Leading Mental Health Research Funder Partners to Host Free Series With Talks by Cutting-Edge Researchers
Newswise — On Saturday, April 24, 2010, families throughout New York City will have a rare opportunity to learn about new breakthroughs and emerging treatments in mental health from some of the nation’s best and brightest mental health researchers. The NYU Child Study Center of NYU Langone Medical Center will join more than 40 other institutions nationwide to partner with NARSAD in presenting its “Healthy Minds Across America” series of public talks. Each event brings science to families seeking hope for better treatments of a broad range of mental illnesses.
“We created Healthy Minds as a unique and open forum for scientists and families to share new discoveries that have the potential to improve the quality of life for people with mental illness,” said Benita Shobe, NARSAD’s president and CEO. “NARSAD believes passionately in the value of offering patients and families -- and the medical professionals who care for them -- direct access to the researchers who are shaping the future of mental health science and getting us closer to cures.”
NARSAD has provided more than $1.7 million through 27 research grants to NYU Langone Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry, considered one of the largest and best-known departments in the country and widely considered to be the birthplace of American psychiatry. These studies help to further the institution’s goal of seeking new breakthroughs related to serious mental disorders that affect nearly 60 million Americans each year. These psychiatric illnesses include schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, childhood mental disorders that include autism and ADHD, and anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
The public forum will take place from noon to 4 p.m. at NYU Langone Medical Center’s Smilow Research Building, located at 550 First Avenue, 1st Floor Seminar Room in New York.
Moderating will be NARSAD Scientific Council Member Rachel Klein, Ph. D., Fascitelli Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, director, Anita Saltz Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders, NYU Child Study Center. Featured presentations and speakers will include:
• “The Child’s Developing Brain: Progress Toward Understanding Brain Function,” by F. Xavier Castellanos, M.D., NARSAD Distinguished Investigator; Brooke and Daniel Neidich Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Professor of Radiology, Director of Research, NYU Child Study Center; director, Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience; senior research scientist, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
• “Discovering the Brain’s Social Circuits in Autism,” by Adriana Di Martino, M.D., NARSAD 2005 Young Investigator, Leon Levy Research Assistant Professor Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, director, Clinical Research Operations, Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, NYU Child Study Center
• “Understanding Young Children with Severe Temper Tantrums,” by Amy K. Roy, Ph.D., NARSAD 2009 Young Investigator, assistant professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, assistant director, Scientific Administration, Phyllis Green and Randolph Cōwen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, NYU Child Study Center
• “Early Factors Leading to Adolescent Depression Among Low-Income Minority Youth,” by Colleen O’Neal, Ph.D., NARSAD 2008 Young Investigator, research assistant professor, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, associate research scientist, Institute for Prevention Science, NYU Child Study Center
For a full list of venues, speakers and topics, or to register, visit the NARSAD Web site http://www.narsad.org/hmaa/nyu.
About NARSADNARSAD’s primary mission is to alleviate suffering from mental illness. Toward this goal, the organization raises funds to advance research on the causes, treatment and prevention of psychiatric disorders. Since 1987, NARSAD has distributed more than $256 million in grants to over 2,900 scientists at over 440 universities, medical centers and research institutes in the United States and 28 other countries. NARSAD is a 501(c)(3) registered public charity, supported by individuals, foundations and corporations for the purpose of funding scientific research. All contributions are tax-deductible. For additional information on NARSAD, visit www.narsad.org, or call (800) 829-8289.
About NYU Langone Medical CenterNYU Langone Medical Center is one of the nation's premier centers of excellence in healthcare, biomedical research, and medical education. For over 168 years, NYU physicians and researchers have made countless contributions to the practice and science of health care. Today the Medical Center consists of NYU School of Medicine, including the Smilow Research Center, the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, and the Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences; and the NYU Hospitals Center, including Tisch Hospital, a 705-bed acute-care general hospital, Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, the first and largest facility of its kind, and NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, a leader in musculoskeletal care, a Clinical Cancer Center and numerous ambulatory sites.
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