Reflect and Reset: A Lunchtime Conversation on Mental Health at Work
Now, more than ever, tools are needed to manage mental health – in both personal and professional life. HR is leading the charge for complying with workplace laws in response to COVID-19, handling sick leave requests and, unfortunately, processing death claims as workforces continue to be personally impacted by the pandemic. Serving on these frontlines certainly takes a mental toll. Join us for this timely conversation that combines personal reflection with professional takeaways for navigating mental health at work. Grab your lunch (or a snack) and get ready to explore how you can continue to support employees—and yourself—during these challenging times. Led by Dr. Anita Everett with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), you will learn more about behavioral health services, as well as tips for self-awareness and care. Dr. Everett is the Director of SAMHSA’s Center for Mental Health Services. Pull up a virtual seat at the lunch table to hear directly from the expert about building a toolbox for staying mentally healthy now and in the months to come.
Dr. Anita Everett
Dr. Everett is the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services. In this role, she provides executive leadership for federal efforts to improve the nation’s mental health service systems.
Prior to her arrival at SAMHSA, she served as the Section Chief of The Johns Hopkins Bayview Community and General Psychiatry in Baltimore, Maryland. She was on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. At Hopkins, she directed 22 community psychiatry programs that provide a range of services to individuals from preschool age to older adults and through a range of programs that include intensive acute services as well as recovery support services for persons with Serious Mental Illnesses. More recently at Hopkins, she has been involved with the leadership of health system behavioral health integration into accountable care structures. Earlier in her career, Dr. Everett served as the Senior Medical Advisor to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. There she worked on the promotion of access to quality services and access to medications in the Medicare prescription drug benefit. From 1999 to 2003 she served as the Inspector General to the Office of the Governor in the Department of Mental Health in Virginia. During this time she completed over 80 inspections of Institutions operated and licensed to provide mental health services in Virginia. She received the Patrick Henry award for outspoken advocacy.
Dr. Everett has served on the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Advisory Council. She is active in several professional organizations including the American Psychiatric Association where she has received a commendation for her work in healthcare reform. She is a past president of the Maryland Psychiatric Society and the American Association of Community Psychiatrists. She has been engaged in a number of international projects which have included consultation with the Ministries of Health, Department of Mental Health in Iraq and Afghanistan on the implementation of mental health services in these countries.