Depression on College Campuses
Third Annual Conference
Fighting Stigma with Knowledge
and Understanding
March
22-23, 2005
Conference Follow-Up
This year over 400 individuals pre-registered, a 33% increase from last year, and over 500 participated at some point during the two days. Over 50 colleges and universities were represented. Those in attendance included students, faculty, university leaders, health professionals, and interested members of the community.
The geographical reach of the conference has continued to expand. A total of 21 states and Canada were represented this year. This ensures that information regarding the conference, its purpose, and its key messages will spread beyond those who attended or participated in the two-day event. In this sense, the conference has succeeded in raising awareness, educating the public, working to destigmatize depression, and encouraging help-seeking.
Content
Featured speakers include: Benedetto Vitiello, M.D., Chief of the Child and Adolescent Treatment and Preventive Intervention Research Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Patrick Corrigan, a University of Chicago researcher and expert on stigma, and Paolo del Vecchio, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs for the Center for Mental Health Services. Other speakers include Morton Silverman, Senior Advisor to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, Alison Malmon, the founder of Active Minds, Inc., a non-profit group promoting student mental health, and Maryanne Kirkbride, the Clinical Director for Campus Life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Conference PowerPoints and Video
John
Greden, M.D.,
Chair, Department of Psychiatry and
Executive Director, Depression Center,
University of Michigan |
Patrick
Corrigan, Psy.D.,
Executive Director, Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation at the Evanston Northwestern
Healthcare Research Institute |
Elissa
Weitzman, Sc.D., M.Sc.,
Research Scientist, Harvard University
School of Public Health |
Alison
Malmon, Founder
of Active Minds, Inc. |
Karen
Swartz, M.D.,
Director, Affective Disorders Consultation
Clinic, Johns Hopkins University |
Jennifer
Crocker, Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychology & Julie
Garcia, Ph.D. candidate, University
of Michigan |
Paolo
del Vecchio, M.S.W.,
Associate Director for Consumer Affairs,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration/Center for
Mental Health Services |
Stephanie
Pinder-Amaker, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean of Students, University
of Michigan |
Benedetto
Vitiello, M.D.,
Chief of the Child and Adolescent
Treatment and Preventive Intervention
Research Branch, National Institute
of Mental Health |
David
Rosen, M.D., M.P.H.,
Clinical Professor and Director, Section
of Teenage and Young Adult Health,
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable
Diseases, University of Michigan |
Paul
Raeburn, Author
and Journalist |
Michelle
Riba, M.D.,
Clinical Professor and Associate Chair
for Integrated Medical and Psychiatric
Services, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Michigan; President,
American Psychiatric Association |
Maryanne
Kirkbride, MS, MBA, RN,
Clinical Director for Campus Life,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Richard
Kadison, M.D.,
Chief of the Mental Health Section,
Harvard University |
Morton
Silverman, M.D.,
Senior Advisor to the Suicide Prevention
Resource Center |
Carol
Mowbray, Ph.D.,
Professor of Social Work, University
of Michigan and Director, NIMH Center
for Poverty, Risk, and Mental Health |
Barbara
Blacklock, M.A., L.I.S.W.,
Disability Specialist, University
of Minnesota |
Daniel
Pak, M.D.,
Program on Intergroup Relations, University
of Michigan |
Sherry Molock, Ph.D.,
George Washington University |
Rodolfo
Altamirano, Ph.D.,
Director, International Center, University
of Michigan |
Stephanie
Pinder-Amaker, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean of Students, University
of Michigan |
Howard
Liu, M.D.,
House Officer, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Michigan |
Annelle
Primm, M.D., M.P.H.,
Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Department of Psychiatry,
Director, Minority and National Affairs,
American Psychiatric Association |
Special Thanks
The University of Michigan Depression Center and the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies would like to thank the following schools, colleges, and institutes across the University of Michigan campus that contributed to this effort. Without their collaboration and assistance, this University-wide initiative would not have been possible.
The Life Sciences Institute
The School of Public Health
The School of Social Work
The National Institute of Mental Health
The NIMH Center for Poverty, Risk and Mental
Health
The School of Nursing
The College of Pharmacy
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
The Medical School
The Division of Kinesiology
The College of Engineering
The Office of the Provost
The University of Michigan Depression Center
The University of Michigan Health Service
The University of Michigan Athletic Department
We would also like to thank the Center for Mental Health Services and the Liberty Athletic Club for their generous contributions.