This is just one of many "Doonesbury" strips in which Garry Trudeau showcases psychological issues that returning veterans face. |
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau will receive the annual Mental Health Research Advocacy
Award from Yale School of Medicine on Saturday, April 5, for his outstanding
portrayal of the readjustment issues faced by soldiers returning from Iraq
and Afghanistan.
T H I S
Trudeau to be honored for raising
awareness of veterans’ issues
Trudeau, a 1970 Yale College graduate and creator of the popular comic strip “Doonesbury,” will
be honored at the Department of Psychiatry’s Neuroscience 2008 symposium, “Stress,
Resilience and Recovery.”
The symposium will be held 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Harkness Auditorium, Sterling
Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar St.
The award is given annually by the Department of Psychiatry to someone “who
has made an important contribution to the effort to advance research designed
to improve the lives of people with mental illness,” says Dr. John Krystal,
professor of clinical pharmacology and deputy chair for research in psychiatry.
“Our committee felt that the ‘Doonesbury’ comic strip has provided
our country with a humorous, but moving, fictional portrayal of the adjustment
challenges faced by soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Krystal
says. “In this way, Mr. Trudeau provides millions of Americans with a gut-level
appreciation of the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on soldiers
and their families as well as the real opportunities for obtaining help with
the readjustment process. In so doing, he is ?helping to raise awareness about
the importance of PTSD as a national challenge, where investment in treatment
and research could have an important and lasting impact.”
The symposium, now in its 17th year, is aimed at mental health professionals
as well as consumers and their families throughout the state. Speakers at the
event discuss recent advances in basic and clinical neuroscience, as well as
the promise for revolutionary advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention
of mental illness. The presentations are designed for a general audience.
Also sponsoring the event are the Connecticut Mental Health Center, the Connecticut
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Yale Mental Health Education
Program and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Connecticut chapter.
The symposium is free and open to the general public. The complete program is
available online at www.info.med.yale.edu/psych/events/index.html. For more information, contact Georgia Miller at
(203) 974-7723 or georgia.miller@yale.edu.
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