Innovative Solutions for Building Recovery
with Alternatives to Psychotropic Medication

WHEN: Thursday & Friday, September 20 & 21, 2012

TIME: 8:15 - 4:00 pm, each day (registration begins at 7:45 am) 

WHERE: Hilton Garden Inn, 5 Park Street, Freeport, Maine

COST: CCSME Member - $229, Non-member $259

           Special Group Rate for 3 or more - 20% discount on each ticket
 

Largely because of the unprecedented marketing by the pharmaceutical industry as well as the transition of behavioral health to primary care venues, spending for psychiatric drugs has increased to over $40 billion in sales in 2010. Concurrently, the use of psychotherapy has declined and community behavioral health intervention has fallen or remained flat. Are these patterns justified by the clinical trial evidence? This conference answers that question but more importantly offers effective, empirically demonstrated non-medical solutions for behavioral and emotional problems typically treated only with psychotropics. In the spirit of evidence-based medicine’s inclusion of patient values as well as the movement toward health homes, this conference brings together the foremost experts in the field to present viable alternatives to medication, as well as guidelines to raise the bar of care equal to the available science.

CONTACT HOURS:
Certificates will be emailed upon completion of this training. No partial credit will be given for this activity.

• 12 contact hours for nurses. CCSME Provider Unit is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by ANA-Maine, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
• 12 contact hours approved by the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors
• CME’s: The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) designates this educational activity for a maximum of 12.0 Category 1 AMA PRA CreditsTM. .
  
• 12 Category I contact hours for Psychologists are provided. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists
• Certificate of attendance for 12 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and other professionals 
   

REFUND POLICY:
Cancellations received in writing by email, fax or mail no later than two weeks before the event will be refunded minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations less than two weeks before the event and no shows are charged the full registration fee.

AGENDA: 
For a complete list of speakers and session descriptions, download the conference brochure.