Removing the Stigma of Mental Illness

USC School of Social Work, Pacific Clinics, Orange County

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 : 6:00pm to 7:30pm

San Diego Academic Center
16870 West Bernardo Dr.
Suite 200
San Diego, CA


USC faculty Steve Bush and Eugenia Weiss will lead a panel on living successfully with mental illness. Discussion will include the sharing of personal histories, the pros and cons of medication, systemic influences (families, social workers, psychiatrists, agencies), discovery of mental illness from diagnosis to treatment and struggles with stigma.