#WeAreChangingMinds: Learn More About Mental Illness — and Mental Health

For more than a year, NBC4 has focused attention on mental illness, espeically the need to understand it, treat it and talk about it. For the second year at the Expo, we are offering a Changing Minds area -- and this year, we've invited some of the best speakers on mental health.

#WeAreChangingMinds! The Changing Minds area is located in the Red Zone, near the NBC4 booth. Many thanks to our Changing Minds sponsors, Adventist Health Care, SAMHSA and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

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SATURDAY'S CHANGING MINDS SCHEDULE

11 a.m.: I’m 1 in 4 - Are You? Richard R. Bebout, PH.D. Chief Executive Director, Green Door Behavioral Health

Noon: Talk Saves Lives, More Than Sad for Teen Depression and Suicide Prevention, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

1 p.m.: Helping Individuals and Families Affected by Mental Health Conditions, Collette Harris, Executive Director, NAMI Prince George’s County

2 p.m.: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) – the Signs, Symptoms and Treatments, Dr. Marissa Leslie, Medical Director, Adventist HealthCare Behavioral Health & Wellness Services

3 p.m.: Mental Health is on Everyone’s Mind - But What Do We Really Know? Debbie Plotnik, VP of Mental Health & Systems Advocacy, Mental Health America

4 p.m.: Permanent Housing: Changing Minds, Changing Lives, Eleanor Vincent, EdD, CSAC, Chief Operating Officer, Pathway Homes, Inc.

SUNDAY'S CHANGING MINDS SCHEDULE

10 a.m.: Finding Hope, Daphne Klein, On Our Own of Montgomery County, Inc.

11 a.m.: Suzy Favor Hamilton

Noon: Talk Saves Lives, More Than Sad for Teen Depression and Suicide Prevention, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

1 p.m.: Post Traumatic Stress Among Combat Veterans, Dr. Vincenzio Holder-Perkins, Chief of Psychiatry, Washington DC VA Medical Center

2 p.m.: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) – the Signs, Symptoms and Treatments, Kent Alford, Executive Director of Behavioral Health Services, Washington Adventist Hospital

3 p.m.: Minds Matter: A Practical Conversation on Coping, Laura Mayer, PRS CrisisLink Program Director

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