Connect the Dots: Understanding Children’s Mental Health
| When |
May 03, 2011
from 02:00 PM to 03:30 PM |
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| Where | Bethesda, MD and online |
| Contact Name | nimhpress@mail.nih.gov |
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Learn the state of the science in children’s mental health and ask top NIH scientists about topics ranging from normal brain development to anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.
When: May 3rd from 2:00 to 3:30 PM EST
Where: National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, MD
Building 31C, 6th Floor, Conference Room 6C6
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Our expert panel features:
Ellen Leibenluft, M.D., Senior Investigator and Chief of the Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in the Emotion and Development Branch, Division of Intramural Research Programs, NIMH. Her research focuses on the brain mechanisms involved in bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
Daniel Pine, M.D., Chief, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience and Chief of Emotion and Development Branch, Division of Intramural Research Programs, NIMH. His research focuses on the epidemiology, biology and treatment of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
Jay Giedd, M.D., Chief, Unit on Brain Imaging in the Child Psychiatry Branch, Division of Intramural Research Programs, NIMH. His research focuses on the biological basis of cognitive, emotional and behavioral disorders.
Benedetto Vitiello, Ph.D., Chief, Child and Adolescent Treatment and Preventive Interventions Research Branch, Division of Services and Intervention Research, NIMH. With expertise in psychopharmacology and treatment research, Dr. Vitiello has been part of many publicly funded clinical trials testing the effects of interventions in children and adolescents.
Moderated by Dr. Thomas R. Insel, Director, NIMH.
