Event Lectures and Symposia Heal Thyself?: Mental Illness and Me with Rachel Aviv and Daniel Bergner
Date and Location
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When: Saturday, September 3, 2022
10:35 am - 11:20 am EDT
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Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Ballroom B (Level 3, South Building)
801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001
- Stage: Society & Culture Interests: Book Launch, Debut, Health and Wellness, Inspiring and Educational, Memoir, Nonfiction
Part of National Book Festival ; 2022 National Book Festival
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Despite recent efforts to destigmatize mental illness, it’s still not something everyone feels free to discuss. Why is that? And what effect does America’s health care system have on how mental health is treated? Rachel Aviv, author of “Strangers to Ourselves,” and Daniel Bergner, author of “The Mind and the Moon,” have been thinking about these questions. Moderated by Bethanne Patrick.