Ohio's 2025 Mental Health Conference - Information
The Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, will host Ohio’s 2025 Mental Health and Addiction Conference: Advancing Care in Communities on June 9-10, 2025 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus, OH.
OACBHA is pleased to continue to expand on the successes of our prior conferences and continues to have a broader focus on addressing mental health and addiction topics. This 15th annual, two-day conference will focus on efforts related to mental health and addiction prevention, education, intervention, treatment, recovery, family supports, community engagement, and more. The conference will help advance the resources and knowledge essential for communities to provide support to those in need.In an effort to conserve paper, this year materials for keynote presentations and breakout sessions are available to download at the following links. There will also be wifi available for those attending to view these materials during the conference.
(All registered attendees will receive a printed program at the registration desk upon arrival.)
All information regarding continuing education can be found here: Continuing Ed Information Sheet
Keynote Presentations:
June 9th Morning Session - OhioMHAS Director LeeAnne Cornyn
June 9th Morning Session - Nicole Adams (PPT)
June 9th Luncheon Session - Kristy deVries (PPT)
June 9th Luncheon Session - Erin Reed (PPT)
June 9th Luncheon Session - Dr. John Kennedy (PPT)
June 10th Morning Session - Dr. Tim Fong (PPT)
June 10th Luncheon Session - Melinda Moore (PPT) (Handout)
Breakout Sessions:
June 9th - 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
A1. Recovery Panel (no handout)
A2. Community-Based Solutions: The SUD Community Nurse’s Role in Health Education, Screening and Harm Reduction (PPT)
A3. Bridging Gaps in Behavioral Health: Peer Support and Value-Based Care for High Utilizers (PPT) (Handout 1) (Handout 2) (Handout 3)
A4. Building Healthier Communities Through Addressing Economic Stability as a Social Determinant of Health (PPT)
A5. What Suicide Data Claims Can Tell Us
A6. Where Do We Go From Here? Using the Past to Predict Future Drug Use Trends (PPT)
A7. Ohio’s Opioid Settlements: Building More Resilient Communities (PPT)
A8. Mobile Response and Stabilization Services within a Children's Behavioral Health Continuum
A9. Helping Staff Work through Ambivalence about Medication Assisted Treatment
A10. Empowering Hope: A Comprehensive Training for Suicide Prevention in the Black Community
June 9th - 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
B1. Recovery Peer Support Implementation and Utilization in Ohio Prisons (no handout)
B2. Prove it! Using Data to Make the Case for Deflection (PPT) (Handout)
B3. Medications for Opioid Use Disorders in a County Correctional Facility – Don’t Let Perfection be the Enemy of Good (PPT)
B4. Clicks and Consequences: Navigating the Impact of Social Media on Mental Health (PPT)
B5. Navigate Ohio Pilot Program – Results, Lessons Learned and Opportunities Identified (PPT)
B6. Breaking Barriers: Revolutionizing Access to Behavioral Healthcare (PPT)
B8. Psychosis Recovery by Enabling Adult Carers at Home (P-REACH) in Ohio (PPT)
B9. Maximizing Impact: OneOhio Grantee Check-In & Technical Assistance (no handout)
B10. Universal Prevention at School, Home, and in the Community (PPT)
June 9th - 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
C1. Community Partnerships and Cross-Sector Data: A Collaborative Approach to Assessing a Comprehensive Crisis Care Continuum (PPT)
C2. Igniting Compassion: Dismantle Clinical Stigma & Address Compassion Fatigue (PPT)
C3. Understanding LGBTQ+ Historical Trauma: Lessons for Working with Youth (PPT)
C4. Contingency Management for the Treatment of High-Mortality Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) (PPT)
C5. Rewriting the Playbook: Innovative Approaches to Combat Sports Gambling Harms (PPT)
C6. Understanding Criminal Justice for the Behavioral Health Professional
C7. Beyond ACES, Creating a Trauma Informed Community (PPT)
C8. Valuing the Power of Peers (PPT)
C9. Maximizing Impact: OneOhio Grantee Check-In & Technical Assistance (no handout)
C10. Applying Digital Mental Health Best Practices to Youth Suicide Prevention in Ohio (PPT)
June 10th - 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
D1. LGBTQ+ Recovery Panel (no handout)
D2. Cuyahoga County Partnership on Community Reintegration for Incarcerated Individuals with Mental Illness (PPT)
D3. Bridging Faith and Mental Health: An Innovative Approach to Compassionate Care (PPT)
D4. Ohio Systems of Care ECHO: A Statewide Collaboration for Youth & Families Involved with Multiple Systems (PPT)
D5. Drivers of Youth Mental Health Challenges: Using Data to Inform and Support Policy Change (PPT)
D6. Early results from the Wellness Discovery Survey - State of Ohio Adversity and Resilience Studies
D7. Military Families: Star Behavioral Health Providers and Purple Star Schools (PPT) (Handout 1) (Handout 2)
D8. Understanding the Community Mental Health Needs of Those Previously Justice-Involved (PPT)
D9. Current Substance Use Trends and Service Utilization: Epidemiological Updates from the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring (OSAM) Network (PPT)
D10. Caring for the Helpers: Moving Suicide Prevention Beyond Patient Care to Include Healthcare Workers Using an Innovative, Comprehensive, Employee-Focused Program Across a Large Healthcare System (PPT)
June 10th - 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
E1. Responding to Provider Trauma, Grief, and Loss: Following Unintentional Lethal Overdose (PPT)
E2. Feel Free to Change Your Mind : Enhancing Your Mindset to Pivot When Necessary or Adapt When Required
E3. Ohio’s Deflection Landscape: Findings from Ohio’s Quick Response Team Inventory (PPT)
E4. Resources to support children and families with complex needs (PPT)
E5. Drug Free Workplaces and the Continuum of Care (PPT) (Handout 1) (Handout 2)
E6. Boomers & Zoomers: The Rise in Addictive Behaviors
E7. Advancing the Behavioral Health System: Bridging Gaps and Driving Systemic Change (PPT)
E8. How Clubhouse Communities are Filling a Void: Moving Beyond the Margins (PPT)
E9. It Stops With Me (PPT)
E10. Seen and Heard: Youth-Led Prevention in Ohio
June 10th - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
F1. Recovery Housing Residences (PPT)
F2. Clinical Challenges and Implications in Addressing the Online Gambling Experience (PPT)
F3. The Busy Working Professional: 3 Keys to Take Inventory of Your Mental Health, Too. (PPT)
F4. Innovating Recovery Through Social Enterprises: Transportation, Workforce Development, and AI-Driven Support
F5. One Team's Journey to Grief Support for Suicide/Unintentional Overdose Loss Survivors (PPT)
F6. Family Matters: The impact of SUDS on the family and the value of incorporating family-based interventions into SUD treatment (PPT)
F7. Revolutionizing Behavioral Health for Seniors: A Peer-Driven Approach (PPT)
F8. eTMS for Veterans and First Responders: An Innovative Technology (PPT)
F9. Uncovering What Does NOT Work in Substance Misuse Prevention (PPT) (Handout)