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Season 4 Episode #5 Dr. Reg Arthur Williams is coming from Ypsilanti, Michigan

To contact Dr. Reg reach out to rawill@umich.edu

About our guest: Dr. Reg Arthur Williams is a master teacher and professor emeritus at the School of Nursing and Psychiatry, Medical School at the University of Michigan.  Dr. Reg received his bachelor of science in nursing in 1968 and then reported to activity duty in the U.S. Navy, stationed at the Naval Hospitals in Pensacola, Florida, and St. Albans, New York. After active duty, he received his master’s degree in psychosocial nursing from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1973 and then taught at the University of Washington School of Nursing in Psychosocial Nursing. He completed his PhD in higher education in 1980 and became chair of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing at University of Michigan, where he taught undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.

He has conducted research on depression and was the principal investigator in research funded over a 15-year period by the Department of Defense, TriService Nursing Research Program, to examine stress and depression among young men and women in military service. He has written four books and authored more than 80 journal publications.

Dr. Reg, thanks for sharing your many gifts, for taking a leap way back when no one else was leaping into nursing as a male, and for dedicating your life to guiding people out of the depths of depression.   Welcome to the Show!

TOTD – “The most important practical lesson that can be given to nurses is to teach them what to observe - how to observe - what symptoms indicate improvement - what the reverse - which are of importance - which are of none - which are the evidence of neglect - and of what kind of neglect.”  Florence Nightingale

In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

What are your life’s essential ingredients?

What got you into the nursing profession?

Love the Stress Gym Internet Intervention Program you started… please tell the listeners about it.

Being where your hands are… the importance of being in the moment

The importance of self-awareness and self-care…

S/S of stress

S/S of depression

S/S of Bipolar

Asking for help?

Depression – what does history say?  Numbers wise, impact on livelihood…

Teaching

Finding purpose in life...you are in your 70’s, have worked extremely hard, what is it inside you that drives your passion to continue to teach, to learn, to grow, to share…

Last book or books you recommend?

Legacy