NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION IN THE AGING

这是一项新的老年精神卫生学术奖的申请 查尔斯·H·凯尔纳医学博士。赞助商是精神病学系和 南卡罗来纳医科大学的行为科学。这个 申请的具体标题是抑郁症的神经精神病学方面 在老龄化中。 应用程序的目标是将被提名者培训为专家 老年抑郁症领域的学术临床医生/研究人员。他 将在美国东南部地区培训教师和住院医生 并继续他作为学术神经精神病学家的职业生涯。 这位提名人在神经学和精神病学方面的双重训练使他成为独一无二的 符合本培训计划的目标。 该方案计划有四个主要组成部分：1)老年医学培训 医学；2)电休克治疗的高级培训和研究， 包括一项具体的研究提案，题为《每周与 每周三次电休克疗法治疗慢性阻塞性肺疾病 《老年期抑郁症》；3)脑成像训练与研究 磁共振成像技术、正电子发射技术 断层扫描(PET)和脑电地形图(BEAM)；以及4) 研究方法和生物统计学方面的培训。对于这四个选项中的每一个 组件，正规课程计划，咨询国家 阐述了专家、临床工作、教学和研究活动。 申请机构南卡罗来纳医科大学是 非常适合执行本培训计划的目标。它有一个新的 老龄化研究中心，以及一个新的精神病学研究所。它 主要服务于弱势群体和少数群体。 华盛顿医科大学精神病学系主任 南卡罗来纳州医学博士詹姆斯·C·巴伦格将担任监督/赞助商 并将确保被提名者有时间和支持 来实现这一培训计划的目标。

This is a new application for a Geriatric Mental Health Academic Award for Charles H. Kellner, M.D. The sponsor is the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina. The specific title of the application is Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Depression in the Aging. The goal of the application is to train the nominee to be an expert academic clinician/researcher in the field of depression in the aging. He would train faculty and residents in the Southeastern region of the United States and continue his career as an academic neuropsychiatrist. The nominee's dual training in neurology and psychiatry make him uniquely suited to the goals of this training program. The program plan has four main components: 1) training in geriatric medicine; 2) advanced training and research in electroconvulsive therapy, including a specific research proposal entitled, "Weekly versus Three-times-per-week Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Treatment of Geriatric Depression"; 3) training and research in the brain imaging techniques of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Brain Electrical Activity Mapping (BEAM); and 4) training in research methodology and biostatistics. For each of these four components, a program of formal courses, consultation with national experts, clinical work, teaching and research activities is set forth. The applicant institution, the Medical University of South Carolina, is well suited to carry out the goals of this training program. It has a new Center for the Study of Aging, as well as a new Institute of Psychiatry. It serves a largely underprivileged, minority population. The chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, James C. Ballenger, M.D., will be the supervisor/sponsor for this program and will ensure that the nominee has the time and support to carry out the goals of this training program.