NAMI Marin General Meeting February 17, 2014 7-8:30 PM

 NAMI Marin General Meeting

Monday, February 17th, 2014 from 7:00 - 8:30PM

 I’ll Enjoy it, but I May Not Look Forward to It!

Understanding Feelings in Schizophrenia

Does your loved one seem unmotivated or uninterested in doing things?  Can you tell how your loved one is feeling by the expressions on their face?  In this presentation, you will learn more about the research on emotion expression and feelings in schizophrenia that shows how people with schizophrenia can feel strong emotions even if they don’t express them and how they can enjoy being with other people or working on a project even if they don’t look forward to doing these things.

Speaker:  Ann Kring, PhD is Vice Chair and Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley (http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~akring). She has studied emotion and mental illness, with a specific interest in the emotional features of schizophrenia, assessing negative symptoms in schizophrenia, and the linkage between cognition and emotion in schizophrenia, for over 20 years. She has received numerous awards, including a Young Investigator award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, the Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award, and a Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley. She is currently president of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. She has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Cognition and Emotion,and as a member of the editorial board for Schizophrenia Bulletin, Psychological Science in the Public Interest, and Applied and Preventive Psychology, Emotion, and Journal of Research in Personality. She is the author of four books and several scholarly papers in the top journals in the field.

Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership

555 Northgate Drive, San Rafael 94903

  First Floor Conference Room 

Park in the lot behind the building or across the street in the Sears parking lot. 

 Our General Meetings are open to the public and free of charge.