Grand Rounds: Brain Research Advances in Understanding
Bipolar Disorder and Suicide
October 10, 2018
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Presenter: Hilary Patricia Blumberg, M.D.
Developments in neuroimaging can enhance our understanding and treatment of psychiatric disorders. Dr. Hilary Blumberg, Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the Yale School of Medicine, utilizes state-of-the-art brain scanning methods to understand the brain circuitry differences that underlie mood disorders across the lifespan, with a focus on bipolar disorder. Her research team at Yale brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scientists and clinicians to study the genetic, developmental and environmental factors that cause mood disorders, and develop new methods for early detection, effective interventions, and prevention of the disorders and their associated high risk for suicide.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the major brain circuits implicated in Bipolar Disorder
- Evaluate neuroimaging research used to study these circuits
- Evaluate ability, and limitations, of the neuroimaging findings to inform clinical practice