Speakers’ Series – Archive
Speaker Presentations – Archive
DBSA Boston Monthly Speakers’ Series Friday, October 28, 2022 at 6 p.m. ET
The current standard of care for the first episode population is coordinated specialty care (CSC), comprised of a multidisciplinary treatmen...
DBSA Boston Monthly Speakers’ Series Friday, August 26, 2022
A diagnosis of bipolar disorder is determined according to behavioral criteria. However, the nature, severity, and course of behavioral symp...
DBSA Boston Speakers’ Series Friday, May 27, 2022, 6 p.m. EDT
Waverley Place is a community support program of McLean Hospital located in Belmont, MA. The staff at Waverley Place practices the philosoph...
DBSA Boston Speakers’ Series Friday, April 22, 2022, 6 p.m. EDT
Julie will share how you can talk to family members, partners, friends and when appropriate, coworkers and other professionals about the bip...
DBSA Boston Speakers’ Series Friday, March 25, 2022, 6 p.m. EDT
We are all imperfectly perfect. Statistics show that one in every four Americans suffers from a mental health disorder. It is time to radica...
DBSA Boston Speakers’ Series Friday, February 25, 2022, 6 p.m. EDT
The Cole Resource Center (CRC) is an education and recovery community of peers and family members, dedicated to helping people affected by m...
DBSA Boston Speakers’ Series Friday, December 3, 2021, 6 p.m. EDT
Kimberly Berry is the founder of Being UnNormal, a coaching and consulting group that assists people navigating the world of mental health. ...
DBSA Boston Speakers’ Series Friday, October 22, 2021, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Kristen K. Ellard, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Dimensional Neuroimaging Research at...
Speakers’ Series: Friday, September 24, 2021, 7:30 p.m. EDT
You or someone you care about has probably experienced trauma, whether “big-T” trauma, such as emotional, physical, or sexual abuse or t...
Speakers’ Series: Friday, June 25, 2021, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Ronald Braunstein and Caroline Whiddon are the co-founders of Me2/ (“me, too”), the world’s only classical music organization created ...
Speakers’ Series: Friday, May 28, 2021, 7:30 p.m. EDT
R’el Rodriguez is an inpatient psychiatrist at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. She completed medical school at Ross University School ...
Speakers’ Series: Friday, April 23, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Cynthia will be speaking about her experiences with ECT and how they have impacted her mental health and her life in general during the last...
Speakers’ Series: Friday, March 26, 7:30 p.m. EDT
In her recent book, Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for The Biology of Mental Illness, Dr. Harrington presents a fascinating his...
Speakers’ Series: Friday, February 26, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Documentary film presented by the National Depression Bipolar Support Alliance For decades, John Budin maintained a thriving psychiatric pr...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, February 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Ketamine was once used mainly as an anesthetic on battlefields and in operating rooms. Now, this medication is gaining ground as a promising...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 p.m. EDT
As a Tai Chi Qigong practitioner and coach, Aisling’s goal is to help others develop a regular practice that promotes relaxation, improves...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, October 9, 7:30 p.m. EDT
This lecture presents a broad overview of the science of cannabis, focusing on the evidence of risks associated with cannabis use. We discus...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, September 11, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Michele Lee is the Associate Area Director for the Greater Boston Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In this positio...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, May 08, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Raising a child with a mood disorder presents challenges that are difficult and grueling. Joie Edson, the author of Derailed on the Bipolar ...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Cynthia Piltch, PhD., MPH, LCMT, Reiki Master and Peer Specialist, is an educator, consultant and clinical practitioner trained in a variety...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, February 13, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Mental illness stigma has been identified as a critical barrier to treatment seeking. However, despite a large body of research examining th...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Dr. Susan Noonan is a medical doctor, author of three books on depression, a consultant, patient, and certified Peer Specialist. She regular...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, November 14, 7:30 p.m. EDT
John Gabrieli and his wife Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli have a mission is to understand the brain basis of psychiatric disorders and to promote ...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, October 10, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Toni presents clear and easy suggestions for dealing with life. Based on her own life experiences and anecdotes from client and mentee excha...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, September 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Daniel Jackson is a Professor of Computer Science at MIT, a MacVicar teaching fellow, and an Associate Director of the Computer Science and ...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, May 09, 7:30 p.m. EDT
The cherished Danish poet, Hans Christian Andersen, once wrote “where words fail, music speaks.”. The professional musicians of the Volu...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Wendy read portions of her new book and talked about her past experiences. Joanne Talked about her past mental health experiences. She is al...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Cindy F. Friedman was elected to the Massachusetts Senate on July 25, 2017. She represents five communities in the Fourth Middlesex District...
Steve L. is continuing the Oral History of DBSA
Steve has for many years dedicated himself to fighting the stigma of mental illness. He was one of the original participants in the National...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, September 13, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Pam Garramone, MEd teaches Positive Psychology – the Science of Happiness to middle and high school students, teachers and corporate emplo...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, August 9, 7:30 p.m. EDT
4 of our young adults share their experiences and resilience in the face of challenges and obstacles. Meach introduced the 4 speakers. They ...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. EDT
The Volunteer Musicians for the Arts is a not-for-profit classical music performance organization. Their mission is to perform the finest cl...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Dr. Benjamin G. Shapero is a clinical psychologist at the Depression Clinical and Research Program in the Psychiatry Department at Massachus...
Oral History of Our Organization
DBSA proudly announces an Oral History of our organization. Everett P. will start the dialogue by telling us about the roots of MDDA/DBSA. E...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, February 08, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Susan Weinstein is Co-Executive Director of Families for Depression Awareness that helps families recognize and cope with depression and bip...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, January 11, 7:30 p.m. EDT
James Palmer, DO, is currently a second-year child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School....
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, December 14, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Wendy Woodfield was born and delivered, by her grandfather, on October 24th 1943. Her typical day begins bright and early with the local mor...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, November 09, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Nancy Berger has a great passion for helping others. With the help of Center Club Boston, she now works full-time as Peer Specialist at Bayc...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Christian Tiongson (also known as Sir Christian) is a member of the DBSA-Boston Board of Directors. He also volunteers at the Welcome Table ...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Mark J. Dutra has been committed to the respectful protection of people for all of his adult life. Mark has worked in a variety of managemen...
Speakers’ Series: Wednesday, April 13, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Jason Scolnick has been a professional guitarist and singer/songwriter for nearly 25 years. He has performed as both a solo artist and with ...
