NAMI-NYC
Metros Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library hosted
its annual Ken book award breakfast on Wednesday,
April 28, 2004 at the Yale Club in New York City. Award winners
were all selected because of their outstanding literary contribution
to a better understanding of mental illness.
John
Clare: A Biography
by Jonathan Bate
Lost in America: A Journey with My Father
by Sherwin B. Nuland
Rescuing
Patty Hearst: Memories from a Decade Gone Mad
by Virginia Holman
Overcoming
Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems
at Any Level
by Sally E. Shaywitz
The
Ups and Downs of Raising a Bipolar Child:
A Survival Guide for Parents
by Judith Lederman & Candida Fink
The events
keynote speaker was Harold S. Koplewicz, director and founder of
the NYU Child Study Center who won a 2003 Ken award
for his book on adolescent depression.
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