*CME EVENT* 23rd Annual Schizophrenia Conference:Understanding Causes and Promoting Recovery for Professionals, Families and ConsumersProgram Description & Objectives This conference is designed for mental health professionals involved in the treatment and management of schizophrenia, and for families and consumers interested in furthering their knowledge of this illness. We at Columbia University Medical Center are determined to continue our commitment to understand the causes of mental illness, and to find a cure for them.

*CME EVENT* Mood Disorders across theFemale Life Cyclein conjunction with:Postpartum Support InternationalPostpartum ResourceCenter for New YorkNational Association forPsychosocial OBGYN

Drs. Schroeder and Luber will lead a discussion about this recent important paper on TMS: Transcranial magnetic stimulation elicits coupled neural and hemodynamic consequences. Science. 2007 Sep 28;317(5846):1918-21.

Moving beyond the 'virtual lesion' approach to transcranial magnetic stimulation

*HIV Center Grand Rounds*Most HIV Center Rounds lectures are available as podcastswithin a week of the presentation.Please click here for access to podcasts of past lectures.

*HIV Center Grand Rounds*Most HIV Center Rounds lectures are available as podcastswithin a week of the presentation.Please click here for access to podcasts of past lectures.

*HIV Center Grand Rounds*
Most HIV Center Rounds lectures are available as podcastswithin a week of the presentation.
Please click here for access to podcasts of past lectures.

Efficacy and Safety of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Acute Treatment of Major Depression: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial. Biological Psychiatry 62 (11), 1 December 2007: 1208-1216Dr. Lisanby will present and lead discussion of this recent important TMS paper. Columbia University, Dept. of Psychiatry, was a site for this study.

Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES): What is it, what can it do?Dr. Bulow, who is investigating transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), will present an overview of published research to date on cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES), another type of hand-held brain stimulation technology, one the Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation also will be investigating. The FDA allows the Fisher-Wallace Cranial Stimulator to be marketed for Insomnia, Depression, Anxiety and Stress.

*ADULT PSYCHIATRY GRAND ROUNDS* Clinical Grand Rounds Into the Wild: Understanding a Prodromal Patient Through LiteratureAndrew Booty, MD Chief Resident, Columbia UniversityDiscussants:Cheryl Corcoran, MD and Pellegrino Sarti, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Associate Professor of Clinical PsychiatryColumbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsWe Request That Only Professional Staff Attend