240th Meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session Agenda

Call to Order

Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director, NIMH

NIMH Director’s Report

Presenter:

Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director, NIMH

Discussion

Update on the IOM Report Focused on Developing Evidence-based Standards for Psychosocial Interventions for Mental Disorders

Presenter:

Patricia A. Areán, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute,
University of California, San Francisco

Discussion

Break

Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE): Initial Outcomes from the Early Treatment Program Clinical Trial

Presenter:

John Kane, M.D.
Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,
Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine

Discussion

Concept Clearance

Presenter:

Robert Heinssen, Ph.D., ABPP
Director, Division of Services & Interventions Research, NIMH
Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET)

Discussion

Update on NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Activities

Presenters:

Richard Huganir, Ph.D.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Greg Farber, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Technology Development and Coordination

Discussion

Lunch Break

Biennial Report of the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in NIMH Research

Presenter:

Pamela Collins, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Office for Research on Disparities & Global Mental Health
Director, Office of Rural Mental Health Research

Discussion

NIMH Strategic Plan

Presenter:

Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Director, NIMH

Discussion

Update on Council Activities

Presenters:

Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Translational Research
FAST Council Working Group

Gene Robinson, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Multi-Council Working Group

Discussion

Public Comment

Adjourn Open Session