Johns Hopkins Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
PSYCHIATRY E-NEWS UPDATE
April 2008 **************
DID YOU KNOW? This year is the 100th anniversary of the philanthropic gift that launched the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic. Read all about it in When Psychiatry Was Very Young in Hopkins Medicine.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hmn/W08/annals.cfm ****************
EVENTS April 12, 2008 - Register Now!
14th Annual Update
Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders:
Defining the Standard of Care
Designed for all groups of health-care professionals, this CME course will provide an update of state-of-the-art, practical approaches to the care of patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. For more information or to register:
http://www.hopkinscme.net/coursedetail.aspx?course_code=80018649 April 15, 2008 - Register Now!
22nd Annual Mood Disorders Symposium
Mood Disorders in Women and Adolescents
The symposium, featuring Dorothy Hamill and Mariette Hartley as well as expert clinicians and researchers, is geared to a broad audience that includes the general public. For a list of speakers:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Psychiatry/events/mood_symposium_2008
May 17, 2008 - Register Now!
Dementia in Mid-Life
A Conference on Young-Onset Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias
For individuals with young-onset dementia, their care partners, families, and anyone interest in learning more. Crown Plaza Baltimore | Timonium
Co-sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association and Johns Hopkins Medicine
For more information, call 410-561-9099 or visit
http://www.alz.org/maryland/in_my_community_13043.asp IN THE MEDIA ABC News Online - March 28, 2008
J.K. Rowling One of Many Who Has Felt Suicidal
The latest in a series of online essays by James B. Potash, M.D., M.P.H.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Depression/Story?id=4542880&page=1
For all of Dr. Potash’s essays:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Psychiatry/press/index.html RESEARCH
Marijuana Withdrawal as Bad as Withdrawal from Cigarettes
Research by a group of department scientists, led by Ryan Vandrey, Ph.D., studying the effects of heavy marijuana use suggests that withdrawal from the use of marijuana is similar to what is experienced by people when they quit smoking cigarettes. This study could potentially help clinicians treat marijuana addiction. See online press release:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2008/01_24_08.html RESEARCH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
If you think you might be interested in volunteering to participate in a research study or clinical trial, go to this page for a list of department projects that are currently recruiting individuals and families.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Psychiatry/research/volunteers.html **********
Recent scientific publications of the department faculty are posted each month on Webnotes, the central point for research articles on the School of Medicine’s website. To view the Webnotes index page:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/webnotes/publications/index.cfm STAYING IN TOUCH Johns Hopkins' Brain Wise Newsletter is full of stories about the people behind the clinical and research work of the department. It comes out three times a year and is always available online along with archived issues. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Psychiatry/brain_wise/ Psychiatry Department Website URL: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Psychiatry | 
