The Leon County Mental Health Association is supported by Community Chest Funds, membership dues, and gifts from interested people and organizations. We have a budget of $6,000 a year which includes a part-time salary for the Executive Director.

Our purpose is to develop concern among our citizens for the care and treatment of the mentally ill and the emotionally distressed.

We are affiliated with the State and the National Association for Mental Health and share in their purposes and expenses.

Executive Director- Mrs. Karen Lambert

Officers

Rev. Jack Anderson, President

Mrs. Stephen Sterk, Vice-President

A.M. Shadduck, Treasuerer

OFFICE

Leon County Court House

Room 216

Phone 224-0529

Education Committee

Rabbi Stanley Garfein

Mr. Bruce Walden

Mrs. William Smith

Mrs. Fred Standley

Dr. Robert H. Smith

Rev. Phillip Lykes-chairman

Mrs. Sarah Morrill- Program Chairman

Mrs. Virginia Pitts- Co-Chairman

GENERAL INFORMATION

We are grateful to the active and sustaining members of the Junior League for serving as hostesses throughout this Fair.

The Mental Health Fair is the primary time during the year when we bring our organization to the attention of the community. However, other programs are offered throughout the year. We will be happy to have interested individuals join our organization and participate in our program. An opportunity will be given during the coffee breaks for individuals to become members.

-Free Nursery Provided For All Sessions-

Third Annual

Mental Health

Fair

1969

for

LEON COUNTY AND BIG BEND AREA

TUESDAY APRIL 29

Trinity Methodist

W. PARK AVE. & DUVAL STS.

Presented by

Leon County Mental Health Assocaition with the aid of concerned Organizations and Individuals

SYMBOL OF HOPE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL

In 1953 a bell was cast from the shackles and chains once used in mental institutions. The bell has become a symbol of hope for the mentally ill.

Morning 9:30 to 10:45

1. Parent to Child about Sex- a film- Discussant Merton Ekwall, M.D., Psychiatrist

2. Communication in Marriage- Mrs. Dora Dobrin, Dept. of Sociology, FAMU

3. The Truth about Drug Abuse- Herbert C. Anderson, M.D., Psychiatrist, Leon County Mental Health Center

4. Problems of Aging- J. Orson Smith, Jr., M.D., Internist

11:00 to 12:15

1. Communication between Parent and Child- Jack Gant, Ph. D., State Dept. of Education

2. Help for the Alcoholic- John TerLouw, MSW, FSU School of Social Welfare; Vernon Buttram, MSW, Leon Mental Health Center

3. Crisis Intervention (Restricted to employed community agency workers) Patrick Cook, Ph. D.,  FSU Dept. of Psychology

Afternoon 2:00 to 3:15

1. New Ways in Learning- Charles Madsen, Ph.D, FSU Dept. of Psychology

2. Parents and the Drug Problem- Don Driggs, Ph.D., FSU Human Development CLinic

3. Halfway House- A concept in Rehabilitation- Mr. John Toms, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Mr. Guy Moore, Division of Youth Services

4. Bold New Approach- a film depicting a community mental health program- Progress in Leon County- Pauline Fertsch, Ph.D., Leon County Mental Health Center

3:30 to 4:45

1. Living with Teen-Agers- George Palmer, M.D., Pediatrician; Stanley Hilaman, Principal, Godby High School; Robert Schaeffer, Ph.D., FSU Dept. of Psychology

2. Manpower for Mental Health: Who Will Do The Job?- Thomas S. Ray, Ph.D., State Division of Mental Health

3. Parents without Partners- Mrs. Judy Verner, FSU School of Social Welfare; Don Hevey, MSW, Leon County Mental Health Center

Evening 8:00 to 9:15

THREE FILMS

1. Feeling of Hostility- Discussant, Sheldon Peizer, Ph.D., FSU Dept. of Psychology

2. Feelings of Depression- Royce Jackson, M.D., Pscyhiatrist

3. The Individual and Race Relations 1969- Charles U. Smith, Ph.D., Dept. of Sociology, FAMU; Charles M. Grigg, Ph.D, FSU Dept of Sociology; Sybil Mobley, Ph.D., FAMU Dept. of Economics

4. Children under Pressure- Discussion by a Child Psychiatrist