Minnesota's Mental Health System:  It's Not Broken

Sue Abderholden, MPH

Introduction

Sue Abderholden has devoted her career to changing laws and attitudes that affect people with disabilities and their families.  For the past 15 years she has served as the executive director for the NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness).   She has held positions with Arc of Minnesota, U.S. Senator Paul D. Wellstone and PACER Center.  Sue has a B.A. in political science from Macalester College and a master’s degree in public health administration from the University of Minnesota.  Ms. Abderholden has received numerous awards for her advocacy including the 2013 Gaylord Anderson Leadership Award from the U of M School of Public Health, the National Council for Behavioral Health 2013 Advocacy Leadership Award.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the discriminatory public policies and attitudes that have impacted the mental health system.
2. Recognize the improvements that have been made over the past 40 years.
3. Review current barriers to and unmet needs of the mental health system. 

 
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Relevant financial relationship(s) with industry: 

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No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Brian Palmer, M.D., Michael Bostwick, M.D., Karen Grothe, Ph.D., Lois Krahn, M.D., Jarrod Leffler, Ph.D., Larissa Loukianova, M.D., Mary Machulda, Ph.D., Patricia Maus, RN, M.S., Jeffrey Staab, M.D., Cosima Swintak, M.D., Kristin Vickers Douglas, Ph.D., Cynthia Harbeck-Weber, Ph.D., Michael Zaccariello, Ph.D., Charlene Nelson

Speaker:  Sue Abderholden, MPH

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