Yale School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, is holding an information session April 9 titled “Neuroscience 2005: A Symposium on Stress, Risk, and Recovery.”
Mental health professionals and the public are invited to hear speakers highlight recent advances in basic and clinical neuroscience and explain their promise for advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental illness. The presentations will be non–technical in nature and questions will be taken from the audience. The symposium is free of charge.
The 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. meeting at 333 Cedar Street, Harkness Auditorium, will be held in association with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Connecticut (NAMI–CT), the Department of Psychiatry, the Connecticut Mental Health Center, and the Yale Mental Health Education Program at Yale School of Medicine.
Kenneth Marcus, M.D., medical director of the state mental health department, Benjamin Bunney, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and Bob Correll, NAMI–CT president, will open the symposium and John Krystal, M.D., deputy chair for research in the Department of Psychiatry, will give an introduction to the brain.
The speakers and their topics will be; Jane Taylor, associate professor of psychiatry, “The Neurobiology of Impulsivity: Insights from Pre–Clinical Studies and Implications for Treatment;” D. Cyril D’Souza, M.D., associate professor, psychiatry, “New Strategies in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis;” Stephanie O’Malley, psychiatry professor, “The Role of Stress in Substance Abuse;” Ralph Hoffman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, “Brain Stimulation Treatments for Schizophrenia,” and Matthew State, M.D., assistant professor, Child Study Center, “The Genetics of Childhood Psychiatric Disorder: A Decade of Progress.” Joan Kaufman, assistant professor of psychiatry, will close the symposium with a general discussion.
For further information, please contact Georgia Miller, 203–974–7723.
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