First, watch the 40-minute award-winning documentary, OUTSIDER, which portrays artist Maury Ornest’s mental illness by weaving his journals with his paintings to portray his battle with schizoaffective disorder. Maury’s sister, Laura Ornest speaks openly about the devastating effect that her brother’s psychotic break in his early twenties had on their entire family.
Followed by a panel discussion with:
Dr. Mary E. Read, MD, Harbor-UCLA Department of Psychiatry Health Sciences Clinical Professor, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Medical Director, Outpatient Services, Harbor-UCLA, Supervising Psychiatrist, LA County Department of Mental Health
Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH, Founder and President, The Foundation for Art & Healing and Project UnLonely. Faculty, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Chan School of Public Health
Laura Ornest, Board member Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services; Advisory Board UCLA Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, retired KFWB/KNX/KUSC Los Angeles radio news reporter.
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