Eli Lilly and Company Opens Nominations for 9th Annual Reintegration Awards
04 May 2005 - 1:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Eli Lilly and Company Opens Nominations for 9th Annual
Reintegration Awards Reintegration Awards Recognize Professional
and Individual Achievements in Mental Health Community
INDIANAPOLIS, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company
announced today a call for entries for its prestigious
Reintegration Awards. The annual awards honor individuals and
groups who support people living with severe mental illness; the
achievements of people living with severe mental illness who offer
hope to others facing similar challenges; and local and national
efforts to improve services and decrease the stigma of mental
illness. "The Reintegration Awards are all about acknowledging the
role that people with mental illness and their providers play in
helping themselves and others realize their own potential," said
John Lechleiter, M.D., Executive VP of Pharmaceutical Operations,
Eli Lilly and Company. "These awards are one of the ways Lilly
celebrates the phenomenal achievements that have been occurring in
the areas of reintegration and recovery." The awards chairperson,
Ralph Aquila, M.D., added that the Reintegration Awards are
especially important in that they highlight the need for
complementary recovery-oriented approaches, including efforts to
help individuals find and keep jobs, have comfortable places to
call home and sustain meaningful relationships with friends and
family. "The Reintegration Awards are inspiring not only for the
winners, but for the mental health community as a whole," continued
Aquila, who primarily serves as director of residential community
services at St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York in
addition to chairing the awards. "They help us see the many diverse
ways people with a mental illness are succeeding at moving their
own and other people's lives forward." The public is invited to
nominate individuals, caregivers, advocates, social workers, policy
makers, nurses, clinicians and treatment groups and programs for
consideration for the Reintegration Awards. The awards celebrate
the collaborative roles of individual involvement, treatment team
support and access to effective medication in helping patients
attain the four goals of successful reintegration: a comfortable
place to live, a job, positive relationships with friends and
family and medical care provided by a comprehensive treatment team.
Award Categories Awards for people living with schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder -- The Artistic Contribution Award honors
individual accomplishment in self-expression, in areas such as
painting, video, dance performance, music, design or fashion. --
The Mentorship Award recognizes individuals who not only have
managed to live well with their illness, but are sharing the skills
and wisdom they've acquired with others. -- The Inspiration Award
honors individuals whose improvements over time have allowed for
impressive personal achievements. Treatment team awards -- The
Clinical Medicine Award honors those who combine effective
protocols and compassionate strategies to achieve success in
clinical outcomes. -- The On the Job Award recognizes those who
help individuals in their care develop the skills needed to find a
meaningful job and the determination to keep it. -- The Home Sweet
Home Award celebrates the accomplishment of helping someone make a
home. -- The Advocacy Award honors those who demonstrate their
dedication by speaking up for people living with schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder. -- The Keep Learning Award pays tribute to those
who help people living with a psychiatric disorder achieve their
educational goals. -- The Social Support Award recognizes the
exceptional dedication of those who help individuals in their care
adopt the basic social and coping skills required for community
interaction. -- The Lifetime Achievement Award honors the
healthcare professional who has made remarkable contributions to
many lives over the course of time. Honorary Awards: Three honorary
awards -- Government, Media and The Public Eye -- recognize
individuals who have worked to raise awareness of schizophrenia and
related disorders, and/or bipolar disorder, on a local or national
level in the past year. Prior recipients have included Senator
Gordon Smith (2004), Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter (2003),
Senators Paul Wellstone and Peter Domenici (2001) and Surgeon
General Dr. David Satcher (2000). About the Reintegration Awards
Since 1997, the Reintegration Awards program has recognized
individuals, groups and initiatives that improve the lives of
people with mental illness. An independent panel of individuals and
healthcare professionals chaired by Dr. Aquila will evaluate the
nominations. Evaluations will be based upon how well the nominee
has satisfied the criteria outlined in the application packet for
each category. All first place, second place and honorary winners
will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in November.
Winners in each category will receive grants to their respective
institutions to further the success of their programs. First place
winners will receive $5,000 and second place winners will receive
$2,500. For those recognized in the three honorary categories, a
contribution of $5,000 will be made to the mental health facility
or advocacy program of their choice. Applications can be downloaded
at http://www.reintegration.com/. For those who do not have
Internet access, please call 800-809-8202 to request a hard copy or
write Lilly Reintegration Awards, PMB 327, 310 Busse Highway, Park
Ridge, IL 60068-3251. All applications must be postmarked by
Friday, July 8, 2005. About Lilly Lilly, a leading
innovation-driven corporation is developing a growing portfolio of
best-in-class pharmaceutical products by applying the latest
research from its own worldwide laboratories and from
collaborations with eminent scientific organizations. Headquartered
in Indianapolis, Ind., Lilly provides answers -- through medicines
and information -- for some of the world's most urgent medical
needs. Additional information about Lilly is available at
http://www.lilly.com/. O-LLY LillyAnswers ensures that low-income
Medicare enrollees with the greatest need have complete access to
the Lilly products they require. The centerpiece of the patient
assistance program, the LillyAnswers card, allows seniors and
people with disabilities under Medicare to pay a flat $12 fee for a
30-day supply of certain retail distributed Lilly drugs.(1) Since
Lilly implemented LillyAnswers in 2002, hundreds of thousands of
people without prescription drug insurance have received more than
a half million Lilly products.(2) LillyAnswers enrollment
applications are available by calling the toll-free number:
1-877-RX-LILLY (1-877-795-4559) or online at
http://www.lillyanswers.com/. (1) Eligibility requirements are
subject to change at the sole discretion of Eli Lilly and Company
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