Grand Rounds

Psychiatry Grand Rounds - 2002/03; 2004/07

The Yale Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds is made up of 4 components:

• Visiting Lecture Series
• Department Forum
• Research Forum
• Educational Forum

Lectures take place each Friday of the month at 10:00am in the auditorium of the Connecticut Mental Health Center. Rounds are attended by residents, faculty and professional staff and are also open to all members of the Yale community.

The Visiting Lecture Series hosts nationally and internationally prominent researchers to address specialized topics selected from the general areas of basic neuroscience, biological psychiatry, psychodynamic psychiatry, and health care delivery. The series seeks the very best speaker and most prominent investigator for the particular topic. Three of the lectures are honorary and named for individuals who have made significant contributions to the Yale Department of Psychiatry. The Flynn Lecture is in the area of basic neuroscience and is named for John P. Flynn, who established the basic science section of the department at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. The Ribicoff Lecture seeks an investigator who has skillfully combined basic and clinical research paradigms, and is named for Senator Abraham Ribicoff, who helped establish the Connecticut Mental Health Center. The Fredrick C. Redlich Distinguished Alumni Lecture seeks a prominent graduate of the Department's residency training program and is named for Fritz Redlich, Chairman of Psychiatry from 1948 to 1967 and Dean of the Yale School of Medicine from 1967 to 1972.

The Research Forum Lecture Series provides the opportunity for the department's own faculty and trainees to present their research to their colleagues in the department and the Yale community. The goals of the series are to provide exceptional junior investigators the opportunity to discuss their work, and to ensure that the most current, cutting-edge research in the department is formally presented. Over the course of the year, presentations cover projects in biological psychiatry, clinical and basic neuroscience, and clinical issues.

The Departmental Forum focuses on differing perspectives related to critical issues and debates in the field of mental health. It generally involves a panel of speakers who present their views on a specific topic. Audience participation is encouraged. Recent topics have included the effects of managed care on psychiatric practice, advances in psychodynamic psychotherapy, debates over consistency of memory for traumatic events and the therapeutic complexities of confidentiality versus duty to warn. Panelists generally are recruited from the mental health community in Connecticut.

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