On two bright and sunny early summer days (June 28th & 29th) in downtown Charleston, SC, the Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center (CDMHC) showcased its first annual mental health conference.
The conference, titled “The Power and Scope of Evidence Based Care”, was a true collaborative effort as CDMHC partnered with the College of Charleston, The Charleston Center of DAODAS, Mental Health Heroes, and several other organizations to turn this vision into a reality. Topics included Trauma Focused CBT, Motivation Enhancement Therapy, The Use of Crisis-De Escalation In Clinical Care, Behavioral Chain Analysis, The Role of Serotonin in Treatment, and A Psychological Analysis of Root Medicine in the Lowcountry.
CDMHC staff were the inspiration behind the two-day conference. Their idea was to share the considerable clinical talents of center staff in a way that would benefit the community and directly serve the Department of Mental Health’s mission “to support the recovery of people with mental illness”. The end result was the formation of an annual conference that would also serve as a fund-raising campaign, with revenue being shared between the Department of Mental Health and their co-sponsor, Mental Health Heroes (a non-profit organization whose mission is to support the activities and services of CDMHC).
The event played to a sold out audience, attracted the interest of mental health professionals from across the Southeast, and generated over $7,500 that will support CDMHC clients.
We want to thank everyone involved who helped make this event a success on so many levels. Stay tuned for information about our second annual conference in June 2013!
The Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center
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