Speaker's Bureau

Community Relations Department
800 Market Avenue N., Suite 1150
Canton, OH  44702
(330) 455-6644
(330) 455-4242

As a community service, the Mental Health Board and its provider organizations are available for educational presentations to civic, social, school, religious, and business organizations in Stark County. A partial listing of the topic areas appear below.

If you would like a presentation on a mental health issue that is not listed, please contact us and we will try to arrange a speaker who can address the issue of interest to you.

To request a speaker for your organization, please contact the Mental Health Board at (330) 455-6644 or through our web site at: www.starkmhb.org.

SPEAKER'S BUREAU TOPICS

• Active Listening
• Anger Management
• Anxiety Disorders
• Asset building - giving kids what they need to succeed
• Bi-Polar Disorder (manic depression)
• Caring for the care givers
• Challenges of parenting in the 21st Century
• Childhood Depression
• Community Mental Health System
• Coping with grief and loss
• Crisis Intervention skills
• Cultural Competency in mental health services
• Dealing with Job Stress
• Depression
• Depression awareness and treatment
• Developing positive mental health habits
• Early Childhood Mental Health
• Eating Disorders
• Family Support and advocacy groups
• Humor and stress management
• Managing Acting Out Behaviors
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Overview of the major types of mental illness
• Panic Attacks
• Phobias
• Psot Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Psychiatric medications
• Reclaiming your golden years - issues for older adults
• Recognition and prevention of family violence
• Recovering from a mental illness
• Schizophrenia
• Services for children in Stark County
• Stigma reduction - the truth and myths about mental illness
• Suicide Prevention
• Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
• Teen Depression and Suicide prevention