Dr. Hyde will review the clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder with a short clinical vignette. Genetic risk factors for this disorder and what we know about this common and sometimes disabling illness will be discussed.
Thomas M. Hyde, M.D., Ph.D. is the Chief Medical Officer of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development. The mission of the Lieber Institute is to identify genes that confer increased risk for schizophrenia and related neurodevelopmental behavioral disorders. Under his supervision, the Lieber Institute has established one of the world’s largest and most extensively curated brain tissue collections for research.
Dr. Hyde is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He is on the Board of Directors of the Sheppard- Pratt-Lieber Research Institute, a clinical research center focused on understanding the biology of schizophrenia, autism, and other neuropsychiatric disorders. He has been a member of Temple Micah for over a decade.
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