GFDD/Funglode to Host a UN Panel Discussion on Treating Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) and its sister organization Fundación Global Democracia y Desarollo (Funglode) will be hosting a panel discussion on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy evidence-based treatment for symptoms related to Parkinson’s disease psychosis, as part of the official launch of the GFDD/Funglode publication entitled “Treating Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” by GFDD
Fellow, Mr. Henry A. Montero.

The panel discussion and presentation of Mr. Montero’s work will take place as a side event during the 8th session of the UN Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which will take place in the General Assembly Building of UN Headquarters in New York on June 9-11, 2015. The specific date and venue of the side event during the conference will be confirmed by UN Services at a later
date.

During the panel, Mr. Montero, together with several distinguished experts in the policy arena as well as in the medical field, will take an in-depth look at the topic of cognitive behavior therapy, to provide general remarks on its importance in assisting Parkinson’s disease psychosis patients.

About the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Convention was adopted on 13 December 2006 at
the United Nations Headquarters in New York.. It is the first comprehensive human rights treaty of the 21st century and is the first human rights convention to be open for signature by regional integration organizations. The Convention entered into force on 3May 2008.

The Convention follows decades of work by the United Nations to change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities. It takes to a new height the movement from viewing persons with disabilities as
"objects" of charity, medical treatment and social protection towards viewing persons with disabilities as "subjects" with rights, who are capable of claiming those rights and making decisions for their lives based on their free and informed consent as well as being active members of society.

The theme of this year’s conference will be "Mainstreaming the rights of persons with disabilities in the post-2015 development
agenda".

About GFDD Fellow Henry Montero
In addition to his current enrollment in Capella Unviersity’s Ph.D program, Henry holds a Master’s in Mental Health Psychology from Manhattan College, where he concentrated his studies on psychosocial behavior body language, gestures, postures and consequences. He completed his thesis on self-image and the use of androgenic steroids. He graduated with a
bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from Monroe College, and completed a course workshop on the Impact of Information Technology in the Development of Adolescents and Adults. In addition, he completed an internship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology Behavior.

He is credentialed from Tavistock Institute on Group Counseling and Relations from Tavistock, England.

Montero
is also licensed in the states of New York and New Jersey to practice mental health, and credentialed to treat alcohol and substance abuse.

Henry previously worked for Emma L. Bowen, a community mental health center that serves an underrepresented population diagnosed with Axis I and Axis II clinical disorders.

When: Between June 9-11, 2015 | Time TBC
Where: UN Headquarters, New York.
Questions? Contact: mjourdan@globalfoundationdd.org, Phone: +1 212 751 5000
More information to come!