Think & Drink Online - The Language of Mental Health: Finding the Right Words

Think&Drink is a Humanities happy hour series that combines good conversation and great beer.Summer Series sponsored by McQuade Distributing.About Humanities ND Online Think & DrinksZoom Think & Drinks are very much like in-person Think & Drinks, but everything happens via videoconferencing rather than everyone meeting in the same pub room. AND, of course, it is BYOB.Our Zoom Think & Drinks offer similar quality of presentation and interaction as in person. Through the use of Zoom, we replicate the experience of being together in a venue with a scholar, moderator, and a room full of participants.The online Think & Drink takes place in real-time, meeting at a certain date and time. The scholar, moderator, and participants will meet via videoconference using the simple-to-use Zoom software. A format of time distribution will be followed by the scholar and moderator, but this can most certainly be adapted to best meet the needs of the scholar and/or the topic. It is up to the Scholars discretion.About this Think & DrinkWhat do we talk about when we talk about mental illness? That sounds like a riddle. But, in fact, it may be the most fundamental question in the field of mental health. It is a question about language, but one that addresses concerns that are practical as well as philosophical. Our words frame and reflect our understanding (and misunderstandings) about illness. But our language also molds and models our views about well-being. Words can fuel stigma and intolerance, but they can also protect and nurture. Vocabulary matters. Literally.Discussion led byDavid BjerklieDavid Bjerkliegrew up in Minot, North Dakota and studied biology and anthropology at the University of North Dakota. Since 1984, he has reported on science, medicine, technology, and environment topics for TIME Magazine, TIME For Kids, and TIME Books. He was a 1989-90 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at M.I.T.; a 2013 and 2015 grant recipient at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Germany; and in 2014 traveled to Antarctica as a National Science Foundation Media Fellow. In 2015-16, he was a Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow, and is the author of children's books onButterflies,World Agriculture, andEnvironmental Justice.Moderated by Dennis CooleyZOOM meeting opens at 1:45 PM and the program begins at 2 PM.A format of time distribution will be followed by the scholar and moderator, but this can most certainly be adapted to best meet the needs of the scholar and/or the topic. It is up to the Scholars discretion.Sample format:Welcome and introductions of Scholar and Moderator5-10-minute presentation by ScholarFirst question - 20-minute small group discussion5-10 minute Q&A as a large groupAnother 15-10-minute presentation by ScholarSecond question - 20-minute small group discussion5-10 minute large group Q&AAnother 5-10-minute presentation by ScholarThird question - 20-minute small group discussion5-10 minute large group Q&AWrap upEvaluationsWe will end promptly at 4 p.m. to respect everyone's time. If your questions in the Chat feature are not answered you can email them to [email protected] and we can send them on to the scholar.You will be emailed a ZOOM link to the meeting. All participants must register through Eventbrite to receive the link.You may share the event, but we kindly ask that you do not share the link. We want to know who attends our events and registration is our way of doing that.Thank you for your support of Humanities North Dakota online programming.