SAVE THE DATE

 
 
Seacoast Mental Health Center’s

Erik Cogswell Mini-Conference On Bipolar Disorder:

Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Special Screening of “A Summer in the Cage” followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmaker Ben Selkow

 

                               WHEN:     Friday, November 7, 2008

                            WHERE:     The Frank Jones Conference Center

                                                 400 US  Route 1 Bypass, Portsmouth, NH

                                TIME:     12:30 -1:00 registration, 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

                                          Cost:    $12

                                                $27 Professionals       

                                                                  

Properly diagnosing and treating Bipolar Disorder can be challenging even for seasoned mental health professionals, but what is equally difficult is how those with bipolar disorder – as well as their friends and family members –actually manage and live with it. 

 

This year’s mini-conference serves as a transitional event for our Annual Erik Cogswell Bipolar Disorder Conferences, founded by SMHC and Ed and Karin Cogswell, which starting in 2009 will be moved from the month of May to November. Reflecting the personal wishes of Ed and Karin Cogswell, whose son, Erik, committed suicide and suffered from Bipolar Disorder, this min-conference is charged with the mission of educating, supporting and providing resources for people living with and recovering from bipolar disorder, as well as their families, friends, and the community at large.

 

To this end, we present an exclusive screening of A Summer in the Cage, a feature length documentary by filmmaker Ben Selkow that chronicles his friend Sam’s battle with bipolar disorder. Filmed over the course of 7 years, the critically-acclaimed documentary is as raw as it is heart-wrenching, as viewers see first hand Sam’s battles with delusional manic episodes, paralyzing depressions, and the legacy of his bipolar father who committed suicide when he was a child.

 

Featuring interviews with renowned Johns Hopkins University author and clinician, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison,  who is also bipolar, the film provides an intimate look into Sam, his mother Sharon, Ben, and the emotional impact bipolar disorder has on each of them.

 

This exclusive screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker himself, Ben Selkow, along with SMHC Psychiatrist Dr. John Miller and others.