Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 12, 2002

Volume 30, Number 25

Event to explore latest research on mental illness

A symposium on recent neuroscience advances that hold promise for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illness will be held 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, in Harkness Auditorium at the School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St.

The symposium is free and open to mental health professionals, as well as their patients and families. The talks will be non-technical, and the symposium will include a question-and-answer period

The event will be opened by Arthur Evans, deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health, as well as Dr. Benjamin Bunney, chair of Yale's Department of Psychiatry.

This will be followed by remarks from Dr. John Krystal, deputy chair for research in Yale's Department of Psychiatry, and Stella Cretella, vice president of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Connecticut chapter.

Other speakers and their topics are:

* Dr. Neill Epperson, assistant professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale Gynecology Program, who will speak about clues to the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

* Dr. James Leckman, the Nelson Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, who will explain new advances in understanding the cause and development of Tourette's Syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

* Dr. Amy Arnsten, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Neurobiology, who will talk about research into the cause and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

* Dr. Charles Morgan III, associate professor of psychiatry, who will discuss post-traumatic stress disorder and the aftermath of the terrorist bombing in New York on Sept. 11.

* Dr. Christopher Van Dyck, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit and Cognitive Disorders Clinic, who will address pharmacotherapy and brain function as they relate to Alzheimer's disease.

Following these presentations, there will be a general discussion led by Joan Kaufman, assistant professor of psychiatry at the medical school and the Yale Child Study Center.

In addition to Yale, the sponsors include the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; the Connecticut Mental Health Center; the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill; and the Yale Mental Health Education Program.

For more information, call Georgia Miller at (203) 974-7723.

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