Stanford School of Medicine
Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences–

Grand Rounds

Autumn Quarter Schedule 2008–09

Psychiatry Building (401 Quarry Road, Room 2209) (unless otherwise noted)
Thursdays 12 noon – 1:00 pm

Educational Objective for "Psychiatry Grand Rounds": Update knowledge of diagnosis biology and treatment of psychiatric disorders, e.g. bipolar disorders, major depression, etc. Provide newest information of psychopharmacological therapy – both approved and investigational. Improve ability to prescribe most effective treatments on a monotherapy or combination basis.

Educational Objective for "Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds": Updating diagnostic and therapeutic knowledge as it pertains to the psychiatric care of children and improve physician/patient care.

9/18 Glen Gabbard, MD
Brown Foundation Chair of Psychoanalysis and
Professor of Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine		 “Implications of recent neuroscience findings for the psychotherapy of personality disorders”  Location @ M106
9/25 James Lake, MD
Adjunct Clinical Asst. Professor, Psychiatry, Stanford University
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Chair, APA Caucus on complementary & alternative mental healthcare 		 "Alternative therapies for major depressive disorder: a critical review of the evidence"
10/2 Lorrin Koran, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus and Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinic, Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science		 "The Black Death - Effects of a 14th Century Cataclysm"
10/9 Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds — CANCELLED —
10/16 Daniel Weinberger, MD
Director, Genes, Cognition and Psychosis Program, NIMH/NIH 		"The simple truth about the complex genetics of schizophrenia" 
Location @ M104
10/23 Charles Marmar, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
Associate Chief of Staff and Director, PTSD Research Program, San Francisco VAMC 		"Psychiatric Impacts of the Iraq War"
10/30 Irvin Yalom, MD
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science 		"Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death"
Location @ M104
11/6 Justin Kenardy, PhD
Deputy Director, Centre of National Research on Disability
and Rehabilitation
Professor, Schools of Medicine and Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia		 "Medical Traumatic Stress in Children: Prevalence, Risk, and Early Intervention"
11/13 Steve Marder, MD
Professor, Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles; director Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs in Los Angeles;
Director, Section on Psychosis, UCLA Semel Institute		 "New Therapeutic Targets for Schizophrenia"
11/20 Mendy Boettcher Minjarez, PhD
Clinical Instructor, Stanford Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 		Child Psychiatry — Topic TBA
11/27 Thanksgiving  
12/4 Ian Gotlib, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Stanford University,
Director of the Stanford Mood and Anxiety Disorders Laboratory, and Senior Associate Dean for the Social Sciences 		"Emotion dysregulation, stress reactivity, and risk for depression: An integrative perspective"
12/11 Max Muenke, MS
Chief, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health		 "Genetic and environmental factors contributing to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)"
12/18 Thomas Anders, MD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute 		Child Psychiatry — Topic TBA
12/25 Christmas  

There is no commercial support for this session unless otherwise indicated.

NOTE: Please check the website weekly as there may be changes (such as location , cancellation, etc.)  or contact Quynh Dang (650) 725-2769;  qdang@stanford.edu

Updated 8/28/08

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