Meeting Summaries

Translational Approaches to Studying Repetitive Behavior and Resistance to Change in Autism

September 06, 2007 – September 07, 2007
Washington, D.C.
NIMH held this multidisciplinary workshop to identify major trends, gaps, and opportunities in clinical and basic research on repetitive behavior and resistance to change in autism.

Roundtable on Mood Disorders and Hormonal Transitions

July 28, 2007
Washington, D.C.
NIMH co-sponsored the roundtable with the Society for Women’s Health Research. The meeting brought together experts in the areas of postpartum and perimenopause related depression, in order to share information regarding research in mood disorders associated with reproductive hormone change.

NIMH Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS

July 25, 2007 – July 27, 2007
San Francisco, California
NIMH and the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at UC San Francisco co-sponsored a conference in San Francisco aimed at Responding to the Social Context of HIV Risk The Role of Families and Support Networks.

Cognition and Stress: Advances in Basic and Translational Research

July 24, 2007 – July 25, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In July 2007, the NIMH Cognition Working Group held a multidisciplinary workshop to identify major trends, gaps, and opportunities in behavioral and biological research on cognition and stress.

Enhancing the Impact of Mental Health Services Research

July 23, 2007 – July 24, 2007
Washington, D.C.
The Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch of DSIR sponsored the 19th National Conference on Mental Health Services Research: “Enhancing the Impact of Mental Health Services Research”.

Mental Health Consideration in Secondary HIV Prevention

July 19, 2007 – July 20, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
The Secondary Prevention and Translation Branch of NIMH’s Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS (CMHRA) hosted a meeting that focused on identifying target areas for new research on the intersection of secondary HIV prevention and mental health, specifically related to HIV-infected individuals with psychiatric disorders living in the United States.

NeuroAIDS in Asia and the Pacific Rim

July 19, 2007 – July 20, 2007
Sydney, Australia
In conjunction with the fourth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention held in Sydney, Australia, NIMH co-sponsored a meeting to highlight the current research relating to neurological and neuropsychological complications of HIV infection in the Asia Pacific region. The meeting also assessed the impact of HIV associated opportunistic and co-infections on the nervous system.

Novel Methods for Examining Prefrontal Interactions with Cortical and Subcortical Systems that Support Complex Mental Function

July 12, 2007
Rockville, Maryland
NIMH sponsored this workshop to identify the gaps in understanding of the anatomical and functional influences of the prefrontal cortex on circuits supporting complex mental functions, and to assess technologies that could enable a more precise understanding of these brain networks.

Third Annual Meeting of the Developing Centers for the Intervention and Prevention of Suicide

July 11, 2007 – July 12, 2007
Washington, DC
NIMH, NIDA, and NIAAA co-sponsored a meeting of the Developing Centers for the Intervention and Prevention of Suicide.

Are Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Suicidal Behavior within Reach?

June 25, 2007 – June 26, 2007
New York, New York
This workshop was held to revisit the biological and behavioral underpinnings of suicidality. The meeting assembled leading researchers in suicide, neuroscience, genetics, epidemiology, imaging, and related fields to review promising findings, to discuss research gaps and opportunities, and to propose next steps toward the identification of relevant endophenotypes for suicidality.