Fri, Oct 03, 2003
DEPRESSION SCREENING - NEBRASKA UNION, OCT 9 10AM-4PM Events to Address Mental Illness, Suicide Bev Cobain will present Mental Illness and Surviving Suicide at 10 am, Friday (Oct. 3) in the auditorium of the Nebraska Union. The talk is sponsored by Counseling and Psychological Services of the University Health Center and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at UNL. It precedes National Depression Screening Day on Oct. 9. Counseling and Psychological Services and UNL's Employee Assistance Program will sponsor free, confidential screenings for depression, manic-depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder in the Nebraska Union from 10am-4pm that day. Cobain's cousin, lead singer Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, shot himself nine years ago. His suicide, the third in her family, made the education of others on the topics of youth depression and suicide prevention a personal objective for her. A registered nurse, she has practiced 10 years on a hospital-based psychiatric unit, treating and counseling patients of all ages suffering from depression, suicidality and other mental illnesses. In 1998, Cobain wrote the award-winning When Nothing Matters Anymore: a Survival Guide for Depressed Teens. She is a member of the American Association of Suicidology and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. At the Oct. 9 screening, visitors can fill out a self-test and talk with a counselor about their personal situation. Those who don't have a mood or anxiety disorder and are just going through a couple of bad days are also invited to come take advantage of the program and learn about what services are available on campus. Counselors will also be available to speak about the Signs of Suicide program, which can help one recognize the signs of suicide and what to do if you suspect someone is in danger of taking his or her own life. Online screenings are available for UNL students in the areas of depression, manic depression, anxiety, eating disorders and alcohol use. If you feel like you may have a problem in one of these areas but are not sure, you can access the online screenings at this link. Once the assessment is complete, you can schedule an appointment with one of the University Health Center professionals to go over the results and develop a treatment plan. COBAIN http://www.livingmatters.com/ CAPS http://www.unl.edu/health/CAPS.html UHC http://www.unl.edu/health/ 327 KEIM, FRI 2PM Agronomy/Horticulture Seminar - 'Nebraska: A Place in Time - Use of Spatial and Temporal Information in Nebraska Agriculture' - 'Nebraska: A Place in Cyberspace - Educating in the New Millennium' Deana Namuth 110 HAMILTON, FRI 3:30PM Chemistry Colloquium - 'The Preparation of Nanostructured Hybrid Materials Using Polylactide Block Copolymers' Marc Hillmyer, University of Minnesota 117 BESSEY, FRI 3:30PM Geosciences - T. Mylan Stout Lecture Series - The Cenozoic History of the Antarctic Ice Sheet' Robert Deconto, University of Massachusetts SHELDON, FRI 5:30PM Dream interpretation talk - 'Sweet Dreams and Nightmares: Interpretations' Dr. Robert Portnoy, UNL clinical psychologist LIED, FRI 7:30PM Mattea to Take Stage Country artist and two-time Grammy Award winner Kathy Mattea will perform at the Lied Center fpr Performing Arts on Friday (Oct. 3). Mattea was part of a new breed of country music artists who emerged in the 1980s, embracing the folk and bluegrass sounds from her youth to help redefine this traditional musical style. In addition to her Grammy's, multiple awards from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music, and six number one singles, highlight her 20-year career. Among her numerous Top Ten hits are Goin' Gone, Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses, and Where've You Been. "I've always thought that if I can learn to listen to my heart and make music from there, everything else will take care of itself," she says. Tickets for the performance are $32/30/28, $16/15/14 for Students/Youth. For information/availability call the lied Box Office at 472-4747 or 1-800-432-3231. LIED http://www.unl.edu/lied/ MATTEA http://www.mattea.com/ MONDAY! EAST UNION, 3PM UNL Center for Grassland Studies Seminar - 'Grazing and Grassland Birds in the Nebraska Sandhills' Larkin Powell, UNL 105 TEACHERS COLLEGE HALL, 4PM 'The Unbearable Lightness of Education: Capturing Experimental Data' Robert Stake, professor emeritus of Education, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Permalink
