MHNetwork RoundTable: MEDICATIONS AND THE BRAIN: Navigating the Neurochemistry of Mental Health

Name: MHNetwork RoundTable: MEDICATIONS AND THE BRAIN: Navigating the Neurochemistry of Mental Health
Start: 2025-11-21T08:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-11-21T09:30:00-06:00
Location: Riverside Healthcare

Schedule

Fri Nov 21 2025 at 08:30 am to 09:30 am

UTC-06:00

Location

Riverside Healthcare | Kankakee, IL

FREE! Community-wide networking and presentation on mental health.
NOVEMBER FEATURED PRESENTATION:
MEDICATIONS AND THE BRAIN: Navigating the Neurochemistry of Mental Health
Key Takeaways:
1. What are the current evidence-based treatment options for mental health conditions?
2. How do psychiatric medications work?
3. What strategies can be implemented to ensure equitable access to mental health services?
As always,
The Mental Health Networking RoundTables are for the entire community to learn about mental health and to build relationships to strengthen our response to the mental health challenges in our county.
Residents get to know providers as well as educators, employers, government and civic employees, faith leaders, first responders, and artists.

8:15AM - Doors Open
8:30AM - Feature Presentation
9:10AM - MHNetwork info and beachball speech
(If you've never heard it, you'll learn it by heart :)
9:15AM - Introductions / Announcements
9:20AM - Networking
No need to register... We'll see you there!

**Bring your marketing materials and flyers for the Info table!!!
OUR SPEAKER:
Fatima Hooda, D.O.
PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident
Riverside Healthcare
Fatima Hooda, DO, is a PGY-4 Psychiatry Resident and Academic Chief Resident of the Psychiatry Program at Riverside Medical Center. She is passionate about mental health advocacy on a global scale, serving as a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Council of International Psychiatry in Global Health.