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We thank you for your interest in attending the Integrative Study Center in Mood Disorders Symposium. Our registration has reached capacity and we are no longer able to accept new registrations.

If you are still interested in the topics to be covered during this day long symposium, a video version will be available online in the coming weeks. Please stay tuned to our website for updates.

Mood disorders are some of the most common, costly, and disabling psychiatric conditions, giving them public health prominence and annual costs approaching $200 Billion in the United States. While treatments can restore the lives of patients, more research is needed. Ground-breaking investigations are being undertaken by the researchers of the new Integrative Study Center in Mood Disorders at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.

This Symposium will present the latest perspectives on issues of societal policy, on the causes and origins of mood disorders, and on cutting-edge developments for improving treatments. International leaders on the Center's faculty will discuss present and future projects at UCLA. Our special guest speaker is UCLA alumna Dr. Kay Jamison, a well-known expert on Bipolar Disorder and currently a Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

The Center and this Symposium are supported by a generous donation from The Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation, the Knapp Foundation, and the Ric & Suzanne Kayne Donor Advised Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation.

Learning Objectives

1. To review current issues in mood disorders, including (a) perspectives on policy and societal concerns, (b) research in the origins and causes of mood disorders, and (c) areas of innovation in treatment for mood disorders.
2. To model integrative approaches to discussion, debate, and collaboration in research and care for individuals with mood disorders.
3. To introduce the activities and resources of the UCLA Integrated Mood Disorders Study Center to the community at large.

Statement of Need

Mood disorders include many of the most common, costly, and disabling psychiatric conditions, giving them prominent public health significance and an annual cost approaching $200B in the United States. While treatments can restore the lives of many patients with mood disorders, there are important issues to face at the level of societal policy, at the level of the causes and origins of mood disorders, and at the treatment development level. An integrative approach to discussing and collaborating on these issues offers advantages over isolated spheres of activity.