Past BrightNights Community Forums

2011

Partnering for Research: The Search for New Knowledge in Mental Health Treatment
Presenter: Patricia Deldin, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Michigan; Associate Director, U-M Depression Center
Tuesday, November 15, 7:00-8:30
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

Understanding Bipolar Disorder2
Presenter: Melvin McInnis, M.D., Principal Investigator of the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund at the University of Michigan Depression Center
Wednesday, October, 5, 12:00pm-1:30 pm
Oakland Community College, Room G240
2900 Featherstone Rd, Auburn Hills, MI 48326

Sleep and Depression: Connections from Adolescence through Adulthood
Presenter: J. Todd Arnedt, Ph.D., Director, Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program, U-M Sleep and Chronophysiology Laboratory
Tuesday, September, 20, 7:00-8:30 pm
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

Managing Moods: What Helps What Hurts?
Presenter: Ben Bierman, M.D., Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at the University of Michigan
Tuesday, April 19, 7:00-8:30 pm
Gull Lake High School
7753 N. 34th Street, Richland, MI

Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Presenter: Melvin McInnis, M.D., Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression at the U-M Depression Center
Tuesday, April 19, 7:00-8:30 pm
Clinton-Macomb Public Library, Main Branch, Auditorium
40900 Romeo Plank Rd, Clinton Township, MI

Learning and Depression: What's the Connection?
Presenter: Cynthia Ewell-Foster, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, U-M Department of Psychiatry and Member, U-M Depression Center
Tuesday, March 8, 7:00-8:30 pm
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

Depression After 60: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Presenter: Sara Wright, Ph.D., Clinical Lecturer U-M Department of Psychiatry; Member, U-M Depression Center
Tuesday, February 22, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
*Plymouth District Library, 223 S. Main Street, Plymouth, M

Mindfulness-Based Techniques to Help Manage Depression
Presenters: Elizabeth Robinson, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, U-M Department of Psychiatry and Member, U-M Depression Center and Claire Weiner, LMSW, Clinical Social Worker, U-M Department of Psychiatry.
Tuesday, January 18, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

2010

Grief in Children and Adolescents
Presenter: Julie Kaplow, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry,
Tuesday, April 13th, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Gull Lake High School
7753 N. 34th Street, Richland, MI

Depression After 60: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Presenter: Sara Wright, PhD, Clinical Lecturer U-M Department of Psychiatry; Member, U-M Depression Center
Tuesday, March 23, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

Talking through Depression: What We Know about Effective Psychotherapy for Mood Disorders
Presenter: Heather Flynn, Ph.D, Assistant Professor and Director of Psychotherapy Services, U-M Department of Psychiatry; Member, U-M Depression Center
Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

Understanding Adolescent Depression
Presenter: Melvin McInnis, M.D., Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression at the U-M Depression Center
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Plymouth District Library
223 S. Main Street, Plymouth, MI

2009

Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Presenter: Melvin McInnis, M.D., Thomas B. and Nancy Upjohn Woodworth Professor of Bipolar Disorder and Depression at the U-M Depression Center
Wednesday, December 16, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Grosse Pointe Public Library, Woods Branch
20680 Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

Depression and Anxiety in Youth and Adolescents
Presenter: Kate Fitzgerald, M.D., Assistant Professor, U-M Department of Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Anxiety Program
Tuesday, November 17, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

Depressed Moods in a Depressed Economy: Connections between Life Events, Stressors, and Mental Health
Presenter: Alan Prossin, M.D., U-M Department of Psychiatry and Depression Center
Monday, November 9, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Westland Public Library
6123 Central City Parkway, Westland, MI 48185

Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: An Educational Forum
Presenter:Kate Fitzgerald, M.D., Assistant Professor, U-M Department of Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Anxiety Program
Monday, October 12th, 7:00-8:30 pm
Gull Lake High School
7753 N. 34th Street, Richland, MI

Understanding Teen Depression: How to recognize it, how to get help
Presenters: Cindy Ewell Foster, Ph.D., Rich Dopp, M.D., Barb Blue, MSN, RN, CPNP
Tuesday, October 6th, 6:30-8:30 pm
Kirk in the Hills Church
1340 W. Long Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills

Brain Stimulation: New Hope for Depression
Presenter: Steve Taylor, M.D., Co-Director, Psychiatric Neuromodulation Program and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School
Tuesday, September 29
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

Depressed Moods in a Depressed Economy: Connections between Life Events, Stressors, and Mental Health
Wednesday, April 8
Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown

Substance Abuse, Challenging Behaviors and Depression in Youth
Monday, March 23
Gull Lake High School, 11775 East D Avenue, Richland, MI

Mental Health at Michigan: Get the Facts!
Wednesday, March 11
Wolverine Room, Michigan Union

Depression During Childbearing Years: Strategies for Prevention, Intervention, and Raising Resilient Children
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Ann Arbor District Library downtown

Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Plymouth District Library, 223 S. Main Street, Plymouth, MI

2008

Depression Treatments: The Promise of Personalized Medicine
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI

Mood Disorders, Sleep, and Activity in Adolescents
Tuesday, October 22, 2008
Gull Lake High School, Richland, MI

Depression in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Diagnosis & Treatment
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Depression and Cancer
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Depression, Diabetes, and Diet
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Depression: Seasons and Reasons – A Closer Look at Seasonal Affective Disorder
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 in the Plymouth District Library

Hearts and Minds: Depression and Cardiovascular Disease
Thursday, January 31st, 2008

2007

Understanding Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adults
November 13, 2007

Anxiety Disorders: Panic and Phobias
September 25, 2007

Women's Health and Depression
April 3, 2007

Eating Disorders and Depression
March 6, 2007

Depression: Seasons and Reasons - A Closer Look at Seasonal Affective Disorder
January 30, 2007
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2006

Seasonal Affective Disorder
January 11, 2006

Understanding Bipolar Disorder
March 29, 2006

Suicide Prevention
May 24, 2006

Sleep and Depression
October 24, 2006
Audience Q&A