Healthy Minds Across America features 48 public forums on mental health research...(e of topics and disorder areas such as: ...)

• Genetics of mental illness: The role genes play in risk for depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and what we're learning from new studies of the human genome;
• Adolescent mental health: Identifying teens at risk for anxiety, depression and schizophrenia;
• Autism: Possible causes of autism and personalized treatment approaches;
• PTSD in our communities: The possibility of recovering from traumatic events;
• Depression: Risk factors for depression across the life cycle, the safety of antidepressant medications, and new therapies such as deep brain stimulation;
• The biological basis of addiction: The biology and brain circuitry of addiction;
• New treatment frontiers: Potential treatments for schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder;
• Improving pharmaceutical treatments: Developing more effective and safer drug treatments; and
• Quality of life for those affected: Prospects for preventing and recovering from mental illness.

Across the board, the more than 150 experts who will speak at the Healthy Minds Across America forums represent the forefront of neuropsychiatric research. They include heads of psychiatry departments from many of the most respected medical schools and treatment facilities, as well as some early-career scientists whose research has already led to breakthroughs, and even a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Dr. Eric Kandel of Columbia University.

Most of the speakers have received grants from NARSAD in support of their research or are members of NARSAD's Scientific Council, a group of 110 experts in the key areas of neuropsychiatric research that guides the organization's grantmaking activities. (See link below for the list of Healthy Minds Across America locations, presenters and topics.)

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