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Understanding Bipolar Disorder and Depression

Bipolar Disorder Program

Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Gary S. Sachs, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Bipolar Clinic & Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

Genetics and Bipolar Disorder
Jordan W. Smoller, M.D., Sc.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
Assistant Vice Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry
Director, Psychiatric Genetics Program in Mood and Anxiety Disorders,
Massachusetts General Hospital

Treatments for Bipolar Depression
Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Bipolar Clinic & Research Program and Associate Director of the Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital


 Depression Program

Introduction - Depression
Maurizio Fava , M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Vice Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry
Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

Genes, Stress and Depression
Jordan W. Smoller, M.D., Sc.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
Assistant Vice Chair, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry
Director, Psychiatric Genetics Program in Mood and Anxiety Disorders,
Massachusetts General Hospital

New Treatment Options for Depression
Roy H. Perlis, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director, Bipolar Clinic & Research Program, and Director of Pharmacogenomics Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry