KAY JAMISON LECTURE, Q&A AVAILABLE ON WEB.

The full text of renowned psychologist Kay Redfield Jamsion's half-hour lecture and hour-long question-and-answer session--regarding manic depression and the artistic temperament--is now available on the "Bethesda Beatnik Dinner Club" Web site at www.bethesdabeatniks.org, and on the DC Mental Health Consumers' League Web site at www.dcmhcl.org. Dr. Jamsion delivered her highly informative lecture to an SRO crowd of over 80 people at the Beatniks' Wednesday night, Nov. 8th dinner at a restaurant in Friendship Heights, Maryland.

You can hear about how bipolar illness and artistic creativity are definitely linked, and how psychotropic medication, alcohol, and street drugs can impact the creative process. Dr. Jamison has written "Touched with Fire" and half a dozen other books, and has co-authored the definitive treatise on bipolar illness. She regularly lectures to audiences of 1,000 or more medical professionals at a time, on several continents.

The Beatniks host biweekly dinners with prominent after-dinner speakers, and occasional mental health consumer arts & music festivals. This most recent lecture was accompanied by a large art exhibit, and two consumer singer/songwriter/guitarists performing original songs.

DCMHCL is primarily a mental health advocacy organization, which also maintains a mental health information clearinghouse on the Web.

--Beatnik Pete, founder & manager of the dinner club. peterwarner2@mac.com. ###

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