Navigating the Intersection of Mental Illness & the Justice System

NAMI Farmington Valley

NAMI Farmington Valley Annual Meeting with Guest Speaker Dr. Christine Shapter for A Psychiatrist's Perspective on Challenges and Solutions

Town of Avon Senior Center

Free and open to the public!Dinner: 6pmMeeting followed by talk: 6:15pm This will be continuation of last year’s talk on this compelling subject! About our Guest Speaker:Dr. Christine Shapter is a board-certified psychiatrist who has devoted her career to the Probate Court. She achieved her Medical Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine after working many years as a registered nurse. She subsequently completed psychiatry residency from the Institute of Living in 2018. Since that time, she has been traversing the State of Connecticut on a daily basis performing evaluations for the Probate Court, navigating the intersection between the psychiatric needs and the legal rights of our state’s most seriously mentally ill and vulnerable patients.Dr. Shapter is board-certified in Psychiatry, and is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is an adjunct professor in the graduate nursing department at University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT. She has co-authored articles published in Psychiatric Times, Aging and Disease, and Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and Obesity, and has given numerous presentations at national conferences. She was the winner of the Daniel F. Caruso Public Service Award in 2023, which was presented at the Connecticut Probate Assembly Annual Meeting in April. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

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