The Pierre - New York City

                                                         
The Sixth Annual Fountain House Symposium and Luncheon: Invisible Wounds: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder will honor ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and Lee Woodruff, authors of In An Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing. The event will feature a panel discussion geared to a lay audience by acclaimed experts in the fields of mental health research, treatment, and public policy, including Marylene Cloitre, PhD, and Nancy Venable Raine.

This yearly event was founded to advance community knowledge about mental illness and to reduce the associated stigma. Funds raised support the programs of Fountain House, an internationally recognized non-profit organization which, since 1948, has worked to better the lives of people living with major mental illness. For 1,300 people annually, Fountain House, through its holistic approach to recovery, provides support in finding a home, returning to school, re-entering the workplace, and re-establishing connections to family, friends, and the larger community.

Fountain House focuses on its members’ strengths, abilities, hopes, and dreams, rather than weaknesses or disabilities. We believe every person with mental illness has the potential

to succeed.

Honorary Chairs: The Honorable Robert A. Antonioni, Glenn Close,

Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy

Chairs: Patricia Begley, Lorna Hyde Graev, Alexandra A. Herzan, Anne Mai

Program Chair: Lynn Nicholas, PsyD

Honorees: Lee and Bob Woodruff