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A Transformational Melancholy: One Law Professor's Journey Through Depression, Marjorie A. Silver
A Transformational Melancholy: One Law Professor's Journey Through Depression, Marjorie A. Silver
Marjorie A. Silver
In the fall 2007 issue of the Journal of Legal Education, Professor James Jones shared his deeply personal, remarkable, ongoing, story of living, struggling and succeeding as a law professor with bipolar disorder (James T.R. Jones, Walking the Tightrope of Bipolar Disorder: The Secret Life of a Law Professor, 57 J. LEGAL ED. 349 (2007). His essay ended with an invitation to other members of the legal academy to contact him or Professor Elyn Saks, author of an extraordinary memoir about her life with schizophrenia, (ELYN R. SAKS, THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD (2007)) if interested in forming a confidential support …
Losing Hope: Mental Health And Religious Service Non-Attendance In Australia, Edward Kyle Waters, Helena Mary Millard, Zelda Doyle
Losing Hope: Mental Health And Religious Service Non-Attendance In Australia, Edward Kyle Waters, Helena Mary Millard, Zelda Doyle
Edward Waters
Religious beliefs and practices are related to mental health. Many individuals report a religious affiliation, but do not have specific religious beliefs or practices such as attending religious services. These non-attendees are often assumed to resemble the non-religious, but are poorly studied. This study explored the demographic characteristics and mental health outcomes associated with being a non-attendee using data from a nationally representative Australian sample. Non-attendees were more likely to be non-Christian than attendees at religious services. They had worse mental health than both non-religious individuals and attendees, especially compared to the non-religious. Whether non-attendance is a result of or …
Enrichment Of Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Rotations: A Suicide Scenario Simulation, Melinda Hermanns, Mary Luanne Lilly, Bill Crawley
Enrichment Of Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Rotations: A Suicide Scenario Simulation, Melinda Hermanns, Mary Luanne Lilly, Bill Crawley
Melinda Hermanns
This poster was presented at the 27th Annual Psychiatric Mental Health Conference.