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February 28

Prodromal Symptoms and Risk for Recurrences in Youth with Bipolar Disorder: Findings after over 15 Years of Follow-Up

Meet the PI Lecture
Boris Birmaher, MD Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Endowed Chair in Early Onset Bipolar Disease
March 6

Neural Basis of Healthy Cognition and the Pathophysiology of Disturbances in Higher Cognition and Emotion

Distinguished Scientist Lecture
Cameron Carter, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and Director, Imaging Research Center, University of California at Davis
March 20

Understanding the Body: Subjective Experience and Behavior Change

Special Guest Lecture
Karen Quigley, PhD Research Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University
March 24

Setting the River on Fire: Mania, Genius, Ambition, and Character

Special Guest Lecture
Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD Dalio Professor in Mood Disorders and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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