Presented By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center
“Boy Interrupted”
A screening of a Sundance documentary followed by a panel discussion to raise public awareness of bipolar disorder
The film tells the heartbreaking story of Evan Perry, a 15-year-old boy who took his own life after a lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder.
The panel discussion will feature Dr. Melvin McInnis (Principal Investigator of the Prechter Bipolar Research Fund at the U-M Depression Center) as the moderator. Panelists will be Dr. Cheryl King (from U-M’s Youth Depression and Suicide Prevention Program), Dana Perry (the filmmaker & Evan’s mother), and Catherine Starr (a grad student, who is part of the Prechter Fund’s Longitudinal Study on Bipolar Disorder).
Sunday, March 11, at the Michigan Theater
7 - 8:30 p.m. Screening of “Boy Interrupted”
8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
All event info, including link to buy tickets and sponsorship levels, can be found here http://www.prechterfund.org/boyinterrupted/default.asp
The panel discussion will feature Dr. Melvin McInnis (Principal Investigator of the Prechter Bipolar Research Fund at the U-M Depression Center) as the moderator. Panelists will be Dr. Cheryl King (from U-M’s Youth Depression and Suicide Prevention Program), Dana Perry (the filmmaker & Evan’s mother), and Catherine Starr (a grad student, who is part of the Prechter Fund’s Longitudinal Study on Bipolar Disorder).
Sunday, March 11, at the Michigan Theater
7 - 8:30 p.m. Screening of “Boy Interrupted”
8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
All event info, including link to buy tickets and sponsorship levels, can be found here http://www.prechterfund.org/boyinterrupted/default.asp
Cost
- Students & Seniors $7 - Adults $12 online; $10 and $15 the day of at the box office
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