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News–week of March 15, 2010

Financial assistance now available for qualifiers
We recognize that psychiatric hospitalization can be expensive for individuals and families depending on insurance benefits. That’s why we have partnered with Clark Behavioral Health Financing.

Clark is an independent loan organization that offers a convenient qualification process. In most cases, qualification is completed within 24 hours. The staff is accustomed to working with many families and guiding them through the process.

Loans can cover the partial cost of treatment costs and even transportation to and from the program. Clark Behavioral Health Financing offers multiple loan products and a possible deferral of interest for up to six months with no repayment penalties or cancellation fees.

Even if you don’t personally qualify for a loan, Clark’s staff will advise you in ways to qualify, including adding a co-signer or considering credit repair. Once an applicant is approved, the entire loan process can be completed in about five business days.

Financing benefits

• Highly competitive interest rates
• Credit decisions available in 24 hours
• Affordable monthly payments
• No collateral required
• No prepayment penalties
• Convenient loan application
• Minimal paperwork
• Confidential service

If interested, apply online or call Clark Behavioral Health Financing, 888-755-3079.

Clinicians: save these dates

September 17—Treatment of suicidality CE conference
A one-day CE conference for mental health professionals with a special program that’s open to the public is being planned for September 17 in Houston. Menninger and Mental Health America—Houston will be among the sponsors. More details will be available in the near future.

November 12—Sacred Moments in Psychotherapy CE conference
The Institute of Spirituality and Health, Menninger and Baylor College of Medicine will present a one-day conference in Houston.

The keynote speaker will be Peter Fonagy, PhD, director of the Menninger Child & Family Program, which conducts translational research with international collaborators. He serves as the Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, head of the research department of clinical, educational and health psychology at University College London and is chief executive at the Anna Freud Centre, London.

Other presenters will include James Lomax II, MD, professor and associate chair, Menninger Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine; Jeff Kripal, the J. Newton Rayzor chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought and chair, Department of Religious Studies at Rice University; and Kimberlyn Leary, PhD, director of Psychology and Psychology Training at the Cambridge Health Alliance and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School.

More details will be available by mid-year.