Events

Lecture I: "Assessing the Financial Crisis from a Legal Perspective, One Year Later"

William (Bill) Kovacs, Esq.

Saturday, January 16th, 10:00 AM

The American financial system collapsed in 2008, but as of January 2010, the system remains the same. Bills have been introduced in Congress to change the entire system. This presentation will review the main events of The Great Recession and explain what legal changes are proposed to prevent another similar financial crisis in the future. If you do not know who Brooksley Born is, you will after this presentation.

 

Lecture II: "Anatomy of an Adverse Drug Reaction – Drug and Nutritional therapy risk, a clinical perspective and applications in personal life. "

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Guest speaker: James O'Donnell, PharmD MS FCP
Rush Medical College

With the second lecture in our 2010 series, Dr. O'Donnell presents a topic somewhat different from January's legal perspective of The Great Recession. If you've ever been required to take prescription drugs, you'll want to know more about what to expect.  As the author of Drug Injury:  Liability, Analysis, and Prevention, Jim O'Donnell brings in-depth experience and knowledge to a subject which, like The Great Recession, is vital information for our families' health and ours.

 

 

Lecture IV: "Managing Negative Emotions, Part II"

David E. Morrison, M.D.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

In our winter lectures of 2009, the topic of managing affects and emotions evolved into a two part series. As such, it became Managing Affects and Emotions, Part I. This 2010 lecture (Part II) will review the principles that were introduced in Part I and present ideas, as well as explore in more depth the management of affects — specifically the negative affects of fear, anger, distress, and shame. This is a rich topic for anyone with responsibility over a team, or who wants to understand emotions better. If time permits, we will practice some relaxation techniques.

 

Lecture V: "Thriving in Tough Times"

David E. Morrison, M.D.

Rescheduled to November 2010

Thriving in Tough Times is based on a 40-year, in-depth study of the personality and behavioral differences between those who thrive after going through difficult experiences and those who struggle. Dr. Morrison will present some significant aggregate differences measured on psychological tests. This lecture will also cover what those who thrived believed made the difference for them between thriving and merely surviving. The lecture and study outcomes are intended to be helpful in the current environment of uncertainty and high unemployment.

Lecture III: "The Academy of Organizational & Occupational Psychiatry’s 21st Annual Meeting on Work and Mental Health"

Saturday, March 20 – 21, 2010

Morrison Associates’ speakers include:
Daven Morrison, MD
The Role of Work in Mental Health

David Morrison, MD
Work and Family Balance: A 75,000 member organization sets work-family-self balance as an objective.

Daven Morrison MD & Joanne G. Parks MD
Supporting Mental Health at Work and on the Couch: Integrating Psychotherapy and Leadership Development

Additional Expert speakers include:
Joshua B. Gibson, MD
Attachment Styles in the Workplace: Impacts on Mental and Physical Health

Jerrold M. Post, MD
When Illness Strikes the Leader: The Psychopolitics of Illness in High Office

Panel Discussion and Workshop with Doctors Heidel, Kopit-Cohen, and Pflanz
Emotions in the Workplace: Focus on Anger: When is Anger Adaptive and when is it Maladaptive?

 

Morrison Associates Winter Lecture Series is a free symposium intended to encourage discussions on unique challenges of leaders from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. Please call 847-991-2260 or e-mail us for further information.