Pat Risser

(Patrick Alan Risser, B.A.)

154 Ronald Ave.

Ashland, OH  44805

(503) 655-2530

email: parisser@att.net

URL: http://home.att.net/~LetFreedomRing

 

Experience Summary

 

¯       Extensive experience as an author trainer, facilitator, presenter and consultant

¯       Human rights activist, mental health advocate and trauma champion for over twenty-five years

¯       Knowledgeable perspectives as consumer/survivor, professional provider, administrator and family member

¯       Developed self-help, peer support groups, built and directed statewide consumer network and directed a patients' rights program

¯       Special expertise in training on trauma issues, mental health recovery and recovery-oriented systems, self-determination, case management and on employing consumers as part of the mental health workforce

 

National Recognition (Awards)

 

¯       NMHA (National Mental Health Association) Clifford Beers Award in 2005

¯       NACM (National Association of Case Management) XCEL Award as Consumer Case Manager of the Year in 2000

 

Articles

 

¯       Partners in Recovery: A Model for Creating and Measuring a Recovery-Oriented Mental Health System

¯       Identifying and Overcoming Mentalism: Treatment Induced Oppression, Discrimination and Trauma

¯       Beyond Components: Using Fidelity Scales to Measure and Assure Choice in Program Implementation and Quality Assurance

¯       Positive partnerships: How consumers and non-consumers can work together as service providers

¯       Barriers to Self-Determination for People who have been Identified as Having Mental Illness in Western Society

 

Organizations Provided Consultant Services

 

¯       IAPSRS (International Association of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation Services)

¯       NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)

¯       USBH (United States Behavioral Health)

¯       Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

¯       CIMH (California Institute for Mental Health)

¯       CASRA (California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies)

¯       PSU-RRI (Portland State University – Regional Research Institute)

 

National Mental Health Achievements (1981 - Present)

 

¯       Alternatives 2006 and 2007 National Conference Planning Committees

¯       SOCSI (Subcommittee On Consumer/Survivor Issues) advisory to federal government (SAMHSA and CMHS [Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Center for Mental Health Services]) on National mental health consumer/survivor issues

¯       NARPA (National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy) Board of Directors (also Past President)

¯       NACM (National Association of Case Management) Board of Directors

¯       PAIMI (Federal Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) Peer Reviewer

 

Ohio Mental Health Achievements (2006 - Present)

 

¯       Ohio Adult Recovery Network Board Member

¯       Ashland County Mental Health and Recovery Board Member

 

Oregon Mental Health Achievements (1998 - 2005)

 

¯       Oregon State Mental Health Planning Council member

¯       Oregon State Mental Health Advisory Board member (appointed by Oregon Governor John A. Kitzhaber)

¯       Clackamas County Mental Health Council member (Past President)

¯       Oregon PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) Council member

¯       Oregon Consumer/Survivor Council member

¯       Oregon Advocacy Center (P&A) Board of Directors

Oregon Mental Health Achievements (cont.) (1998 - 2005)

 

¯       S.P.I.R.I.T. (Service Provider Individualized Recovery Intensive Training), curriculum and program developer/trainer/consultant

Ÿ                  crisis management

Ÿ                  symptom management

Ÿ                  benefits

Ÿ                  systems and advocacy

Ÿ                  peer counseling

Ÿ                  networking

Ÿ                  today's mental health system

Ÿ                  paperwork

Ÿ                  diagnostic labels

Ÿ                  medications

Ÿ                  case management

Ÿ                  disabled rights movement

Ÿ                  mental health consumer rights movement

¯       OCTA (Oregon Consumer Technical Assistance), a program operated by the Oregon Health and Sciences University Center on Self-Determination, lead training associate

 

California Mental Health Achievements (1991 - 1998)

 

¯       California State Mental Health Planning Council member

¯       CALMHB (California Association of Local Mental Health Boards) member

¯       Contra Costa County Mental Health Commission (appointed by County Supervisor, Jeff Smith) member

¯       California PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) Council member

¯       MHCC (Mental Health Consumer Concerns, Inc.), contractor for Contra Costa County Patient Rights, Advocacy and Training and the Contra Costa Network of Mental Health Clients (over $1 million non-profit contract agency), Co-Executive Director

¯       Mental Health Association of Contra Costa County Board of Directors (Past President)

¯       S.P.I.R.I.T. (Service Provider Individualized Recovery Intensive Training), curriculum and program developer/trainer/consultant

¯       Project GEO (Generating Employment Opportunities) University of San Francisco, McLaren School of Business, Department of Rehabilitation Administration, San Francisco, California, Training Faculty.  Provided trainings (based upon core curriculum values and philosophy) in:

Ÿ                  Career Planning and Goal Setting (Consumer Directed)

Ÿ                  Psychiatric Disabilities & Assessment of Abilities (including psychopharmacologic issues)

Ÿ                  Client-Directed Services

Ÿ                  PsychoSocial Rehabilitation Values and Philosophy in a Consumer Directed System

Ÿ                  Assessment and Planning in a Consumer Directed System: Values and Philosophy

 

Colorado Mental Health Achievements (1981 - 1991)

 

¯       Colorado State Mental Health Planning Council member

¯       Mental Health Advisory Board for Service Standards and Regulations (appointed by Colorado Governor, Roy Romer), member

¯       Bethesda (Southeast Denver) Community Mental Health Center Board of Directors

¯       MHCD (Mental Health Corporation of Denver) (appointed by Denver Mayor, Federico Pe–a), a merger of the four Community Mental Health Centers in Denver, Board of Directors

¯       PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) Council member

¯       SCCORE (Statewide Consumers of Colorado On the Rise for Expression), the first statewide consumer/survivor organization, Founder and President

¯       Denver Consumer Case-Manager Aides, Member of first class in the nation of this training of consumers to be mental health professional service providers

¯       NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) CSP (Community Support Programs) grant to form a statewide consumer network, co-author of grant and project facilitator

Ÿ                  Started over forty consumer self-help, peer support groups and consumer-operated drop-ins

Ÿ                  Started 17 local AMI (Alliance for the Mentally Ill) support groups

Ÿ                  Created award winning newsletter to share the information and facilitate communication between support groups

¯       NIMH-CSP grant to start consumer owned and operated businesses, co-author of grant and project facilitator

Ÿ                  Taught people to write effective business plans

Ÿ                  Provided ongoing technical assistance and supportive oversight to assure continued success of fledgling businesses

Ÿ                  Helped people obtain 501(c)3 non-profit, tax exempt status where needed