IU Offers Mental Health Symposium For Consumers/Professionals

INDIANAPOLIS -- Current trends, important breakthroughs and the promising future of psychiatric research and treatment will be the focus of discussion at the first annual mental health symposium presented by the Indiana University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry on June 10.

Mental health advocates, consumers, family members and professionals are invited to attend Unlocking the Mysteries of Mental Health: From Research to Treatment, which will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the University Place Conference Center on the IUPUI campus. The symposium is being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Mental Health Association in Indiana, Inc., and is underwirtten by an educational grant from Lilly Neuroscience.

Since 1955 IU's Institute for Psychiatric Research has been investigating the relationship between brain and behavior and has become a nationally-renowned psychiatric research unit. The Institute's research contributes directly to advances in mental illness treatment. Faculty from the Institute will present information at the symposium based on their research and treatment of depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism, substance abuse, Alzheimers disease, genetic counseling, mood disorders, anxiety disorders and dissociative disorders.

Lydia Lewis, executive director of the National Depressive & Manic-Depressive Association and a national leader in the coonsumber mental health movement, and Jeffrey Buck, Ph.D., associate director of the Center for Mental Health Services and co-author of a nationwide study on the efficacy of mental health treatment in the U.S., are scheduled as keynote speakers for the Mental Health Association's (MHAI) annual meeting, which will take place during breakfast and lunch sessions. MHAI, a statewide organization with more than 60 local chapters, was created as the mental health advocate for all citizens through promotion of research, education, public understanding and aceptance, effective health care delivery and public policy.

The registration deadline for the symposium and/or annual meeting is June 1. For more information or to register, please call (317) 638-3501 or (800) 555-MHAI.

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