Johns Hopkins Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
PSYCHIATRY E-NEWS UPDATE
October 2009 ************** UPCOMING EVENTS October 26, 2009
Mood Disorders Center Arts and Psychiatry Series
ASYLUM: Images from the Past, Prelude to the Present
A visual presentation of striking photos from a new book by architect and photographer, Christopher Payne, entitled Asylum: In the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals. Dr. Anita Everett, Director of Community Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center will follow with a discussion of the legacy of the past and its impact on present-day care for the chronically and seriously mentally ill.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital | Hurd Hall | 6PM
> For directions to the hospital
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/directions/johns_hopkins_hospital.html November 13, 2009
BUPRENORPHINE CERTIFICATION TRAINING
A CME course for health care providers
> For more information
http://www.hopkinscme.edu/CourseDetail.aspx/80022096 November 14, 2009
A WOMAN’S JOURNEY : Johns Hopkins Women’s Health Conference
Speakers include Dr. Karen Swartz on Coping with Stress and Dr. Constantine Lyketsos on Preserving Your Memory
> For more information and to register
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/AWomansJourney/ ********************************************************************************* RESEARCH NEWS JHMI Press Release - July 22, 2009
CLOSE CAREGIVER RELATIONSHIPS MAY SLOW ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Dr. Constantine Lyketsos and research teams find that emotional closeness of a caregiver has an impact on the course of the disease that rivals some medications.
> See the online news release
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2009/07_22a_09.html
> Link to LA Times article about the study
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/07/alzheimers-caregivers-progression-.html
> Video of recent TV interview with Dr. Lyketsos on Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2693557.htm JHMI Press Release - July 15, 2009
RESEACHERS ID BRAIN-PROTECTING PROTEIN
Dr. Akira Sawa’s team have discovered a novel protein that can protect brain cells by interrupting a naturally occurring “stress cascade” resulting in cell death. Drugs mimicking the protein have the potential to protect brain cells against a range of neurodegenerative conditions, including stroke and Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s diseases.
> See the online news release
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2009/07_15_09.html ********************************************************************************* FEATURED FACULTY BOOK In Bookstores Now
NOTHING WAS THE SAME: A MEMOIR
by Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D.
> Read an excerpt
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/about_us/publications/books/index.html
> More about the book from the publishers
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307265371
> Learn more about the Moods Disorders Center
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/specialty_areas/moods/ ***************************************************************************** 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’:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/webnotes/publications/index.cfm ********************************************************************************* 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 ********************************************************************************* STAYING IN TOUCH Johns Hopkins' BrainWise Newsletter is full of stories about the clinical and research work of the department and the people who do it. It comes out three times a year and is always available online along with archived issues.
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/about_us/publications/newsletter/index.html | 
