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Featured Speaker: Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison
Dr. Jamison is Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as well as Honorary Professor of English at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. She is the author of the national best sellers An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide, and Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament. She is coauthor of the standard medical text on manic-depressive illness and author or coauthor of more than one hundred scientific papers about mood disorders, creativity, and psychopharmacology. Dr. Jamison, the recipient of numerous national and international scientific awards, was distinguished lecturer at Harvard University in 2002 and the Litchfield lecturer at the University of Oxford in 2003. She is a John P. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellow.
A Message from OSU Vice Provost Larry Roper . . .
In recent months considerable attention has been given to the topic of mental health on university campuses. At Oregon State University we have been addressing this issue as part of our strategic plan for the past several years. As part of our ongoing educational effort we would like to invite you to participate in Darkness to Daylight: OSU Talks About Mental Health. We encourage you to involve yourself in events offered during the month.
Particularly, we would like to call your attention to our keynote speaker for the event, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison. Dr. Jamison is an internationally renowned scholar, who will be joining us October 8 to lead a discussion of her ground-breaking book, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness. Later that evening she will deliver a public talk on the topic "Mood Disorders and Artistic Creativity." Dr. Jamison is a truly remarkable teacher and intellectual who we are fortunate to have visit our campus.
On behalf of the sponsoring organizations, I invite and encourage your participation as we seek to learn more about this important topic, while working to remove the stigma associated with mental illness. Below is a profile of Dr. Jamison.
October 2-22 "Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family" Exhibit
Memorial Union Concourse
This museum-quality exhibit of photographs and interviews with families who demonstrate strength, courage, integrity and accomplishment in the face of the adversity and stigma of mental illness -- accompanied by locally created art, personal reflections and resources for learning.
Visit http://www.familydiversity.org/ to learn more about the Nothing to Hide exhibit and its accompanying book. Other locally created art, personal reflections, photos and resources for learning will also be on display.The photographs of David Maisel entitled "Library of Dust" and "Asylum," on loan from the Oregon State Hospital will be featured as will photographs and information about Rita Project; campus and community resources and much more.
October 8 "An Unquiet Mind" -- book discussion facilitated by author, Kay Redfield Jamison
Memorial Union Lounge 11:30 am -1:00 pm, (public welcome/no tickets required)
As a founder of UCLA's Affective Disorder Clinic and a co-author of a standard medical text, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison may be the foremost authority on manic-depressive illness. She is also one of its survivors. And it is this dual perspective -- as healer and healed -- that makes Jamison's memoir so lucid, learned, and profoundly affecting.
Even as she was pursuing her psychiatric training, Jamison found herself succumbing to the exhilarating highs and paralyzing lows that afflicted many of her patients. Though the disorder brought her seemingly
boundless energy and mercurial creativity, it also propelled her into spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempt at suicide.
Powerfully candid, exceptionally wise, An Unquiet Mind is one of those rare books that has the power to transform lives -- and even save them.
October 8 "Mood Disorders and Artistic Creativity"
7-9pm, LaSells Stewart Center, Austin Auditorium (public welcome/no tickets required)
Dr. Jamison is an international authority and researcher on mood disorders, and trusted spokesperson for millions who suffer with mental illness. This public lecture will address the clinical and personal realities of depression and bipolar disorder in a manner that encourages dialogue, empathy and hope.
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