Hello everyone,

I hope you will join us for our next SMI SIG meeting, on Tuesday, February 27^th, 12-1pm by Zoom

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Topic:  Psychopharmacology Best Practices for Psychosis or Clinical High Risk (CHR) Youth

Guest Presenter: Dr. Gil Hoftman, M.D., Ph.D. 

Dr. Gil Hoftman is a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor at UCLA Psychiatry, attending at the UCLA TMS clinic and the Medical Co-Director of the UCLA Center for Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS).

Driven by a passion for developing innovative approaches to understand and treat psychosis risk states, Dr. Hoftman is dedicated to educating the next generation of behavioral health professionals and is recognized as an esteemed lecturer on medications for treating psychosis risk and comorbidities. Dr. Hoftman’s approaches patient care with an emphasis on integration of holistic and compassionate, personalized care with an appreciation for the significance of developmental and neurobiological principles while also acknowledging the impact of environmental and psychological factors on distressing symptoms and experiences. This comprehensive approach ensures that each patient receives tailored care that addresses their unique needs. Dr. Hoftman’s laboratory works in the areas of genetic and clinical high risk for psychosis, schizophrenia, and neurodevelopment using imaging transcriptomics and molecular neuroscience, with the goal of connecting the molecular underpinnings of disruptions in neural circuitry in psychosis risk to in vivo human brain development. His research is or has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, Burroughs Welcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists, Sorensen Foundation Award for Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Karen Seykora Young Investigator Award, UCLA Friends of Semel Institute Award, and Della Martin Award.

About the SMI SIG:

This group will provide education and peer support related to the provision of care for individuals experiencing serious mental illness. We will host presentations and more informal research briefings by SMI experts, related to assessment and intervention recommendations from over 20+ years of longitudinal and cross-sectional clinical research through the UCLA Center for Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States (CAPPS) and other collaborators. Community SIG members are invited to submit topics or presentations for upcoming meetings.

Hope to see you there. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. 

Warmly,
Laura

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