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Mental Wellbeing

TTL1 - Addressing the Nation’s Mental Health Crisis: It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
Location: 222/223, Level 2, ACCC
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    Thought Leader(s)

  • Arthur Evans, Jr., PhD

    Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President
    American Psychological Association

Clinical and community psychologist, policymaker, and health care innovator Arthur C. Evans Jr., CEO of the American Psychological Association, is an unconventional leader with experience transforming systems to improve people’s lives. Throughout his career, he has employed science, research, community activism, spirituality, traditional clinical care, policy, and cross-system collaborations to change the status quo. He joins the NatCon24 stage to share his insights about how we redefine ourselves and the field of behavioral health to meet the challenges and opportunities before us.

Learning Objectives:

  • Define the key differences between a population approach and the nation’s current approach to behavioral health.
  • Explore what it means to redefine oneself and one’s role in promoting behavioral health.
  • Name individual-level action steps one can take to advance a population health approach.