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TITLE: Demons of the Mind: Depression and its Treatments (Panel)
SPEAKER: William Safire, Dr. Carl Elliott, Dr. Steven Hyman
EVENT DATE: 04/19/2006
RUNNING TIME: 76 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
The Office of Scholarly Programs, in conjunction with the Dana Foundation, Heinz Family Philanthropies and the National Institute of Mental Health, sponsored a two-day conference, "Demons of the Mind: 21st Century Science vs. Depression," bringing together top neuroscientists and mental health experts to discuss mental depression.
During this panel discussion, William Safire, New York Times columnist and chairman of the Dana Foundation, moderated a discussion with Dr. Carl Elliott, professor of pediatrics and philosophy at the University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics, and Dr. Steven E. Hyman, provost of Harvard University and professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
Speaker Biography: William Safire, winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, joined The New York Times in 1973 as a political columnist. He also writes a Sunday column, On Language, which has appeared in The New York Times Magazine since 1979. Before joining The Times, Safire was a senior White House speechwriter for President Nixon. He is the author of "Freedom" (1987), a novel of Lincoln and the Civil War. His other novels include "Full Disclosure" (1977), "Sleeper Spy" (1995) and "Scandalmonger" (2000).
Speaker Biography: Dr. Carl Elliott is the author or editor of six books, including "Better Than Well-American Medicine Meets the American Dream" (2004) and "A Philosophical Disease: Bioethics, Culture and Identity" (1998). He was trained in both philosophy and medicine, and in his writings he often delves into the ethical and philosophical questions that shape medical practice.
Speaker Biography: Dr. Steven Hyman is a noted neuroscientist and author whose laboratory research focuses on how the neurotransmitter dopamine produces long-term changes in brain function by regulating the expression of genes. Earlier in his career, he served as director of the National Institute of Mental Health and director of psychiatry research at Massachusetts General Hospital.