Depression
and Anxiety
Co-Morbidities
in Vulnerable Populations:
What
We Practice - What We Teach - What Must We Investigate?
Meeting Information
General Information
Location
Schedule of Session
Featured Speakers
Student Awards
Brochure
Brocure in PDF format
Exhibitors
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October 18 - 21, 2006
Historic Inns of Annapolis
Annapolis, MD
The 2006 ABSAME conference highlighted issues Depression and Anxiety (D/A) and their relationship as co-morbid states to physical and mental illness. The overarching objective was to highlight D/A Co-morbidity as a key domain of mental health that is under taught, under diagnosed and under studied particularly for vulnerable populations.
Featured Plenary/Keynote Speakers:
The Unmet Mental Health Needs of Homeless Persons
Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH
George F. Kneller Professor,
UCLA Department of Family Medicine
Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
Epilepsy as a Neurobiological Model for Examining Depression Co-morbidity
in Chronic Disease: Implications for Medical Education and Practice
Orrin Devinsky, MD
Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry
Director, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
New York University School of Medicine
The Real Meaning of Psychiatric Comorbidity: An Evolutionary and
and Ethnomedical Interpretation
Horacio Fabrega, Jr., MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Sociology
University of Pittsburgh
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Thanks for all those who joined us in Annapolis
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