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Peter Earley, author of Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness, will deliver an address on December 7 at 9 a.m. about the mental health system's problems.

Dr. Richard Kadison, director of the Counseling Center at Harvard University and co-author of College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What to Do About It, will discuss "Mental Health Service Provisions on College Campuses" at 11:45 a.m. on December 7.

Gary Pavela, director of judicial programs at the University of Maryland-College Park, edits the national quarterly Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education. He was identified by The New York Times as an "authority on academic ethics," and has been a consultant on legal issues and student conduct policies at many leading universities. He will deliver a lecture at a December 7 luncheon at 1 p.m. titled "Teaching Troubled and At-Risk Students."

There will also be panel discussions on topics such as: "Administrative Responses to Mental Health and Behavioral Difficulties in Students;" "Mental Health Issues Facing College Students;" and "Legal Issues and the Mental Health Treatment of College Students."

Registration fees for the conference are $200; $125 for senior citizens (must present copy of Medicare card); and $100 for matriculated non-Hofstra students (must present copy of current student ID) and secondary educators. Members of the Hofstra community may attend all conference events, with the exception of meals, for free.

For more information on Understanding College Student Mental Health, call the Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services
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