# MentalHealthMatters #Albuquerque

1. #MentalHealthMatters #Albuquerque

2. Everette Hill Everyday Democracy

3. Mayor Richard J. Berry City of Albuquerque

4. SenatorPete Domenici New Mexico

5. Jasmine Cuffee Spoken Word Artist

6. Thank you, Steering Committee! Maria Elena Alvarez, NAMI-Albuquerque Debra Baca, Youth Development, Inc. Jim Breen, City of Albuquerque Felicia Barnum, NAMI-Albuquerque Gabe Campos, City of Albuquerque

7. Thank you, Steering Committee! Shea Fallick, Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council Troy Fernandez, OptumHealth Dayna Gardner, City of Albuquerque Elias Gallegos, City of Albuquerque Sam Howarth, Center for Health at UNM

8. Thank you, Steering Committee! Leslie Kelly, Albuquerque Public Schools Diana Lopez, Youth Development, Inc. Kris Meurer, Albuquerque Public Schools Jim Ogle, NAMI-Albuquerque Melanie Pohl, United Way of Central New Mexico

9. Thank you, Steering Committee! Ed Rivera, United Way of Central New Mexico Michael Robertson, City of Albuquerque Gabe Sanchez, Center for Health Policy at UNM Cindy Shelton, Behavioral Health Services Dept—NM Delaney Woodward, City of Albuquerque

10. Everyday Democracy Board & Staff

11. Today’s Objectives Today’s objectives mirror that of the National Dialogue on Mental Health: • Get Americans talking about mental health to break down negative attitudes and barriers, and promote timely access to care, recovery and healthy communities • Identify, implement, and disseminate innovative community-based solutions to mental health needs, with a focus on helping young people • Develop clear steps for communities to move forward in a way that complements existing local initiatives and activities

12. Agenda • Table Introductions • Who’s In the Room? • Session One: Mental Health in the Community • Keypad Polling • Session Two: Challenges and Key Factors • Lunch • Session Three: Strategies and Progress to Date, with a Special Focus on our Young People • Session Four: Action Ideas for Our Community

13. Agenda continued • Keypad Polling On Our Themes • Mayor Berry Offers Brief Closing Reflections • Next steps in the Albuquerque Region

14. Eduardo Martinez Everyday Democracy

15. How Today Will Work • Table Discussions • Discussion Materials • Table Facilitators and Recorders • Theme Team • Keypad Polling

16. Share Your Experiences Online • Hashtag: #MentalHealthMatters #Albuquerque • Twitter: @MentalHealthCCS • Facebook: facebook.com/creatingcommunitysolutions • Online Discussion: www.theciviccommons.com/mentalhealth

17. Ground Rules • Speak openly and honestly • Listen carefully and respectfully to each person • Keep comments brief and stay focused on task • Explore differences respectfully and look for common ground • Turn off cell phones

18. Table Introductions

19. Table Tasks • What is your name? • Where do you live? • Why are you here?

20. Table Tasks • Write down your response to the question before you share • We’ll have 12 minutes for this task

21. Table Tasks • What is your name? • Where do you live? • Why are you here?

22. Who’s In The Room?

23. Keypad Polling Keypad Instructions: • Press the button of your choice • Please keep the same keypad all day X X

24. Polling Questions

25. One of the most heated debates in New Mexico: 220 of 305 • Red • Green • Christmas • What… I have no idea what this question means?

26. What is your gender? 244 of 305 • Female • Male • Other Census Data 51% 49%

27. What is your age? 243 of 305 Census Data 7% 8% 15% 13% 14% 12% 12% • 15 – 19 • 20 – 24 • 25 – 34 • 35 – 44 • 45 – 54 • 55 – 64 • 65 and better

28. What is your race or ethnicity? 240 of 305 Census Data 2.4% 3% 48% 5% 69% 4% • Asian or Pacific Islander • Black or African American • Latino / Hispanic • Native American or Indian • White or Caucasian • More than one race • Other

29. What is your highest level of education? 244 of 305 • Elementary or Middle School • Some High School • High School Graduate • Some College • College Graduate • Post-Collegiate Degree

30. Where do you live? 244 of 305 • SW Albuquerque • SE Albuquerque • NW Albuquerque • NE Albuquerque • Bernalillo County • Sandoval County • Torrance County • Valencia County • Elsewhere NM • Outside NM

31. What is your experience withmental health? (select all that apply) 247 of 305 • I am a mental health service provider in the community • I have direct experience with mental health issues with a family member or friend • I have direct personal experience with mental health issues • None of the above

32. How important to you is theissue of mental health? 241 of 305 • Extremely important • Very important • Somewhat important • Not at all important

33. It’s hard to know who needsmental health care 239 of 305 • Strongly Disagree • Disagree • Somewhat Disagree • Neither Agree nor Disagree • Somewhat Agree • Agree • Strongly Agree

34. Society discriminates against people who have mental illnesses 240 of 305 • Strongly Disagree • Disagree • Somewhat Disagree • Neither Agree nor Disagree • Somewhat Agree • Agree • Strongly Agree

35. People can’t always get the mentalhealth services and treatment they need 243 of 305 • Strongly Disagree • Disagree • Somewhat Disagree • Neither Agree nor Disagree • Somewhat Agree • Agree • Strongly Agree

36. If we don’t treat people with serious mental illnesses they could become a menace to our community 238 of 305 • Strongly Disagree • Disagree • Somewhat Disagree • Neither Agree nor Disagree • Somewhat Agree • Agree • Strongly Agree

37. How confident are you that the participants in today’s discussion can develop an effective plan to address mental health challenges in our community? 243 of 305 • Extremely confident • Very confident • Somewhat confident • Not at all confident

38. Gabriel R. Sanchez, Ph.D. Directorof the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico

39. Photo credit: MarbleStreetStudio.com

40. The Definition of Mental Health • State of well being where every individual realizes his or her own abilities.

41. Mental health issues on a continuum University of Michigan

42. Half of mental illness cases begin by age 14, and 3/4 of cases start by age 24

43. 20% of Americans 18 and older will experience a mental health problem this year

44. Situation in New Mexico • New Mexicans are unfortunately more likely to be touched by mental health than folks living in other states. • I want to focus our attention on the youth with some data showcasing the correlation between suicide and community involvement.

45. Percentage of High School Students Who Seriously Considered Attempting Suicide

46. Percentage of High School Students Who Report Not Having an Adult Outside of Home or School Who Cares About Them

47. There is Fortunately Good News! • Promotion, we can enhance people’s ability to cope and provide a positive sense of well-being. • Prevention, we can identify early indicators of problems and promote behaviors to reduce them. • Treatment, provides proven methods that reduce or eliminate problem behaviors. • Recovery, we can help sustain positive behaviors and hope.

48. Themes Team Report Why You Attended Today

49. Why are you participating today? • To raise awareness • Our family and friends are affected • To remove negative attitudes • To learn about issues • We care about youth • To improve access to services and resources • We want to advocate for change • We have a professional connection with this issue

50. Session OneMental Health in Our Community