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Date: January 17, 2006 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:30 – 14:00 (sandwich lunch from 12:30 –12:45;
seminar begins at 12:45)
Venue: Seminar Room 6, LG/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine
Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Abstract:
Depression in children and adolescents is a serious disorder that
causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Long-term consequences
of paediatric depression include substance abuse and dependence,
recurrent mood and other psychiatric disorders, and suicide attempts.
Identifying and treating these youth is essential to improve
outcome. This presentation will present an update on diagnosis
and treatment interventions of paediatric depression. The recent
concerns about antidepressants and suicidal behaviours in the
US population will also be reviewed from a public health perspective.
Bio-sketch:
Professor G Emslie, MD, a Professor with tenure, is the Chief of
the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division at the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (UTSW). He holds
the Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay Chair in Child Psychiatry at
UTSW. Professor Emslie completed his medical training at Aberdeen
University in Scotland, his general psychiatry training at the
University of Rochester, NY, and Child Psychiatry training at
Stanford University. He has published extensively on the psychopharmacological
treatments of early-onset psychiatric disorders, including depression,
anxiety disorders, and ADHD, and is currently involved in several
research projects of psychopharmacology and psychosocial interventions.
Professor Emslie is a Past President of the Texas Society of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is on the editorial board
of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.
Registration:
For registration and enquiries, please call Ms Maggie Cheuk of
MHRN at 2819-2841 or email mhrn@hkusua.hku.hk
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