U.S. Newswire - The Infinite Mind's 'State of Mind: America 2004' Presents Art and Science of the Human Mind on Center Stage at Radio City Music Hall

The Infinite Mind's 'State of Mind: America 2004 '
Presents Art and Science of the Human Mind on Center Stage at Radio City Music Hall

Contact: Bill Lichtenstein, 212-967-1200 or or Monika La Nuez, 212-967-1200 both of Lichtenstein Creative Media, Web: www.LCMedia.com

NEW YORK, May 24/U.S. Newswire/ -- "State of Mind: America 2004" is an unprecedented public radio broadcast event, taped live on at New York's Radio City Music Hall. This special program, hosted by Dr. Fred Goodwin and featuring John Hockenberry, will air on starting June 9th on The Infinite Mind, public radio's most honored and listened to health and science series, produced by the Peabody Award-winning Lichtenstein Creative Media.

Joining host Dr. Fred Goodwin on stage at Radio City Music Hall are:

Actress Carrie Fisher ("Star Wars," "When Harry Met Sally,"), who reads from and discusses her new novel, "The Best Awful"
The casts of the smash Broadway hits Wicked, Avenue Q and Wonderful Town, performing as part of "The Musical Mind on Broadway"
Noted journalist John Hockenberry offers live commentary and correspondent
Mike Wallace introduces the program.

Leading mental health policymakers and scientists will discuss new federal efforts to transform the nation's mental health care system as well as cutting-edge research on bipolar disorder. Guests include:

Kathryn Power, Director, U.S. Center for Mental Health Services;
Robert Post, M.D., National Institute of Mental Health; Hagop Akiskal, M.D., Director, International Mood Center, San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center; Dominic Lam, Ph.D., Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London; Joel Paris, M.D., University of Montreal; and Stephan Heckers, M.D., Director, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts.

The audience of 4,000 includes 3,500 psychiatrists and mental health professionals in New York for the annual American Psychiatric Association convention beginning May 1, 2004.

The Infinite Mind's "State of Mind: America 2004" airs on public radio stations nationwide (check local listings), beginning Wednesday, June 9, 2004. The broadcast will be accompanied by a major national educational outreach effort involving a partnership of 2000 local mental health groups and their local public radio stations. This is The Infinite Mind's third annual live "State of Mind" broadcast event.

The Infinite Mind reaches 1,000,000 listeners weekly, and is independently produced and distributed by Lichtenstein Creative Media.

For more on the program, please visit www.LCMedia.com. Please contact: Bill Lichtenstein or Monika La Nuez, Lichtenstein Creative Media, 212-967-1200; fax: 212-643-6500; 25 West 36th Street, 11th floor, New York, NY 10018

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