Join NAMI Southwest CT on Thursday, February 11, 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm EST as we hear from Dr. Hilary Blumberg, a research pioneer in advanced brain imaging, bipolar disorder, major depression and other mood disorders. She will speak about bipolar disorder as a brain disorder and will highlight cutting-edge research on a treatment to help those living with the disorder.

Hilary Patricia Blumberg, MD is a Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Director of the Mood Disorders Research Program at the Yale School of Medicine. She will discuss the plasticity of the brain, factors that can adversely affect the brain, and research devoted to understanding how suicide behavior develops among individuals with bipolar disorder.

Dr. Blumberg will highlight a new psycho-behavioral treatment that can help prevent suffering and suicide. Further insight regarding this treatment will be presented by the two licensed clinicians who work on the team, Bernadette Lecza, LPC and Erin Carrubba, LPC.

The audience will gain a better understanding about bipolar brain research and new treatments, hope in brain neuroplasticity, and how to help your loved ones.

The virtual speaker event will take place from 7:00 to 8:30 pm on Thursday, February 11, 2021. The presentation is hosted by the Southwest CT affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and is free and open to the public.

Registration for the event can be completed here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkdO6qqzoqGNAFIK2SL8HpNciFKqW_fFi-