Oct. 9: Evelyn Hayes Symposium
Event to address neuropsychiatric complications of Parkinson's disease
11:39 a.m., Sept. 30, 2014--The Evelyn Hayes Innovations in Healthcare Symposium, which will address effective assessment and treatment approaches to the neuropsychiatric complications of Parkinson’s disease, will be held at the University of Delaware’s STAR Campus Atrium from 1-4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 9.
Roseanne Dobkin, associate professor of psychiatry at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, will provide an overview of neuropsychiatric complications in Parkinson’s disease, including depression, anxiety, insomnia, and cognition.
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Dobkin will also address screening, diagnosis and treatment of depression and anxiety in this population.
Her lecture will be followed by a live Healthcare Theatre production on Parkinson’s disease. Audience participation will be invited in reviewing the events acted out on stage, and the event will conclude with a moderated question and answer session framed by the lecture and the staged drama.
The symposium, the first in a semi-annual series to address innovations in health care, is funded by a generous donation from Evelyn Hayes, professor in the UD School of Nursing.
“I wanted to do something to support the Nurse Managed Health Center here at the University,” Hayes says. “I think it has a bright future and will ultimately serve a large number of people in the UD and larger communities.”
“I liked the idea of focusing on innovation because the topics will always be new and fresh,” she adds. “We started with Parkinson’s disease because that’s already a strength of our faculty and the NMHC, and we’re hoping to draw a broad audience, including students, faculty, patients, caregivers, and clinicians.”
The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited so reservations are recommended. RSVP via email to nm-hc@udel.edu or by calling the Nurse Managed Health Center at 302-831-3195.
About the speaker
Roseanne Dobkin is an associate professor of psychiatry at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, in Piscataway, New Jersey. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist in New Jersey and Delaware.
The majority of her research and clinical work over the past 10 years has focused on the treatment of the psychiatric complications in Parkinson’s disease.
Dobkin’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Patterson Trust Awards Program in Clinical Research.
Article by Diane Kukich