Open Mind, a Community Lecture and Film Series and Special Events 2006

Snowcake
December 2006
Screening of feature film "SnowCake" starring Sigourney Weaver and Alan RickmanSpeakers: Dr. David Feinberg, Director Child and Adolescent Outpatient Evaluationand Treatment Clinic and Dr. Pegeen Cronin, Director UCLA Autism Evaluation Clinic.
Dreamland
November 2006
Screening of Greg Little's film Dreamland about gambling addiction.Speaker: Dr. Timothy Fong, Semel Institute Gambling Disorders Program.

THIN
September 2006
After the screening, Lauren Greenfield discussed her documentary about eating disorders with Dr. Michael Strober, Director of the Eating Disorders Program, Semel Institute,
Fundraiser
3rd Annual Shopping DaySeptember 2006The Friends 3rd Annual Shopping Day. Weathervane, 1209 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica.
Conference
Borderline Personality Disorder
June 2006
The Friends were pleased to present their first conference on Borderline Personality Disorder.Speakers: Dr. Anthony Bateman, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health London UK,Dr. Robin Kissell, Semel Institute UCLA, Dr. Kenneth Silk, University of Michigan,Dr. Frank E. Yeomans, Cornell University.
Salon
Teen Depression
May 2006
Speaker: Dr. Mark De Antonio, Director of Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services Semel Institute.
Coping with an Illness
March 2006
Speaker: Dr. David Wellisch, Professor of Medical Psychology Chief Psychologist, Adult Division,Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA.

The Criminal Mind
February 2006
peaker: Dr. Park Dietz, forensic psychiatrist
Salon
Anxiety
January 2006
Speaker: Dr. Mark Barad, Director UCLA Anxiety Disorders Clinic