Roll up, Roll up, Come and see the Panoply of Psychiatry!
Professor Gin Malhi, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 9.30am to 10.30am
Seminar Room, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Abstract
This talk will provide a potpourri of contemporary ideas and research within psychiatry. Using mood disorders as an exemplar the talk will probe some of the key issues impacting our understanding and treatment of psychiatric illnesses. It will also detail a number of ongoing studies and share some exciting neuroimaging findings in adolescents and adults that are providing clues as to the inception of emotional disorders and the nature of suicide.
Biography
Gin S. Malhi is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney where he holds a Chair in the Faculty of Medicine and Health. He is Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Royal North Shore Hospital where he conducts research embedded in clinical practice. His major research programs are funded by the NHMRC and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and he is Editor of two international journals - the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (IF 5.0) and Bipolar Disorders (IF 4.5).