The Maryland Psychiatric Society & MedChi The Maryland State Medical Society present a special film event:
The Impact of Gun Violence on Patients & Communities: What Can We Do About It?
Thursday, May 28th, 2020
7-8:30 pm
A Virtual Meeting
3.25 CME/CEU Hours
Charm City delivers a candid portrait of citizens, police, community advocates, and government officials on the frontlines during three years of unparalleled, escalating violence in Baltimore. The film highlights the positive actions by groups and individuals, optimistically offering humanity as common ground. We are pleased that the film’s director, Marilyn Ness, will serve as a panelist. Click here to view the trailer for Charm City.
Participants must view the film in advance of the meeting. A link will be sent to those who register.
7:00-7:30
Keynote Presentation: Carol Vidal, MD
Community Violence Prevention Interventions: What Works?
7:30-8:30
Panel Presentation With Question & Answer Session
Panelists Include:
Damion Cooper, Th.M. – The Founder and Executive Director of Project Pneuma uses his startling life’s story of being shot an inch above the heart at point-blank range by one of two gunmen to teach lessons of forgiveness, self-control, discipline and redemption via mentorship.
Nathan Irvin, MD, MSHPR – is assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He is engaged in work related to youth violence prevention and endeavors to develop a trauma-informed, hospital-based violence intervention program.
Marilyn Ness – is a two-time Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont Award-winning filmmaker, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and works as a producer and a director.
Paul Nestadt, MD – is interested in the role of practical factors, such as firearm access and opiate use, in the risk of suicide death. His expertise includes large scale regression-based data analysis, post-mortem clinical evaluation, and evaluation of determination of manner of death.
Carol Vidal, MD, MPH – is assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins. She is interested in the mechanisms linking social stress to depression and aggression in youth, and in developing non-traditional ways to deliver mental health care to vulnerable populations.
Support Provided By The Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry
$10.00 for MPS/MedChi Members
$20.00 for Non Members
Fees are non-refundable.
Register Online & More Information: www.mdpsych.org/meetings
Download a PDF flyer here.