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PSYCHIATRY E-NEWS UPDATE
January 2012    

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 24, 2012
Brain Stimulation Symposium
Update: ECT, TMS and Beyond
> Learn more

April 24, 2012
26^th Annual Mood Disorders Research/Education Symposium
The Many Faces of Depression
> Learn more

SAVE THE DATE – June 15, 2012
Schizophrenia Symposium
> Watch for details

FEATURED FACULTY BOOKS

First published in 1981, this book is still the definitive guide for people caring for someone with dementia. The 5^th edition has just been published.

• THE 36-HOUR DAY: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias and Memory Loss 5th Edition by Nancy L. Mace, MA and Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H.
  >Learn more
  
  Building on the book is a website offering tips for caregivers via video conversations with families and Dr. Peter Rabins.
  The Peter Rabins Alzheimer’s Family Support Center

• BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: New Reasons for Hope
  by Francis Mark Mondimore, M.D., and Patrick Kelly, M.D.
  > Learn more

NEW WEBSITE FEATURES

New Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Home Page
If you haven’t checked back recently to the department’s website, you will find a new and (we hope) improved look and arrangement.
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry

Media Gallery
Also new is a central place to find blogs, podcasts, and videos by department faculty.
> Check it out

IN THE MEDIA

October 27, 2011
Scuba Diving Improves Function of Body, Mind in Vets with Spinal Cord Injury
> JHMI News Release
> LA Times Article
> CBS News Radio Interview
> CBS TV Story
> Baltimore Sun Article

RESEARCH NEWS

Center for Behavior and Health
This new Center is building a community of scholars and clinicians at Johns Hopkins to tackle one of medicine’s biggest challenges in the 21^st century: changing behavior to prevent and better manage illness.
>Learn more

December 18, 2011
Johns Hopkins Researchers Slow Progression of Huntington's Disease in Mouse Models
> JHMI News Release

December 9, 2011
Long-Lasting Depressive Symptoms, Physical Impairment Often Follows ICU Stays
> JHMI News Release

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

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 Webnotes, go to the index page below and click on ‘Psychiatry’:

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.
> Learn more

STAYING IN TOUCH

The Hopkins BrainWise Newsletter is full of stories about the clinical and research work of the department and the people who do it. It is published three times a year and is always available online along with archived issues.

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