A recent symposium exploring causes of mood disorders, novel treatments, and proposals for how to bring new drugs to market was held at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (MSSM) in New York City. Supported by the Deborah Elkins Foundation, the goal was to bring leading experts together to talk about promising advances in psychiatry and to address areas where progress has faltered. Wayne Goodman, MD, Chair of Psychiatry at MSSM, noted, “The symposium is part of a broader initiative at Mount Sinai to influence and encourage basic discoveries in neuroscience, better understand the causes of major psychiatric disorders, and develop innovative treatments.”

Below is a list of presenters, in order of appearance:

• Dennis Charney, MD
• Pamela Sklar, MD, PhD
• Scott J. Russo, PhD
• Vilma Gabbay, MD
• Maurizio Fava, MD
• Andrew D. Krystal, MD
• Charles Kellner, MD
• Wayne Goodman, MD
• Dan V.  Iosifescu, MD
• Fritz Henn, MD, PhD
• James  Murrough, MD

For a summary of the Keynote Address, please click here.