Mental Healthcare in Virginia
Thursday, February 2, 2017
The Virginia General Assembly is considering bills to improve the Commonwealth's ailing mental health system, but will these bills, if passed, be enough to bring about significant change? We're talking with some of the leading experts on the subject about goals, resources and reforms in the field of mental healthcare in Virginia
Today's Guests:
DR. CYNTHIA ROMERO – Is the director of the Brock Institute for Community and Global Health at EVMS
DR. PAUL SAYEGH – Is the Vice Chair of the EVMS Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BILL HAZEL – Is the Secretary of Health and Human Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia
JOHN SNOOK – Is the Executive Director of the Treatment Advocacy Center
SHERIFF KEN STOLLE – Is the Virginia Beach Sheriff
MAL VINCENT – “Memories of Mary” – Mal recalls how he got to know actress Mary Tyler Moore and how a little dog created a moment with Moore that Mal will never forget.