Lecture: "Mental Illness, Stigma, and the Family:
Can Things Change?"
Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, U.C. Berkeley Psychology Professor & Author
Join award winning UC Berkeley psychology professor, author, and leading authority on mental health Dr. Stephen Hinshaw for this fascinating and informative discussion mental illness, families, and stigma. There is a small charge for this event.
Dr. Hinshaw is a nationally recognized expert on child and adolescent disorders, ADHD, behavior disorders, gender, peer and family issues, and stigma. He is the author of over two-hundred articles and seven books, including: The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today's Pressures, The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change, The Years of Silence Are Past: My Father's Life with Bipolar Disorder, and Attention Deficits and Hyperactivity in Children.
A significant public voice, he has been interviewed by Time magazine, USA Today, The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other publications, and has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, including: The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, CNN Live and National Public Radio's Infinite Mind, Talk of the Nation, and All Things Considered.
Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Room 2420, Multi-Disciplinary Building , Las Positas College, Livermore, CA
Cost: $10. | All seats are general admission.
Tickets are on sale at the LPC Bookstore.
If available tickets will also be sold at the door.
Parking: $2 or valid parking permit
For More Information please contact Ernest Jones at EJones@laspositascollege.edu, or Phone: 925.424.1217.
