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Event

The Gairdner and Graham Boeckh Foundation present Frontiers in Mental Health

Thursday, May 26, 2011 08:30to18:45

FRONTIERS IN MENTAL HEALTH
Thursday, May 26, 2011 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
PUBLIC LECTURE:
5:15 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
LOCATION:
Centre Mont-Royal, 2200 rue Mansfield, Montreal, Quebec
REGISTRATION: thegairdner [at] gairdner.org (click here) [please indicate whether you are attending the day symposium and/or public lecture]

This symposium will explore frontiers in mental health research, with a focus on genomics and neural circuitry.Ìý Speakers will share recent advances in the causes and treatments of mental health disease, and foster linkages between the scientific, policy and health care communities.Ìý Interactive presentations will highlight areas of research with the most promise, from imaging to pharmacological treatment, including a discussion on the challenges of mental health research.Ìý The event will conclude with a public lecture by Dr. Norman Doidge, Columbia University's Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, New York, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, author of The Brain that Changes Itself.

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REGISTRATION

Please register in advance to attend this event. There is no registration fee. To register, email thegairdner [at] gairdner.org . For more information call 416-596-9996, ext 203 or visit

Partners include the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Neurosciences, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ and Université de Montréal.

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