Jim Rosack:  

After CCHS, I went on to CU for my undergrad (BA-Biology) and grad (MA-Neuroscience/Pharmacology) degrees. Between 1983 and 1999, I worked in clinical patient care in several Denver area hospitals as well as working at area colleges/universities teaching in healthcare education programs. In Sept. 1995, I finally settled down and got married to Brooke -- a beautiful "Southern Bell" from Georgia, who coincidentally happened to actually share my birthplace of Washington, DC, and have a birthday just one day after mine! In August 1996 we welcomed our son, Jared Alexander, into our lives. In June, 1999, Caroline Marie expanded our family horizons. In December, 1999, our family moved to the Washington DC area, where I used my healthcare education background to land a great position with the nation's largest medical specialty society -- the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Between Feb. 2000 and July, 2008, I authored over 500 news and feature articles for the society's national newspaper -- you can google me or "Psychiatric News" if you'd like to take a look! I continue to be a senior contributing writer today. While at APA, I also authored a series of white papers concerning the availability of high quality mental health care to each and every person in the USA, regardless of any discriminatory factors such as race/gender/insurance coverage or ability to pay out of pocket. In July 2008, we enjoyed a significant victory when Congress passed and the president signed into law the nation's first regulations requiring insurance companies to make benefits for mental health disorders equal to those they extend to any other medical disorder. I also wrote a series of speeches and testimony for APA leadership which were delivered to the U.S. Senate and regulatory and federal agencies such as the FDA, several of the National Institutes of Hea...Expand for more