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Healthy Minds Across America

September 14, 2008

Public Forum on the Progress, Challenges and Promise of Mental Health Research

Presented by NARSAD

For nearly 20 years, NARSAD, the premiere philanthropic foundation in the world solely dedicated to mental illness has organized public forums at many of the universities and medical centers around the country. Leading mental health experts at these institutions discussed the rapid progress of mental health research over the past few decades and take stock of what we know so far about the brain and its disorders and what we still need to learn about the causes and progression of major mental illnesses. For people coping with mental illness, their loved ones and mental health professionals, these events provided up-to-the-moment information on what we know about the symptoms and course of mental disorders and about available and potential treatments.

To reach more people who are concerned about the toll that mental illness is taking on our families and communities, NARSAD organized a day of 48 free public forums on the progress and promise of mental health research across the United States and Canada on Sunday, September 14, 2008. The Medical College of Georgia was selected as one of 48 universities nationally to host the inaugural public conference, "Healthy Minds Across America."

Medical College of Georgia faculty members who are recipients of NARSAD Awards for their work presented topics on research accomplishments and prospects for better treatments for schizophrenia. Click on an individual faculty name for their MCG profile.  Each topic is linked to an audio recording of the presentation

Clare M. Bergson, PhD

Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Brian Kirkpatrick, MD

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Health Behavior

Lin Mei, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Neurology; Chief, Program in Developmental Neurobiology; Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar

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September 16, 2008