The National Alliance on Mental Illness,
Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Psychology and Pacific Clinics presents 

FACING THE CRISIS:
MENTAL ILLNESS AND GUN VIOLENCE    

9:15 am           Keynote Address:
The Challenge of Treating Mental Illness in a Violent Society Dr. Marvin Southard, Director, LA County Department of Mental Health  

9:40 am           Community Status Reports with:
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez | Pasadena Public Health Director, Dr. Eric Walsh | Pasadena Unified School District, Director of Child Welfare and Safety, Eric Sahakian | Pasadena All Saints Episcopal Church, Rector Reverend Ed Bacon | NAMI National President, Keris Myrick | NAMI Director of Faith Outreach, Dr. Gunnar Christiansen | Fuller Seminary Emergency Preparedness Team, BJ Barber and Eric Jessen 

11:40 am         Lecture:
Dealing with Successes and Failures of Mental Health Treatment from the Perspective of a Provider and a Consumer 
Dr. Frederick Frese III, Professor of Psychology, Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine 

1:00 pm - 1:55 pm      Keynote address [1 CE credit]
Good News, Bad News, and Non News:  Inconvenient Truths Regarding Violence and Mental Illness
Dr. Richard Josiassen, Drexel University Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology 

Participants will be able to describe the complications of utilizing data derived from group statistics to predict the behavior of an individual case and describe some of the known risk factors that predict violent behavior among individuals with serious mental illness 

1:55 pm – 3:35 pm      Discussion Panel 1 [1.5 CE credit]
The Mental Health Crisis in Our Community
Moderator: Dr. Cynthia Eriksson, Fuller School of Psychology, Travis Research Institute | Panelists: Dr. Frederick Frese III,Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine, Dr. Richard Josiassen, Drexel University, Dr. Ann-Marie Stephenson, Chief Professional Officer, Pacific Clinics; Laura Rios, MFT; and Keris Myrick, Ph.D.c  

Discussion will focus on what roles of abuse, trauma, violence, substance abuse, poverty, undiagnosed and untreated mental illness play in societal violence, and what we all can do to help break these cycles to end the crisis. 

3:35 pm – 4:55 pm      Discussion Panel 2
Gun Violence: A Byproduct of a Violent Culture?
Moderator: Dr. Brad Strawn, Fuller School of Psychology, Travis Research Institute | Panelists: Dr. Timothy Pylko, Las Encinas Hospital and UCLA; Patricia Giggans, Peace Over Violence; Timothy Rhambo, Gang Violence Interventionist; Deputy Chief of Police Darryl Qualls, City of Pasadena  

Discussion will focus on what roles of mental illness play in violence in TV, movies, video games, language, culture, the media, and government, including “perpetual war,” coupled with the American culture of gun ownership and the availability of guns, play in repeating cycles of violence in our society).  

Sponsored by  All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena Mental Health Advisory Committee, Peace Over Violence  

Continuing Education Credit
A total of 2.5 hours of Continuing Education credit will be offered for mental health professionals at all levels of training at no cost. The School of Psychology (SOP) at Fuller Theological Seminary is approved by the American Psychological Association and the Board of Behavioral Sciences to offer continuing education for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and social workers. Fuller Theological Seminary SOP maintains responsibility for this program and its content.