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Annual
Fall Awards Luncheon
Kentucky
Psychiatric Medical Association's Annual Fall Awards
Luncheon was held September 24 at the Hyatt in Louisville.
KPMA customarily honors legislators, members of the
media and advocates at this luncheon.
Legislators
honored this year were Senator David Boswell of Owensboro
and Representative Stephen Nunn of Glasgow. KPMA established
these awards to honor legislators who push for initiatives
benefiting the mentally ill.
As
minority Caucus Chair, Senator Boswell is a member of
the Senate Leadership. He sits on the Committee on Committees
and the Rules Committee.
This
past year, he co-sponsored Senate Bill 90; a bill drafted
in response to the 2000 HB 843 findings of a scarcity
of mental health professions especially in rural areas.
Among other things, this bill reinforced protection
for all mental health professionals on the duty to warn
and extended the protection to anyone in a counseling
position with youth. In 2000, he often took to the Senate
floor asking for the parity bill to be called for vote.
We consider him an advocate and hope we can continue
working with him in the future.
Representative
Nunn, is Vice-chair of the Health and Welfare Committee
and a member of Appropriations and Revenue Committee.
Representative Nunn is one of the most outstanding advocates
for all disabled people. He is one of four legislators
who serves on the 2000 HB 144 which is a long range
planning committee similar to HB 843, but in the area
of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities.
One of the trademarks of Rep. Nunn is his accessibility;
another is his work ethic. He can almost always be counted
on to be at rally and forums concerning health issues.
We look forward to working with him in the future also.
The
Advocate of the Year is Ernest Bean who hails from Mount
Sterling, Kentucky. He has long been the driving force
behind NAMI Mt. Sterling and an active mental health
advocate statewide. This year, he established a scholarship
at the University of Kentucky, Department of Psychiatry,
to be given to a third year medical students, who expresses
an interest in entering a psychiatric residency.
In
1987, KPMA awarded the first Barry Bingham, Sr. Senior
Media Awards, named for the former publisher of the
Courier Journal. Mr. Bingham was a long time advocate
for the mentally ill. This award was established as
one way to increase community attention and support
for the mentally ill in Kentucky.
Media
professionals have the inherent opportunity, with professional
psychiatric assistance, to educate the public, as well
as governments, private industries and educational institutions
to recognize mental illness, help the mentally ill gain
treatment and assist the primary prevention of some
mental illness. KPMA appreciates the efforts of the
media in the service of our state's mentally ill and
want to recognize those who have excelled at educating
the public about mental illness issues.
The
following were the 2002 winners.
Weekly/Monthly
Newspaper/Magazine
- Amy
Grimes, Freelance writer, Business First, Louisville,
KY. "Holiday Stress" and Marilyn Clark,
Freelance Writer, Business First, Louisville, KY.
"Healing Place"
Newspaper
>15,000
- Jim
Adams and Sara Shipley, Reporters, The Courier Journal,
Louisville, KY "Locked in Suffering"
Newspaper
<15,000
- Judy
Jenkins, reporter/columnist, The Gleaner, Henderson,
KY "Local Group Working to Alter Perceptions
about Mental Illness", "Some Struggling
with Aftermath of Tragedy", and "Senior
Care Program Helped Woman Escape Depression."
Radio
- Dan
Modlin, News Director, WKYU-FM Western Public Radio,
Bowling Green, KY, "A Question for the Courts"
- Kim
Cerise, News Director, WFPL, Louisville, KY
Nelly Henderson, Male High School, commentary "Teenage
Depression"
Television
- John
Boel, Reporter/Anchor, WLKY TV, Louisville, KY "Inside
Central State Hospital"
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