NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION IN THE AGING

这是一个新的申请老年心理健康学术奖， Charles H. Kellner，医学博士主办方是精神病学系， 行为科学在南卡罗来纳州医科大学。的 申请的具体标题是抑郁症的神经精神方面 在老化。 申请的目标是培养被提名人成为专家 老年抑郁症领域的学术临床医生/研究人员。他 将培训美国东南部地区的教师和居民， 继续他作为学术神经精神病学家的职业生涯。 被提名者在神经病学和精神病学方面的双重训练使他独一无二 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）在电休克治疗方面的高级培训和研究， 包括一项题为"每周与 每周三次电休克治疗小儿癫痫 老年抑郁症"; 3）脑成像培训和研究 磁共振成像（MRI）、正电子发射 断层扫描（PET）和脑电活动图（BEAM）;以及4） 研究方法和生物统计学方面的培训。对于这四个 组成部分，正式课程计划，与国家咨询 专家，临床工作，教学和科研活动。 申请机构是南卡罗来纳州医科大学， 非常适合实现这一培训计划的目标。它有一个新 老龄化研究中心，以及一个新的精神病学研究所。它 为大多数贫困的少数民族提供服务 芝加哥医科大学精神病学系主任 南卡罗来纳州，詹姆斯·C. Ballenger，医学博士，将是监督人/赞助人 并将确保被提名人有时间和支持 来实现这个培训计划的目标

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.