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These questions were among the many asked and addressed by alumni and faculty of the at the first . The event, which was organized by and licensed by TED, featured nine Adelphi speakers鈥攆our with Derner affiliations鈥攚ho, in typical TED fashion, gave short, provocative talks along the theme of 鈥淲hat if鈥︹��

About 100 people came to the 91吃瓜网 Performing Arts Center on April 5, 2016, to hear the talks, which were broadcast live on the Internet.

What did the Derner faculty and alumni say?

I know depression as a doctor and a patient.

Deborah Serani, Psy.D., adjunct professor at Derner, spoke candidly about her personal experience with depression鈥攁s both a doctor and a patient. She acknowledged that the stigma of depression is alive and well and spoke frankly about the dual challenge of suffering from depression while trying to hide her pain.听 As a doctor, she believes that personalized medicine offers new possibilities for treatment. She said that 鈥渄epression is a serious but treatable illness.鈥� As a clinician, she believes that 鈥渢here is hope.鈥� As a patient, she knows that 鈥渢here is healing.鈥�

ADHD is a听commonly misunderstood and difficult diagnosis.

Francine Conway, Ph.D. 鈥�99, professor and chair of Derner鈥檚 , knows this all too well from personal and professional experience鈥攁s the mother of a child with ADHD and a psychodynamic psychotherapist who treats children and families who are dealing with the condition. In her TEDx talk, she spoke about how difficult it could be for her and others to empathize with children with ADHD who seem to act out and to be callous about the consequences of their disruptive behavior. Likewise, she said, children with ADHD have an empathy deficit鈥攆or themselves and for others. Often, they can鈥檛 understand others鈥� feelings. They also judge themselves harshly when they realize that they are damaging close relationships or failing to live up to expectations. She encouraged listeners to cultivate empathy for the ADHD child. 鈥淏eing deeply loved by someone gives us courage and loving someone deeply gives us strength,鈥� she concluded.

Kill the stereotypes and you will save African American women who suffer from intimate partner violence.

Bernadine Y. Waller, M.A. 鈥�10, a graduate of Derner鈥檚 and an adjunct professor and Ph.D. candidate in the Adelphi , spoke passionately about the biased views that hinder African American women who suffer intimate partner violence from getting the help they need. The societal pressure these victims feel to 鈥渉ave everything together all of the time鈥� leads them to disguise their fear, depression and helplessness in angry words and actions, said Waller. Often, the police, pastors, shelter workers, physicians and others who interact with them see only the anger and rush to stereotypical judgments. 鈥淵ou see me as an angry black woman and it is killing me,鈥� Waller, who is African American, said. Her hope is that this dangerous stereotype can disappear so that African-American women feel safe and, when needed, can be saved.

Tech teaches civics.

Madeline Dressner 鈥�13, M.A. 鈥�14, has a from Derner and听is now an elementary school teacher in Great Neck, New York. She spoke about Apps for a Cause, a project she created for her third-grade students while she was student teaching. She described how mobile technology empowered her young students to create change and support causes that were meaningful to them. She urged others to use technology to 鈥渃reate empathic energy.鈥� In her words, 鈥淐itizenship is a concept that has gone digital.鈥�