Tampa, FL (April 28, 2006) – May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The University of South Florida Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine will offer a series of free community lectures on a variety of mental health topics

Presentations will take place on Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m., at the USF Psychiatry Center, 2^nd floor conference room, located at 3515 E. Fletcher Avenue in Tampa. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP at 813-974-6967.

May 3: "Helping Children Grow Up Healthy"

Speaker: Berney Wilkinson, Ph. D.

Instructor, USF Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Location: USF Dept. of Psychiatry, 2nd Floor

May 10: "Psychiatric Disorders in the Elderly – Depression, Anxiety, Sleep,

Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Dementia"

Speaker: Marguerite Poreda, M.D.

Assistant Professor, USF Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Location: USF Dept. of Psychiatry, 2nd Floor

May 17: "Eating Disorders-Helping Without Hurting"

Speaker: Pauline S. Powers, M.D.

Professor, USF Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Location: USF Dept. of Psychiatry, 2nd Floor

May 24: "How to Understand and Treat Schizophrenia"

Speaker: Carlos Santana, M.D.

Associate Professor, USF Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Location: USF Dept. of Psychiatry, 2nd Floor

May 31: "What To Do When The Blues Won't Go Away"

Speaker: Francisco Fernandez, M.D.

Professor and Chairman, USF Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Location: USF Dept. of Psychiatry, 2nd Floor

 

From I-275 Take exit 52 East-Fowler Ave.  Travel East on Fletcher for 4 miles Turn Right on Magnolia Dr.  (1st traffic light past Bruce B Downs) Turn Left into the parking lot entrance

From I-75 Take exit 266 West– Fletcher Ave. Travel West on Fletcher for 4.5 miles Turn left on Magnolia Dr. (1st traffic light past John Knox Village) Turn Left into the parking lot entrance

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