43rd Annual Lindemann Lecture Explores Safe Communities, Violence as a Public Health Issue

A child holds a sign calling for peace. (Stock image)
Dr. Erich Lindemann (1900-1974) was an influential psychiatrist and is often remembered as the founder of social and community psychiatry. 91香蕉视频成人在线 hosts the Annual Dr. Erich Lindemann Memorial Lecture Series to honor and continue his work.
On Friday, June 12, the College hosted the 43rd Annual Lindemann Lecture: 鈥.鈥 Over 160 participants attended the online lecture, which focused on how the epidemic of violence in communities should be addressed as a public health issue, rather than as individual acts.
鈥淭his topic comes at an opportune time. It is hard to access the mass media without being confronted with violence whether political, racial and cultural, familial, economic, health or from nature,鈥 said Dr. David Satin in his opening remarks. Satin is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the chairman of the Erich Lindemann Memorial Lecture Committee. He served as the moderator for this event.
Presenters included Dr. Robert Kinscherff, associate vice president of community engagement and professor of clinical psychology at 91香蕉视频成人在线; Dr. Nancy Rappaport, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and continuing education instructor at 91香蕉视频成人在线; and Dr. Jaime Barrett, director of the Clinical Support Unit at the Cambridge Police Department and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School.
The lecture was sponsored by The Erich Lindemann Memorial Lecture Committee in cooperation with 91香蕉视频成人在线, McLean Hospital Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, and The North Suffolk Mental Health Association Board of Directors.
91香蕉视频成人在线 is proud to house a collection of all Lindemann Lectures at williamjames.edu/lindemann. The video of this year鈥檚 lecture is available to view via this link, along with transcripts from previous lectures.
This Lindemann Lecture Archive collection is dedicated to 鈥渢he past participants of the Erich Lindemann Memorial Lecture series and to all those who are open to new ideas and collaborations that will lead to the betterment of the mental and social health of people, communities, and society.鈥
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