Friday, September 14, 2007

Mental Illness Prevention and Recovery Week


These pictures show some of the activity going on at the Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the last day of the Mental Illness Prevention and Recovery Week, our inauguration of a long-term process of internal re education on the concept of recovery. (photos by Recupero Seguro)






Marisel Rios, MD, Eddie Echevarria, PsyD and Carlos Calderon,MSN waiting for visitors to arrive at the information table.












Lions Club and VA Volunteers help together at the coffee and cake table.











Rosa Gonzalez, MSN engages the public in conversation about preventing suicide









Rafaela Nieves, MSN discusses recovering from addictions. She must be celebrating her 37 years in the VA System.









Maritza Grau, MSW teaches the concept of recovery from mental illness










James Hickey, PsyD speaks about recovery and decision-making








Carmen Parrilla, PhD discussed prevention of suicide with Antonio Sanchez, MD Chief of Psychiatry and the audience a the VA Auditorium.

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