BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a1902a29-7aaf-4513-9c17-aabbf82360c6.175914@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20170125T225944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170125T225944Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. Ballroom East SUMMARY:Public Affairs Conference - On mental health DESCRIPTION:According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness\, 6.9% of adults in the U.S. (16 million people) had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. The National Center for Health Statistics repo rts that suicide rates have increased nearly 25% over the last 15 years. What accounts for these alarming figures? What public policies are necess ary to address this crisis? What are best practices for promoting mental health\, and how may mental disorders be better identified and destigmati zed? What role should community institutions — government\, not-for-profi ts and private commercial sector — play in suicide prevention and in prom oting mental health? How may individual community members be equipped to recognize and report concerns about mental health issues in their homes\, classrooms and work places? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p><s pan>According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness\, 6.9% of adults in the U.S. (16 million people) had at least one major depressive episod e in the past year. The National Center for Health Statistics reports tha t suicide rates have increased nearly 25% over the last 15&nbsp\;years. W hat accounts for these alarming figures? What public policies are necessa ry to address this crisis? What are best practices for promoting mental h ealth\, and how may mental disorders be better identified and destigmatiz ed? What role should community institutions &mdash\; government\, not-for -profits and private commercial sector &mdash\; play in suicide preventio n and in promoting mental health? How may individual community members be equipped to recognize and report concerns about mental health issues in their homes\, classrooms and work places?</span></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20170406T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20170406T114500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/schedule/502/on-ment al-health CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR