Women’s health issues, child and adolescent disorders featured at APA’s annual meeting

APA expects an estimated 19,000 attendees from more than 34 countries. More than 1,000 clinical papers, symposia, new research poster sessions and workshops will be presented by leading researchers at the Moscone Center (convention headquarters) and surrounding hotels.

Program highlights include:

• Low Dietary Omega-3s and Increased Depression Risk in 14,541 Pregnancies
• Psychological Issues and Women Athletes: In a League of their Own
• Abortion: Scientific Data to Inform Clinical Care
• Sertraline Prevents Post Partum Depression
• Irritability in Women: A New Clinical Measure
• Menopause: What Psychiatrists Need to Know
• Tamoxifen Treatment and New-Onset Depression in Breast Cancer Patients
• Dialectic-Behavioral Therapy for Women with Eating Disorders: Long-Term Efficacy
• Pathological Body Sculpting in the Athlete
• Long Term Weight Reduction with Topiramate
• Prevalence of Menstrual Disorders and Eating Disorders in Female NCAA athletes
• Advances in the Treatment of Childhood Traumatic Grief
• Treatment Outcome for Sexually Abused Children at One-Year Follow-Up

"The program offers a goldmine of news and feature opportunities for the media," said Geetha Jayaram, M.D., Scientific Program Chair. "Groundbreaking research at the meeting covers a wide range of topics--genetics, brain imaging, illness and depression, and mood disorders."

Additional topics include but not limited to: ADHD, death and dying, somatoform disorders, addiction psychiatry, forensics, workplace mental health, suicide, violence, AIDS and HIV-related disorders, terrorism, personality disorders, geriatric, treatment techniques and outcome studies.

Note to Editors: See following for session specifics. For information about other scientific sessions, please visit http://www.psych.org/am2003/searchspc.cfm. Final Program books will be available by May 1, contact Jean Jackson at jjackson@psych.org for a copy.

Annual Meeting presentations are embargoed for date and local time of presentation.

Media interested in attending the meeting can contact Jean Jackson at jjackson@psych.org or visit APA's Annual Meeting online pressroom, http://www.psych.org/news_stand/onlinepressroom.cfm, for further information.

The American Psychiatric Association is a national medical specialty society, founded in 1844, whose 35,000 physician members specialize in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illnesses including substance use disorders. For more information, visit the APA Web site at www.psych.org.

APA ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 17-22, 2003 SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

Annual Meeting presentations are embargoed for date and local time of presentation.

Low Dietary Omega-3s and Increased Depression Risk in 14,541 Pregnancies
Joseph R. Hibbeln, M.D., NIAAA/NIH
New Research Poster Session 7, Poster 418
May 20, 3-5 p.m., Moscone Center Exhibit Level Hall D

Psychological Issues and Women Athletes: In a League of their Own
Altha Stewart, M.D., Wayne State University
Symposium 51
May 20, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Moscone Center, Esplanade Level, Room 310

Abortion: Scientific Data to Inform Clinical Care
Nada Stotland, M.D., Rush Medical College
Symposium 14
May 19, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Moscone Center, Esplanade Level, Room 301

Sertraline Prevents Post Partum Depression
Katherine Wisner, M.D., University of Pittsburgh
Scientific & Clinical Report Session 34
May 22, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Moscone Center, Esplanade Level, Room 308

Irritability in Women: A New Clinical Measure
Leslie E. Born M.S.C., St. Joseph's Healthcare
Young Investigators Poster Session 1, Poster 134
May 19, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., Moscone Center, Exhibit Level, Hall D

Menopause: What Psychiatrists Need to Know
Natalie Rasgon, M.D., Stanford University
Symposium 2
May 20, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Moscone Center, Esplanade Level, Room 300

Tamoxifen Treatment and New-Onset Depression in Breast Cancer Patients
Kelly Lee, Pharm. D., University of California, San Francisco
Young Investigators Poster Session 1, Poster 19
May 19, 9:00 -10:30 am, Moscone Center Exhibit Level Hall D

Dialectic-Behavioral Therapy for Women with Eating Disorders: Long-Term Efficacy
Birgit Steinbrenner, M.D. , Auenbrurrerplatz 22 University Clinic for Psychiatry
New Research Poster Session 9, Poster 659
May 21, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Moscone Center, Exhibit Level, Hall D

Pathological Body Sculpting in the Athlete
Antonia Buam, George Washington University
Symposium 4
May 19, 2:00 – 5: 00 p.m., Moscone Center, Exhibit Level, Rm 106

Long Term Weight Reduction with Topiramate
Faruk S. Abuzzahab, Sr., M.D., University of Minnesota
New Research Poster Session 9, Poster 662
May 21, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Moscone Center, Exhibit Level, Hall D

Prevalence of Menstrual Disorders and Eating Disorders in Female NCAA athletes
Kristy M. Griffith, M.D., University of Oklahoma
Young Investigator Poster Session 2, Poster 137
May 19, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., Moscone Center, Exhibit Level, Rm 110

Advances in the Treatment of Childhood Traumatic Grief
Robert Pynoos, M.D., National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Lecture 18
May 19, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m., Moscone Center, Esplanade Level, Rooms 307

Treatment Outcome for Sexually Abused Children at One-Year Follow-Up
Judith Cohen, M.D., Allegheny General Hospital
Lecture 107
May 22, 11:00 a.m. - noon, Moscone Center, Exhibit Level, Rooms 132/133