The California Summit for Transition Age Youth (TAY) Evaluation and Quality Improvement Summit brought together stakeholders (e.g., TAY, county representatives, providers) interested in learning about and sharing their experiences related to evaluation and quality improvement of TAY services. Series: "TAY Evaluation & Quality Improvement Summit (TEQI)" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30265]

Anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents. Research shows that early detection and prompt intervention may prevent as many as two‐thirds of patients from developing a more serious eating disorder. Dr. Sara Buckelew discusses how to identify an eating disorder, early intervention and prevention. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28906]

The California Summit for Transition Age Youth (TAY) Evaluation and Quality Improvement Summit brought together stakeholders (e.g., TAY, county representatives, providers) interested in learning about and sharing their experiences related to evaluation and quality improvement of TAY services. Series: "TAY Evaluation & Quality Improvement Summit (TEQI)" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30263]

The California Summit for Transition Age Youth (TAY) Evaluation and Quality Improvement Summit brought together stakeholders (e.g., TAY, county representatives, providers) interested in learning about and sharing their experiences related to evaluation and quality improvement of TAY services. Series: "TAY Evaluation & Quality Improvement Summit (TEQI)" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30262]

Why are mental health disorders more prevalent during adolescence? Dr. Josephine Lau, UCSF Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, looks at symptoms, prevalence and treatment of adolescent depression and anxiety. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28886]

Studies measuring behavior and those examining brain size and function have helped to reveal a great deal about how cognition and emotions change with age. Increasingly, however, there is a recognition that additional insight about cognitive and emotional aging can come from investigating the role of blood-based biological factors, including telomere length, gene expression, and levels of circulating compounds related to immunity, stress-responsiveness, and cardiovascular health. This talk will review recent work in this area, with an emphasis on how such factors might be used in the future to help develop individualized interventions to maintain mental wellness into old age. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28365]

The California Summit for Transition Age Youth (TAY) Evaluation and Quality Improvement Summit brought together stakeholders (e.g., TAY, county representatives, providers) interested in learning about and sharing their experiences related to evaluation and quality improvement of TAY services. Series: "TAY Evaluation & Quality Improvement Summit (TEQI)" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 29999]

Suicide prevention expert Stan Collins examines the realities and mysteries of why people choose to end their own lives. Series: "Pulse" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 29071]

Can steroid therapies drive you crazy? Two leading neuropsychiatrists share their dramatic and startling findings that yes, certain glucocorticoids such as prednisone can lead to erratic and self-destructive behavior, especially in women. Dr. Lewis Judd of UC San Diego and Dr. Sherwood Brown of the University of Texas, along with an international roster of co-authors, recently published this eye-opening research in The American Journal of Psychiatry and discuss their work here with Nick Binkley, President of the Diana Foundation. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28521]

David Mechanic, Director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University, details the trends in behavioral health over the last several decades and shows the continuing problems in providing appropriate access to care, continuity of services and evidence-based treatments, especially for persons with severe and persistent behavioral disorders. Emphasis focuses on the role of the non-specialty medical sector that now provides most medications, often without careful patent evaluation or adherence to evidence-based standards. Series: "Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28233]