Tipper Gore To Address Statewide Cultural Competency and Mental Health Summit in Anaheim

(Anaheim) – Mental health advocate Tipper Gore is among the featured speakers scheduled to appear at the 12th Annual Statewide Cultural Competence and Mental Health Summit, to be held October 6-7 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Mrs. Gore’s commitment to eradicating the stigma associated with mental illness and educating Americans about the need for quality, affordable mental health care placed her in the unique position to serve as the Mental Health Policy Advisor to President Clinton during her husband’s tenure as Vice President. In June 1999, she chaired the first-ever White House Conference on Mental Health, which interactively involved tens of thousands of Americans.

Joining Mrs. Gore as featured presenters at the Summit are Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona; Joseph White, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California, Irvine; and Dr. J. David Kinzie, Director of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorders Clinic at the Oregon Health Sciences University.

The statewide conference, presented by the Orange County Health Care Agency, is expected to draw hundreds of professionals from the fields of mental health, health care and law enforcement. Continuing education credit in several disciplines will be offered for attending the conference and its workshop sessions. Complete information on the conference, including registration information, is available on the summit website at www.ochealthinfo.com/2004summit.

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