GRAND ROUNDS 2008-2009 LECTURE SERIES: WINTER SERIES

DECEMBER 4        Room #132, de Marneffe building
"Outcomes of Residential Treatment for Female Adolescents at the Klarman Eating Disorder Center"
Sherrie S. Delinsky, Ph.D.
Assistant Psychologist, McLean Hospital
Clinical Assistant in Psychology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Private Practice, Wellesley, MA

DECEMBER 11      Room #132, de Marneffe building
"Do Patients With Alcohol Dependence Respond To Placebo? Results From a National Treatment Trial"
Roger D. Weiss, M.D.
Clinical Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program, McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

DECEMBER 18
"Testing Hypotheses About the Etiology of Adolescent Psychopathology."
Paige Harden, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychology Intern, Behavioral Health Partial Program, McLean Hospital
Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, University of Virginia

DECEMBER 25
NO GRAND ROUNDS - CHRISTMAS

JANUARY 1
NO GRAND ROUNDS - NEWS YEAR'S DAY

JANUARY 8            Room #132, de Marneffe building
"Are Major Depressions All The Same? Comparison of Unipolar Versus Bipolar Depressions"
Ross Baldessarini, M.D.
Director, Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Bipolar & Psychotic Disorder Program, International Consortium for Bipolar Disorders Research, and Psychopharmacology Program and Consultation Service, McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry (Neuroscience), Harvard Medical School

JANUARY 15
"Testosterone Supplementation for Depressed Men: The Current Status of Research"
Harrison G. Pope Jr., M.D.
Director, Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

JANUARY 22
"Introduction to Disclosures and Apology"
Debbie LaValley, B.S.N., R.N.
Program Director, Loss Prevention and Patient Safety, CRICO/RMF

JANUARY 29
"Schwartz Center Rounds"
Open to employees only.
Must show McLean ID to attend.

FEBRUARY 4                        WEDNESDAY
                                     CULTURAL GRAND ROUNDS
"Racing for the Top: Psychoanalytic Reflections on Leadership and Race"
Kimberlyn Leary, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Director of Psychology and Psychology Training, Cambridge Health Alliance Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

FEBRUARY 12
"The Challenge to Optimal Aging: A Physiologic and Cognitive Perspective"
Donald A. Davidoff, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Neuropsychology, McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

FEBRUARY 19
"Gene Expression Studies in Parkinson's Disease: Implications for Gender and Dyskinesias"
Anne B. Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology
Chief, Neurology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

FEBRUARY 26
"Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychotic Depression: An Orphan Illness?"
Anthony J. Rothschild, M.D.
Irving S. and Betty Brudnick Endowed Chair and Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Director, Senior Scholars Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School

CONTINUING EDUCATION:       (If NOT a McLean Hospital Employee or Staff: $20.00 per certificate)

Physicians: McLean Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. McLean Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Psychologists: McLean Hospital is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. McLean Hospital maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants meeting requirements will receive 1 CE credit. For more information, please call 617-855-3151.

Nurses: This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1 contact hour of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please not: educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirements to ANCC accreditation.

Social Workers: This program has been approved for 1 Continuing Education hour for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons College School of Social Work Authorization number is D 40058.

NBCC:  McLean Hospital is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. Each session in this series is accredited for 1 clock hour of CE credit or .1 CEU.