Tuesday, September 17, 2002

9:00 p.m. PDT / 12 Noon EDT
Live question and answer session with Dr. Hu

11:00 a.m. PDT / 2:00 p.m. EDT
Treatment of First Episode Schizophrenia

Rona Hu, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences
Medical Director, Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit
Stanford University School of Medicine

Description:
Dr. Rona will provide an overview of research on the effectiveness of older and newer antipsychotics in the management of psychosis in schizophrenia and other disorders. She also will focus on some of the unmet needs in the pharmacotherapy of these illnesses and the promise of newer agents that are currently in development.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this talk the audience should be able to:

• Understand clinical aspects of first episode psychosis.
• Understand current data on the treatment of first episode psychosis.