We’ve had 19 conferences to date, featuring experts in the field and those with lived experience presenting side by side. We are guided by our conference planning committee and feedback from participants and are dedicated to bringing our community relevant and timely information.
August 2021
2021: COVID 19: Stress and Grief During a Global Pandemic
Despite unforeseen challenges, the NRCI team worked to bring you a conference promised a year earlier. Six speakers joined us virtually on Sunday, June 13th to discuss how Covid-19 has [...]
July 2020
2020 COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE
OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE In consultation with public health experts, we have postponed our 2020 conference. When it is safe to gather together again, we look forward to reuniting [...]
March 2020
2019: Integrating Mental and Physical Health
Held on Sunday, June 9th, 2019 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Roycemore School, Evanston WE WELCOMED: Opening Remarks: Rabbi Eleanor G. Smith, MD Associate Rabbi at Beth Emet and Internist [...]
June 2018
2018: Older Adults Mental Health: Opportunities and Challenges
Every year, the Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute for Mental Health Education holds a community mental health conference. We are proud to share that this year was our seventeenth conference. The [...]
April 2017
2017: Raising Resilient Children: Prioritizing their Mental Health
"Raising Resilient Children: Prioritizing their Mental Health" was held on June 4th 2017 at Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston Our 2017 plenary panel (Dr. Mark Reniecke, Dr. Louis Kraus, [...]
November 2016
2016: Mental Health: Why does it Matter? A Compassionate Community Responds
We saw great success at the 2016 Community Mental Health Conference. More than 300 people attended and we had several dynamic, knowledgeable speakers, including Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, [...]
November 2013
2013: Help, Hope, Healing After Trauma: A Conference for Survivors and Those Who Care
Click here for this year’s morning session audio Click here for the text of Rabbi Eleanor Smith’s spiritual message Please follow these links to hear some of the highlights from [...]
November 2012
2012: Managing Anxiety…Maximizing Life for Children, Adolescents and Adults
The Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute’s 11th Annual Conference Focuses on Managing Anxiety Participants Share Moving Stories June 4, 2012–The Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute (NRCI) at TCSPP hosted a conference on June [...]
November 2011
2011: Bipolar Disorder: Progress and Promise
Bipolar Disorder: Progress and Promise In 2002 we held our very first conference entitled “Understanding Manic Depressive (Bipolar) Illness.” At that time the illness was estimated to affect 2.5 million [...]
November 2010
2010: Discovering Hope: Understanding Addictions
Discovering Hope: Understanding Addictions An addiction is a dependence on a behavior or substance that a person is powerless to stop. Without the substance or addictive behavior, the addict soon [...]
November 2009
2009: Shattering Myths: Men, Boys and Mental Health
Another Triumph The May 31, 2009 Eighth Annual Community Mental Health Conference on Shattering Myths: Men, Boys and Mental Health was another highly successful program. There were more than 300 [...]
November 2008
2008: Women’s Voices: Understanding Mental Health Issues of Women and Girls
Women’s voices: Understanding Mental Health Issues of Women and Girls Mental illnesses affect women and men differently. Some mental health disorders are unique to women, more common in women or [...]
November 2007
2007: Someone you love has mental illness — Your Child, Your Parent, Your Friend: Support and Solutions.
Someone you love has mental illness — your child, your parent, your friend: Support and solutions. One out of four Americans have a close family member or are themselves being [...]
November 2006
2006 Conference: Depression in Adults Between 20 and 50: Prevention and Solutions
Depression in Adults Between 20 and 50: Prevention and Solutions Depression is the most devastating disease known to mankind… not AIDS, not breast cancer, but depression is the major scourge [...]
November 2005
2005 Conference: Depression in Adults 50 & Over: Prevention and Treatment
Depression in Adults 50 & Over: Prevention and Treatment Depression does not discriminate – it can develop in anyone at any age. Older adults are certainly susceptible; clinical depression, it [...]
