SCREENING OF MINDS ON THE EDGE: FACING MENTAL ILLNESS
Please join Momentum for a screening of MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness
Momentum for Mental Health, Rose Room
2001 The Alameda, San Jose, CA
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
3:00 – 5:00 pm
PANELISTS IN
MINDS ON THE EDGE: Facing Mental Illness
Justice Stephen Breyer,Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Arthur Caplan, Ph.D., Professor, Bioethics; Chair, Department of Medical Ethics; Director, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania.
Pete Earley, former Washington Post reporter; author, Crazy:
A Father’s Search through America’s
Mental Health Madness
Frederick Frese, Ph.D., Psychologist and coordinator, Summit County Recovery Project; former Director of Psychology, Western Reserve Psychiatric Hospital
Avel Gordly, former State Senator, Oregon, District 23; founder of the African American Mental Health Commission
Eric Kandel, M.D., University Professor, Columbia University and Director, Kavli Institute for Brain Science; Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Judge Steven Leifman, Associate Administrative Judge, Miami-Dade County Court, Criminal Division
Estelle Richman, Secretary of Public Welfare, Pennsylvania
Elyn R. Saks, Associate Dean, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law; author, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
Thomas Simpatico, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Division of Public Psychiatry, University of Vermont, College of Medicine
Tracey Skale M.D., Medical Director, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
Lauren Spiro, Director of Public Policy, National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations
Susan Stefan, Staff attorney, Center for Public Representation
Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D., Founder and Executive Director of Pathways to Housing; Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center
MODERATED BY Frank Sesno, professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University, Sesno is an Emmy-award winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience, including 18 years at CNN where he was a reporter and analyst for the network on a wide range of issues.
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