THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – HOUSTON MEDICAL SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
LECTURE SERIES
 

DECEMBER 2002

WHERE: MSI AUDITORIUM        (except for December 10)
TIME: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.      (except for December 10)

December 4

PEDRO RUIZ, M.D.
 Professor and Vice Chair
 Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
 University of Texas Medical School at Houston

 “Substance Abuse in the United States: Current Issues and Future Perspectives”

* * * SPECIAL LECTURE * * *

December 10 (Tuesday)
3:00 p.m.                                                              PHILLIP RESNICK, M.D.
HCPC gym                                                                Professor of Psychiatry

 Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

 "The Andrea Yates Trial:  Implications for Psychiatry"


December 11
JOHN D. JUSTICE, M.D.
President and CEO
West Virginia Psychiatric & Forensic Services

 “Ethical and Legal Considerations in Psychopharmacotherapy”


--- CANCELLED ---

December 18

FACULTY MEETING
(Psychiatry Department Faculty only)
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
HCPC gym


December 25
NO LECTURE SCHEDULED

Christmas Holidays
 

     OVERALL EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:  The participants should be able to 1) identify and describe current research and clinical practice advances in the fields of psychiatry, psychology and other mental health care professions, and 2) Summarize social dynamics and/or ethical issues related to mental health science research activities and patient care.
     TARGET AUDIENCE:  MDs (Psychiatrists), psychologists, nurses, social workers and other mental health professionals.
     ACCREDITATION:   The University of Texas Medical School at Houston is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
     CREDIT HOUR DESIGNATION:  The University of Texas-Houston Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of one hour in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physicians Recognition Award.  Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
     ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:  Grateful acknowledgement is made to AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Pfizer, Solvay and Wyeth-Ayerst for their generous support of this CME activity.