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DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE/September 24, 2007

Irene Wilcox Lecture Series at Boise State Focuses on Bi-Polar Depression

The School of Social Work at Boise State University presents the second annual Irene Wilcox Lecture Series from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 19 in the Special Events Center at the Student Union. The event is open to the public and is free for students with valid ID. For those who register, lunch will be provided and CEUs are available. Call 426-1568 or visit www.boisestate.edu/socwork to register or for more information. Free parking will be made available to all registered attendees.

Dr. Jayne Stevenson Click to enlarge

The topic of this year's lecture is “Bi-Polar Depression: Gift or Affliction?” The daylong workshop features a presentation by Dr. Jayne Stevenson, a video by Dr. Richard Kogan and an open discussion including case presentations with experts in the field of bi-polar depression.

Stevenson is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and has an ongoing practice in psychiatry in Boise. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a member of the Idaho Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Psychosomatic Society. She has worked as a consultant with a variety of programs and agencies and has presented on a wide variety of subjects. Her clinical interests include end of life issues, psycho-oncology, HIV and cross-cultural issues in psychiatry and illness behavior.

Kogan has a distinguished career both as a psychiatrist and as a concert pianist. A graduate of Juilliard, Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, he is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City and is affiliated with Weill-Cornell Medical Center as director of its Human Sexuality Program. He has done groundbreaking work on the connection between music and the mind in a series of lecture/performances that explore how the psychiatric illnesses of the great composers influenced their creative output.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.


 

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Last reviewed on Monday, September 24, 2007