About our guest … Leon Ravin, MD is currently serving in the position of

Statewide Psychiatric Medical Director for the Division of Public and Behavioral

Health, DHHS, State of Nevada. In addition to Dr. Raven being a board-certified

general adult and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Raven also serves as a member of the

Statewide School Safety Task Force for the State of Nevada and a member of

the Executive Committee of the Medical Directors Council of the National

Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. Dr. Ravin served for four

years as a member of the LAI work group for SMI Adviser, an APA and SAMHSA

initiative that offers researched, vetted and verified guidance to the best

resources on SMI. Since 2010 Dr. Ravin has been a member of the Conference

Committee for the Annual National Psychopharmacology Update, the largest

psychopharmacology conference in the United States. Additionally, since 2013

Dr. Ravin has been one for the lead trainers for the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)

training for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

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