Dr. Norman is Board Certified in Clinical and Child and Adolescent Psychology. He received his doctorate in Human Development, Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard University and also has an M.A. in Child Development from Tufts University, Child Study Department. Dr. Norman has been the Chief of Psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital since 1989. His previous positions within the Department of Psychiatry at MGH include: Co-Director of Research, Eating Disorders Unit; Director of the Child Clinical Psychology Training Program; Chief Psychologist, Child Psychiatry Service and Eating Disorders Unit; Coordinator, Child Psychology Track and Director of Training, Internship Program in Clinical Psychology. Dr. Norman's research interests include: personality structure and functioning, psychosocial adjustment to chronic illness and trauma, and intellectual and neuropsychological correlates of ADHD. He is the faculty chair for the Indian Health Initiative for the Harvard University Native American Program. This work has enabled him to fulfill a long-term interest in healing and the difficult role of providing meaningful psychological consultation in differing cultural contexts. Dr. Norman is Past Chair of the Board of Registration for Psychology, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
My Impressions:
He was our first guest speaker for our first lecture. He taught us about his profession, and the aspects of phsyciatry. Cognitive conditioning, and brain disorders like bipolar disorder, OCD, and Autism. This lecture was so much more in depth, than the ones I experience back at home in Hawaii. Coming from a public school, with the "considerable" funding it has... the chances of experiencing a lecture from a expert in the field was priceless. The lecture was detailed and organized, yet understandable. It taught me how important public speaking is, and with Dr. Dennis as a prime example, I hope to utilate what I learned from him for my personal benefit. He is well educated, and I hope to reach a certain degree of success as well soon.
7 comments:
Hey Saleena! I totally know what you mean about people with such high education passing their knowledge onto you. It's completely flattering as well as priceless. He did lecture us a couple of times, but the one time that I found most fascinating was PTSD or post trauma stress disorder. I have pages of notes from his lecture in my notebook and I really enjoyed that particular topic.
Dennis is a cool teacher! I really enjoy his lectures about PTSD, illicit drugs, and different psychological disorders.
Dennis is a really cool and smart pshychiatrist. I loved all of his lectures because he talked about interesting things that we could relate to. He's the only psychiatrist I have ever met. Thanks Dennis!
Dennis was very intersting to listen to. He had so much things to share with us. I liked that he was an expert in his field and it sounded like he really knew what he was talking about. He also had a unique voice that was interesting to listen to.
I learned a lot about PTSD from Dennis and he was hard to understand I could follow along during his lecture. He is also a proud Native American and loves his field of work.
Dennis is a very knowledgable man!! I could tell that he has a lot of passion for what he does. He has probably touched hundreds of lives and healed many by using his expertise. I was very grateful that he took so much time out of his busy schedule to share all knowledge possible with us.
My opinion about Dr. Dennis Norman is that he has a very interesting and enjoyable job and I would consider going into the pshychology field. But right now my focus is on Nursing. I remeber his first leacture and that was my favorite leacture.
*Kahea
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