Oversight Hearing

Oversight Hearing on the Preventable Epidemic: Youth Suicides and the Urgent Need for Mental Health Care Resources in Indian Country

Date: March 25, 2010

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

Mr. Randy Grinnell

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD

Accompanied by: Rose Weahkee, PH.D., Director, Division of Behavioral Health, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human and Services, Rockville, MD

Testimony

Coloradas Mangas

Sophomore, Ruidoso High School

Mescalero Apache Reservation, NM

Testimony

Dr. Paula Clayton, M.D.

Medical Director

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, New York City, NY

Testimony

Ms. Laurie Flynn

Executive Director

TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups at Columbia University, New York, NY

Testimony

Mr. Hunter Genia

Behavioral Health Administrator

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, Mt Pleasant, MI

Testimony

Ms. Novalene Goklish

Senior Research Coordinator

Celebrating Life Youth Suicide Prevention Program, White Mountain Apache Tribe/Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Celebrating Life/Johns Hopkins Project, Whiteriver, AZ

Testimony