{"id":4617,"date":"2015-03-17T22:27:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T22:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:34:16","slug":"a-first-step-in-the-right-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/news\/a-first-step-in-the-right-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"A first step in the right direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"clearfix\"><p>Tomorrow evening in Washington, D.C., I am hosting a symposium, \u201cNo Health Without Mental Health,&#8221; at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. Featured speakers are <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenporges.com\/index.php\/component\/content\/article\/1-homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Stephen Porges<\/a>, Dr. Mohammad Akhter, Dr. Christiane Cox,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apha.org\/about-apha\/executive-board-and-staff\/apha-executive-board\/georges-c-benjamin-md-facp-fnapa-facep-hon-frsph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Georges Benjamin<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinseyinstitute.org\/about\/carter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Sue Carter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The panel discussion will bring a variety of important perspectives to the nation\u2019s discussion on neuroscience and how its knowledge and its teaching benefit society. The Chicago School has long been recognized as a global thought leader in psychology.<\/p>\n<p>We are now taking the lead on creating a national conversation to re-frame perceptions of mental health, increasing mental health services in underserved communities, and expanding access and quality of mental health care:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If we redirect the national conversation to one of promoting well-being instead of reinforcing stigma, we will open the doors to treatment for a vastly underserved segment of our population.<\/li>\n<li>If we increase the well-being of all people, regardless of the cultural and educational background and their socio-economic status, we will change the lives of generations to come.<\/li>\n<li>If we recognize that mental and physical health are synergistic and that professionals should work as teams, then we will take major strides in moving our country forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tomorrow\u2019s conversation on the links between the brain and behavior and the subsequent implication for policy and the practice of psychology is a major first step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow evening in Washington, D.C., I am hosting a symposium, \u201cNo Health Without Mental Health,&#8221; at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. 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