3rd Annual Recovery Conference
Critical Partners: Mental Health and the Road to Recovery
Another Successful Rotary District 7780 Outreach to the Recovery Community
By Doreen Blanc Rockstrom, Recovery Initiative Planning Committee Member, Portland RC
Dr. Linda Durst, Chief of Psychiatry, Maine Health
The Recovery Initiative Planning Committee is grateful to the 19 Rotary Clubs in District 7780 who sponsored the third annual conference on Recovery that took place on Saturday, September 28th at Noble High School in North Berwick, York County, Maine. In keeping with the Rotary International mission of expanding mental health services globally, our compassionate crowd of attendees from Maine and New Hampshire, Rotarians and non-Rotarians, were made aware of the dangers of addictive medicine and suicide by keynote speakers, while panelists addressed accomplishments in providing more services in counseling, coaching, and employment to those in early Recovery from substance use.
Overall, audience members were given active approaches and tools to continue working in their communities to fight stigma, talk with those challenged by mental health crises, and encourage maintaining recovery by advocating expanded mental health services to the many who need that support.
Featured Speakers at the Recovery Conference
DG Bob MacKenzie welcomes participants to the conference
DG MacKenzie introducing the morning Keynote Speaker Dr. John Kelly
Dr. John Kelly, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Kelly's slide show
Some of the vendors participating in the conference. Lots of resources to share.