Psychology Colloquium

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Lee Baer, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School and
Massachusetts General Hospital

THE SECRET OF NIMH:  LACK OF PROGRESS IN AMERICANS' MENTAL HEALTH, AND WHAT PSYCHOLOGY CAN DO TO HELP

NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) director Thomas Insel recently lamented the lack of improvement in the mental health status of Americans in the past quarter century, despite record federal funding and intensive research including state-of-the art neuroscience and genetic methods.  Several of his recommendations to correct this problem will require psychologists to take the lead in making proven psychosocial treatments more widely available and in better matching treatments for individual patients.  Pilot projects already underway in these areas will be reviewed.

Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Preston
Sponsored by: Psychology Program
Contact: 845-758-7221
E-mail: gershuny@bard.edu
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