Paul Block, PhD A CHANGE AGENT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PARADIGM money. Mental health providers need to know how to create compelling arguments that struc- ture the case for mental health care, promoting evidence-based care that is efficient, enabling us to share risks and savings. We have to be skilled in building relationships with decision makers, advocates, senior department directors and other internal influencers so that behavioral health can function effectively within a medical health system. Even better, we have to become members of the leadership teams that make these decisions. I will be training students to have the necessary skills. When it comes to funding, mental health has always been the poor cousin. It is up to us to change that from the inside. I believe we can train future behav- ioral health professionals to make the case with their medical colleagues that mental health care is a practice with well documented standards, high quality best practices, evidence-based treatments and effective interventions for all. Dr. Paul Block joined the Doctoral Clinical Psychology department at 91香蕉视频成人在线 this year as an Associate Professor. He is working on the clinical faculty team that is building curriculum to train future healthcare administrators. Block holds a PhD in clinical psychology and has a distinguished career of clinical and administrative executive positions and academic appointments. Politics first brought Block to psychology. 鈥淕rowing up in Washington, DC, I watched politicians espouse beliefs despite evidence to the contrary and then behave in exactly contrary ways. I wanted to understand how people could act that way,鈥� he says. Block鈥檚 accomplishments include the founding and management of centers for behavioral health, substance abuse, integrated health and community services, including treatment for families, children, women, veterans and the homeless. He has published numerous peer- reviewed articles, spoken at nearly 50 national and regional conferences and served as an expert witness before congressional committees. He was also an Assistant Professor and core faculty at the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. Block鈥檚 goal at William James is to 鈥淚nterest students in issues of behavioral health policy and leadership and help prepare all of them enough, and many of them as leaders, to play significant roles in helping develop and manage the highest possible quality services for the behavioral health needs of the general population.鈥� His ultimate personal goal? 鈥淪omeday I鈥檒l be sipping coffee at a lake in the mountains,鈥� he says 鈥渨atching my students lead more effective and affordable healthcare.鈥� WILLIAM JAMES COLLEGE 7