This morning, the students in my writing classes (WRT111 CRN1404 & CRN1405) started working on the poster boards for the event. I was proud of the information they were able to gather on the mental illnesses assigned: bipolar disorder, OCD, GAD, schizophrenia, social phobia, eating disorders, depression, postpartum depression, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, body dysmorphic disorder, dissociative identity disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and paranoid personality disorder.
The students edited their notes to put on the poster boards. Each poster board will have a brief description of the mental illness, a short list of symptoms, a list of possible treatments, and it will also have a fact or a statistic about the illness. Students are also looking for famous people diagnosed with mental illnesses to list on their poster board.
On top of these posters, there are also students working on posters that will provide a list of famous athletes, writers, musicians/singers, actors, and politicians who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. These posters will help the visitors to our event to put these illnesses in context.
Other posters will have information on "what is a mental illness," and on treatments for mental illnesses. Students are looking at both medical and alternative treatments. There will also be two posters that will detail hours of operation, phone numbers, and services provided by the ULV Counseling Center. The Counseling Center will have staff on hand to answer questions as well, and we are very appreciative of their making time to join us on this special occasion.
There are also two groups of students working on putting together movie clips from movie that have featured a mental illness. For example, OCD can be clearly seen in the movie The Aviator; this movie portrayes the billionaire Howard Hughes.
Today, we also received our banner for the event from CTL. I would like to thank Bryan Best and Nubia for their excellent work.
A special "thank you" to CAB for providing us with poster boards and markers.
We will be wrapping everything up by Friday, as everything needs to be ready by 7:00 am on Monday.
I will post another update on Friday.
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