September 18, 2018

“Confronting the Tragedies of Serious Mental Illness” with Norman Ornstein

In 2015, Norman Ornstein lost his son Matthew after a 10-year struggle with serious mental illness. Dr. Ornstein– a nationally acclaimed political scientist, writer, and commentator– will describe the challenges he faced and lessons he learned while trying to help Matthew receive adequate treatment within our fragmented mental health care system.

Please join us for a reception at 6pm followed by Dr. Ornstein’s lecture at 7pm.

Norman Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he studies politics, elections, and the US Congress. He is a cohost of AEI’s Election Watch series, a contributing editor and columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic, a BBC News election analyst, and the chairman of the Campaign Legal Center.

The Scattergood Program for Applied Ethics of Behavioral Health Care is housed in the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. The ScattergoodEthics Program aims to elevate the national conversation about the ethics of research, treatment, and delivery of behavioral health care.