Meeting Summaries

Child and Adolescent Onset Schizophrenia: Research Challenges and Opportunities

June 25, 2007 – June 26, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In June 2007, NIMH and the NIH ORD convened a meeting for brainstorming and discussion between basic, translational, and clinical investigators to review the current knowledge on causes, neurobiology, developmental trajectory, and treatment of child- and adolescent-onset schizophrenia.

Dissemination and Implementation Research Workshop: Harnessing Science to Maximize Health

May 26, 2007
Rockville, Maryland
On March 26, 2007, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) co-sponsored a meeting entitled “Dissemination and Implementation Research Workshop: Harnessing Science to Maximize Health.”

Behavioral and Social Sciences Research on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

May 21, 2007
Tunis, Tunisia
The NIH Office of AIDS Research, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease sponsored a meeting to promote dialogue on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and to outline a research agenda that addresses behavioral and social science priorities for epidemiology and prevention, access to care, and treatment.

NIMH Special Symposium: Mental Illness, the Person, and Prison

May 14, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In May 2007, NIMH hosted a symposium on the urgent problem of prisoners with serious mental illness.

Evolving Mechanisms of HIV Neuropathogenesis: Domestic and Global Issues

April 14, 2007 – April 16, 2007
Venice, Italy
NIMH co-sponsored an international meeting in Venice, Italy to discuss research on disease mechanisms that lead to chronic and milder forms of HIV-associated central nervous system (CNS) disease following long-term anti-retroviral therapy.

Partnerships to Integrate Evidence Based Mental Health Practices into Social Work Education and Research Meeting

April 03, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In April 2007, the Division of Services and Intervention Research, the Office of Special Populations, and the Office of Constituency Relations and Public Liaison of the National Institute of Mental Health hosted a meeting in which participants shared ideas on building and expanding collaborative relationships to support the further integration of research-based mental health practices into social work education.

Research on Antisocial Behaviors in Children: Future Directions

April 01, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In April 2007, the Division of Pediatric Translational Research and Treatment Development of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) hosted a workshop in Bethesda, Maryland that focused on identifying target areas for new research in the field of disruptive behavior disorders, specifically related to conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder.

Improving Long-term Efficacy and Effectiveness Outcomes in ADHD: A Treatment Development Workshop

March 12, 2007 – March 13, 2007
Rockville, Maryland
In March, 2007, NIMH sponsored a workshop to evaluate the current state of knowledge concerning long-term (i.e., adolescent and adult) efficacy and effectiveness outcomes in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Second International Conference on HIV Treatment Adherence

March 03, 2007
Jersey City, New Jersey
In March 2007 in Jersey City, New Jersey, the National Institute of Mental Health and the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) hosted a state-of-the-science conference focused on understanding and enhancing patient adherence to HIV treatment regimens.

Cognitive Neuroscience Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia

February 03, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In February 2007, the National Institute of Mental Health sponsored a conference in Bethesda, Maryland that assembled basic and clinical cognitive neuroscientists, animal modelers from academia and industry, and clinical trial experts who share a common interest in developing neuroscience-based measures for assessing cognitive deficits in schizophrenia. Following invited talks by basic scientists and breakout groups involving all attendees, meeting participants suggested eight cognitive constructs for further measurement development within the areas of perception, attention, working memory, executive control, long term memory, and social-emotional processing.