This application for the Geriatric Mental Health Academic Award proposes a three-year program which would establish the Georgetown University Medical Center and more specifically, Dr. Nathan Billig of the Department of Psychiatry, as resources in research, clinical assessment and treatment, and education in geropsychiatry. We propose a program, based on a health and behavior model, which would be multidisciplinary in perspective and practice. The award period will be spent in developing mental health and aging curricula within the Department of Psychiatry and the Medical Center; stimulating medical students, residents in psychiatry, and graduate students in allied professions to develop research perspectives, skills and interest; facilitating multidisciplinary research focused on health and behavior in the elderly and developing multidisciplinary clinical settings (inpatient and outpatient) which would not only serve as assessment and treatment environments but would also be teachning centers and fertile areas for clinical research in geropsychiatry. The award would allow Georgetown to establish a strong program in geriatric psychiatry research.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Academic/Teacher Award (ATA) (K07)
Project #
5K07MH000463-03
Application #
3077700
Study Section
(LCRB)
Project Start
1983-09-30
Project End
1986-11-30
Budget Start
1985-09-01
Budget End
1986-11-30
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
1985
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Georgetown University
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
049515844
City
Washington
State
DC
Country
United States
Zip Code
20057
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Billig, N; Buongiorno, P (1985) Quinidine-induced organic mental disorders. J Am Geriatr Soc 33:504-6