Quiz Show, Patty Duke At The APA Annual Meeting

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience
Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry
Article Date: 30 Apr 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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A Jeopardy-like psychiatry quiz competition, an academy award winning actress telling her personal story about living with mental illness, and a lecture on the relationship between music and brain disorders will be featured at the 161st American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., May 3-8.

-- MINDGAMES CHAMPIONSHIP

MINDGAMES is a national team competition for psychiatry residents at the APA Annual Meeting. The game pits teams of residents against each other in a battle to see which team of three knows the most about psychiatry.

Expect a race to the buzzer as each team competes for the coveted title of national champion and the bragging rights that comes with it!

2008 Finalists:

- Carilion Health Center, Roanoke, VA
- New York Medical College (Richmond) Residency
- University of Texas, Houston

Host and Moderator: Glen Gabbard, M.D.
Tuesday, May 6, 5 p.m.-6 p.m.
Room 202A/B, Level Two, Washington Convention Center

-- "CONVERSATIONS" WITH PATTY DUKE

The Seventh annual interactive "Conversations" event sponsored by the American Psychiatric Foundation will feature academy award winning actress and author, Patty Duke, who will share her personal story of living with bipolar disorder.
Tuesday, May 6, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Hall D, Level 1, Washington Convention Center

-- CONVOCATION OF FELLOWS LECTURE BY "AWAKENINGS" AUTHOR OLIVER SACKS, M.D.
Dr. Sacks will discuss his work and insights on the relationship of music and uncommon brain disorders and how that relationship is marked by power and mystery. Dr. Sacks is best known for his books Awakenings, later made into a play and movie, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and An Anthropologist on Mars
Monday, May 5, 5:30 p.m.
Hall D, Level 1, Washington Convention Center

For more information about these events and others, please view the Annual Meeting 2008 Scientific Program and 2008 New Research Posters.

Onsite registration for journalists will begin on Saturday, May 3. Registration is free for credentialed journalists. For more information, visit APA's Online Press Room here. Please be sure to check this site regularly, as new releases and information will be posted leading up to the meeting.

***Please note: all Annual Meeting content is embargoed until the date and time of its presentation.

The APA Annual Meeting Communications Center Press Room: The APA Annual Meeting Communications Center will be located in Room 206, Level 2 of the Washington Convention Center. The Center serves as a media briefing room and a working press room for credentialed journalists and non-profit public relations staff. The press room is managed and staffed by the APA's Office of Communications & Public Affairs.

Press Room Hours are:
Saturday, May 3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday-Wednesday, May 4 to May 7, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Thursday, May 8, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

About the American Psychiatric Association

The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society whose more than 38,000 physician members specialize in diagnosis, treatment, prevention and research of mental illnesses including substance use disorders. Visit the APA at http://www.psych.org and http://www.HealthyMinds.org.

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