Mental Health and the Brain: Implications for Lifelong Learning
The Foundation for Human Potential has just completed a remarkable symposium, Mental Health and the Brain: Implications for Lifelong Learning, sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company, Pfizer Inc. and wonderful individual donors committed to our mission of facilitating the appreciation of individual differences for all ...
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Supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company
"The Creative Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius" View Abstract Download Presentation Part 1 | Part 2
Dr. Nancy Andreasen, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry and Director of both the Mental Health Clinical Research Center (MHCRC) and the Psychiatric Iowa Neuroimaging Consortium (PINC) at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
"The Arts and Mental Health" Jacques d'Amboise, Founder, National Dance Institute, New York; Former Principal, New York City Ballet; HONORS: The Heinz Award, 2001; Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, The Julliard School, 2000; National Medal of Arts 1998, America’s highest national honor for cultural contribution; The Kennedy Center Honors, 1995; The Award for Distinguished Service to the Art from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1993; The MacArthur Fellowship, 1990 and many others. Jacques’ belief: the Arts have a unique power to motivate individuals toward excellence. Visit
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"Some Kind Of Genius: The Extraordinary Journey of a Musical Savant" View Abstract
Tony DeBlois, Pianist, featured on “The Today Show”, “Entertainment Tonight”, ”Journey of the Heart”, in “Extraordinary People" by Darold Treffert; Graduate, Berklee College of Music; plays 22 instruments; appears in concert halls from Dublin to Taipei to Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. Visit
Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, Former Head, National Institute of Mental Health; Director, Center on Neuroscience, Medical Progress and Society, George Washington University Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Dr. Arthur Kramer, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, the Campus Neuroscience Program, and the Institute of Aviation; fulltime faculty member, the Beckman Institute Human Perception and Performance Group. Visit
Dr. Bennett Leventhal, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Medical Center; Director, The Center for Child Mental Health and Developmental Neuroscience, Institute for Juvenile Research. Visit
"Societal Progress in Recognizing and Accepting Bipolar Disorder: A Personal Perspective of Living with Recovery" View Abstract
Bill Lichtenstein, President, Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM); Senior Producer, The Infinite Mind; West 47th Street, Juveniles in Crisis; Honors: Peabody Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, the United Nations Media Award; Honors for dedication and commitment to mental health: National Mental Health Association, National Alliance of the Mentally Ill(NAMI), American Psychiatric Association, and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Public Service Award. Visit
Todd and Linda Logan, Todd Logan is a playwright and Board Member of NAMI-CCNS; Linda Logan, PhD, is an artist and also editor of the NAMI-CCNS newsletter, "Newsline". Visit
Dr. Bruce McEwen, Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University, New York City
"The Effects of Early Experience on Brain and Behavioral Development: the Bucharest Early Intervention Project" View AbstractDownload Presentation
Dr. Charles Nelson, Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Director of Research, The Developmental Medicine Center Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston Children’s Hospital. Visit
Dr. Roger Weissberg, Professor of Psychology and Education, University of Illinois at Chicago; President, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Visit
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