Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Focus Of Child Psychiatry Conference
INDIANAPOLIS -- "Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder: Practice and Research Updates in Assessment and Treatment" is the title of the 24th Annual Richter Conference in Child Psychiatry, hosted by the Indiana University School of Medicine.
The one-day conference will be Friday, April 27, at Larue Carter Hospital, 2601 Cold Spring Road. The deadline for registering is April 19 and can be done by calling the IU School of Medicine Division of Continuing Medical Education at 317-274-8353.
The program will address ADHD research and clinical perspectives about major issues facing physicians, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, educators and family members. Research findings will be blended with clinical experience to provide an overview of the assessment and treatment of youngsters with ADHD and related symptoms.
Guest lecturer Peter S. Jensen, M.D., is the 2001 Arthur B. Richter Visiting Professor. Dr. Jensen is director of the Center for the Advancement of Children's Mental Health and the Ruane Professor of Science in Child Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Other lecturers at the conference are from the IU School of Medicine, Purdue University, Central Indiana Chapters of CHADD (Children and Adolescents with ADHD) and ADDS (Adults with ADD Support Group), and Adaptive Services at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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