Mental Health Symposium 2014
“Quality of Life”
Please join us at The Sojourner Auditorium at Virtual Ability Island in Second Life® for this year’s Mental Health Symposium.
Our presenters will focus on research, practice, and insight reflecting the theme Quality of Life.
The Symposium is April 26, 2014. The schedule reflects PDT (Pacific time zone, USA).
| Time | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | Dr. Hillary Bogner, MD University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine | Insights from Research: Depression among older adults |
| 8:30 am | Teresa Goddard, MS Senior Consultant Job Accommodation Network, West Virginia University | Employment Equality Through Accommodation and Self-Advocacy |
| 10:00 am | Dr. Nicolas Rüsch, Ph.D. University of Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany | Well-being Among Persons at Risk of Psychosis: The Role of Self-Labeling, Shame, and Stigma Stress |
| 11:30 am | Dick Dillon CEO, Innovaision, LLC | Super-good: Why People Serious About Addiction Recovery can become “Weller than Well” |
| 1:00 pm | Christine Karper, Ph.D. and Michelle Stone, B.S. Psychology College of Social Sciences, University of Phoenix | The Role of Counseling in Quality of Life and How Counselors are Exploring Virtual Service Delivery |
| 2:30 pm | Jacquelyn Ford Morie, Ph.D. All These Worlds, LLC | A Healing Space built with Veterans in Mind: Virtual Worlds and Psychological Health |
| 4:00 pm | Colleen Crary, M.A. / Anya Ibor in SL Executive Director, Fearless Nation, Inc. Doctoral candidate in Psychology, Walden University | Creating a Vibrant Life: Lessons from Adversity |