LECTURE:
  Raine Lecture:  Direct to brain treatments for psychiatric illness:  the new wave or a new fad?
		
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 12:00 - McCusker Auditorium, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research
		
Professor Anthony Levitt
After graduating from The University of Western Australia, Professor
Anthony Levitt undertook his specialty training in Psychiatry at the
University of Toronto, which he completed in 1989. From 1992-2002 he was
Head of the Mood Disorders Programs, initially at the Centre for
Addictions and Mental Health in Toronto, followed by McMaster University
in Hamilton, and subsequently, the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in
Toronto. In 2002 Professor Levitt was appointed Chief of the Department
of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook and at the Women's College Hospital, and in
2014 became Chief of the Brain Sciences Program at Sunnybrook. He has
published over 130 peer-reviewed manuscripts; served for 4 years as
Chair of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (formerly MRC)
Randomized Controlled Trials Committee, and has participated in large-
scale, multi-site clinical trials for the past 2 decades.   Professor
Levitt's clinical practice and research is focused on the treatment of
patients with resistant mood and anxiety disorders. He also has
expertise in the facilitation of patient and family access to care in
complex mental health and addiction systems. As a result of his
expertise in this area of clinical medicine, Professor Levitt was
recently appointed Medical Director of the newly created Family
Navigation Project - a non-profit program designed to provide expert
navigation of the mental health and addictions service system for youth
aged 13-26 with serious mental health and/or addiction problems.
		
URL: http://www.raine.uwa.edu.au/
		
For more information:
  Professor Sean Hood
  sean.hood@uwa.edu.au 
  9346 2140

Starts       : Thu, 05 Mar 2015 12:00
Ends         : Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:00
		
Last Updated : Wed, 18 Mar 2015 12:27