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The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA present:
In his latest book, No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America, award-winning journalist and author Ron Powers weaves the long and deeply flawed history of attempts to deal with the mentally ill in Europe and then in America. Mr. Powers also shares the personal saga of his two sons, Kevin and Dean, each of whom was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Kevin, a gifted guitarist, took his life in July 2005, a week before his twenty-first birthday. His older brother Dean, a promising writer and musician, was afflicted a few years later, and presently lives with his parents in Middlebury, Vermont.
Ron Powers is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy winning network commentator, and New York Times bestselling author of 16 books. He is the co-author of Flags of our Fathers (made into a highly acclaimed movie) and True Compass, which were both #1 New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction bestsellers. His biography of Mark Twain, Mark Twain: A Life, was also a New York Times bestseller.
Joining Mr. Powers in discussion will be Dr. Stephen Marder, a world-renowned expert on schizophrenia. Dr. Marder's research has focused on the drug treatment of schizophrenia and the pharmacology of antipsychotic drugs. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 journal articles and chapters based on his research. Dr. Marder is an attending Psychiatrist and Director of the Section on Psychosis at UCLA’s Semel Institute. He also serves as the Director of the Mental Illness Research, Education Clinical Center for the Department of Veterans Affairs at the West Los Angeles VA.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Semel Auditorium, 720 Westwood Plaza, UCLA
Check-in 6:30 PM | Program 7:00 PM
Admission is free but reservations are required.