Depression and Anxiety
Co-Morbidities in Vulnerable Populations:
What We Practice - What We Teach - What Must We Investigate?

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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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