Child psychiatry research seminar: The neuroimaging of adolescent suicidal behaviours: from early trauma to interpersonal sensitivity

The Child Psychiatry Research Committee is sponsoring a Child Psychiatry Research Seminar.  This seminar is open to all staff and students. The seminar will be informal and encourage active audience participation and discussion.

“The neuroimaging of adolescent suicidal behaviors: from early trauma to interpersonal sensitivity”

Dr. Anthony Gifuni,

Presenter: Dr. Gifuni recently graduated from his residency in psychiatry at McGill University. He was awarded a Resident-Researcher Training Award from the FQRS and he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. His current work examines the neuroimaging biomarkers of suicidality in adolescence, with functional and structural scanning techniques.
 

Date:        

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018

Time:

12:30 to 2:00 PM

Place:

The Montreal Children’s Hospital, Glen Site
1001 Decarie Blvd.
Block B
Conference room – B 08 3019

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will examine the prevalence of childhood trauma in a clinical sample of suicidal adolescents
 2. Participants will explore the relationship between adolescent suicidal history and the neural response to social rejection.
 3. Participants will reflect on the clinical implications of these results to personalize intervention in suicidal youth