: September 30-October 1, 2005 in San Diego. Publications: Annals, a bi-monthly peer-reviewed indexed and abstracted scientific journal. Staff Participating in MHLG: Linda Whitten, MSN, CS-P. Organizational Purpose: The American Psychotherapy Association (APA) has assumed the leadership role in creating a forum to advance psychotherapy. APA exists to help its members assist their clients and to build and increase their professional practice. Description: The mission of the American Psychotherapy Association’s continuing education program is to provide post-graduate needs based educational activities for psychotherapists of various professions, including counselors, marriage and family therapists, nurse psychotherapists, pastoral counselors, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, psychologists and social workers. Priority issues for 2005: Advance the field of psychotherapy.
ANXIETY DISORDERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA [ADAA] 8730 Georgia Avenue, Suite 600, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 240/485-1001; Fax: 240/485-1035; www.adaa.org Jerilyn Ross, MA, LICSW, President and CEO; Alies Muskin, Chief Operating Officer Founding Date: 1980. Membership Size: 3,500. Staff Size: 12. Annual Convention/Meeting: March 17-20, 2005, in Seattle, Washington. Publications: ADAA: 25 Years of Progress & Promise (2005); Triumph (ADAA E-Newsletter); ADAA Professional Member E-Newsletter; Facing Panic: Self-Help for People With Panic Attacks (2003); Special Focus on Anxiety Disorders in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults, 2nd edition; and a variety of educational booklets. Staff Participating in MHLG: Ginger Simpson, Membership & Outreach Coordinator. Organizational Purpose: ADAA is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the prevention and cure of anxiety disorders and to improve the lives of all people who suffer from them. For 25 years, ADAA has been improving lives and providing hope through research, education and treatment, making it possible for hundreds of thousands of individuals to benefit from its services, publications and extensive web site. Furthermore, ADAA was established to eliminate the discrimination and stigma often associated with anxiety disorders and to foster both self-help and support for individuals in need. Description: The association is made up of professionals who conduct research and treat anxiety disorders, and individuals who have a personal or general interest in learning more about such disorders. Priority Issues for 2005: Anxiety disorders and related issues in special populations; awareness building among primary care physicians; increased funding for research, public education and professional training; patients’ rights and parity in coverage for mental and physical health.
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY [AAP] PO Box 38129, Colorado Springs, CO 80937 Phone: 719/520-0688; Fax: 719/520-0375 Stephen M. Pfeiffer, PhD, Executive Director; Ron Fox, PsyD, PhD, Board Chair Founding Date: 1974. Membership Size: 3,000. Staff Size: 2. Annual Convention/ Meeting: August 21, 2005 in Washington, DC. Publications: Advance newsletter. Staff Participating in MHLG: Robert S. Nichols, PhD. Organizational Purpose: The purpose of AAP is to promote human welfare through the advancement of the profession and science of psychology. It promotes the interests of all psychologists by means including, but not limited to: representation of psychologists before public and governmental bodies; cooperation with other organizations and agencies in furtherance of the profession and science of psychology; and support and operation of a political committee as a "separate segregated fund" within the meaning of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 as amended. Description: Membership is divided into four classes: regular, associate, student and organizational. There is one 6-member Board of Trustees serving terms of 4 years. The Chair of the Board and Secretary-Treasurer are elected from and by the Board. Priority Issues for 2005: Advocacy for a broad range of psychological services within mental health programs; health care reform legislation, full mental health parity coverage in private and public health insurance programs; inclusion of training graduate psychologists in Medicare Graduate Medical Education program; continuation of the federal mental health courts project through 2009; and neutralizing legislation that would exempt Association Health Plans from state laws that protect mental health consumers.
ASSOCIATION FOR AMBULATORY BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE [AABH] 11240 Waples Mill Road, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703/934-0160; Fax: 703/359-7562; www.aabh.org Jerry Galler, Executive Director Founding Date: 1972. Membership Size: Approximately 3,200 practitioners in 680 facilities. Staff Size: 3. Number of State/Local Chapters: 23. Annual Convention/ Meeting: August 6-9, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona. Publications: Standards and Guidelines for Partial Hospitalization Programs and Intensive Outpatient Programs; Milieu (monthly newsletter), National Overview of Ambulatory Behavioral Services. Staff Participating in MHLG: Jerry Galler, Executive Director, Chris McGowan, and Paul Miller, Congressional Liaison. Organizational Purpose: To promote the evolution of flexible models of responsive, cost-effective behavioral healthcare services. AABH facilitates the exchange of information among front line managers of care. Priority Issues 2005: Medicare partial hospitalization benefit; promoting the continuum of care to policy makers, payers and providers.
CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH ATTENTION-DEFICIT/ HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER [CHADD] 8181 Professional Place, Suite 201, Landover, MD 20785 Phone: 301/306-7070; Fax: 301/306-7090; www.chadd.org E. Clarke Ross, DPA, Chief Executive Officer; Mary Durheim, President-Elect Founding Date: 1987. Membership Size: 16,000. Staff Size: 26. State/Local Chapters: 212. Annual Convention/Meeting: October27-29, 2005 in Dallas, Texas. Publications: Attention! magazine, News from CHADD, CHADD Facts information sheets, legislative alerts. Staff Participating in MHLG: E. Clarke Ross, DPA, Chief Executive Officer; Ruth Hughes, PhD, CPRP, Deputy CEO for Public Policy and Community Services; Stephen Spector, Director of Public Policy. Organizational Purpose: CHADD is the leading national nonprofit organization that works to improve the lives of individuals with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) through education, research, advocacy and support. Description: Members include parents, educators, health care providers, including psychiatrists and pediatricians, clinical psychologists, neurologists, and adult individuals with AD/HD. Priority Issues for 2005: Issues related to the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA and issuance of conforming regulations; enactment of the Family Opportunity Act; the Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Parity Act; appropriations for CMHS, NIMH, and CDC; and child protections – out-of-home placements, restrictions on access to psychiatric medications and behavioral interventions; and implementation of the recommendations of the July 2003 Report of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.
CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK FEDERATION [CSWF] P.O. Box 3740, Arlington, VA 22203 Phone: 703/560-4042; Fax: 703/522-9441; www.cswf.org Richard P. Yanes, Executive Director; Abbie Grant, MSW, President Founding Date: 1971. Membership Size: 8,500. Staff Size: 2. Number of State/ Local Chapters: 31. Affiliated Organizations: Foundation for the Advancement of Clinical Education and Training (continuing education); American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work (board certification); State Societies for Clinical Social Work (in most states); National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work; Family Therapy Practice Academy. Publications: Newsletter to membership. Staff Participating in MHLG: Richard P. Yanes, Executive Director. Organizational Purpose: To develop and promote appropriate standards of clinical social work training and practice, to advocate for universal state licensing, and to advance the interests of clinical social workers and their patients in state and federal mental health programs. Description: Federation of state organizations whose members are clinical social workers in private settings, clinical settings, public mental health settings, hospitals and schools. Priority Issues for 2005: To advance the interest of clinical social workers and their patients in state and federal health care reform initiatives, especially managed care reform and privacy legislation.
CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK GUILD 49, OPEIU [CSWG] McDermott, Will & Emery, 600 13th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202/756-8348; Fax: 202/756-8087; http://64.78.56.99/med/ Renee Cardone, President Founding Date: 2001. Membership Size: 400. Staff Size: 2. Number of State/Local Chapters: 3. Affiliated Organizations: AFL-CIO/Na |
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