DEPRESSION
A JAMA Theme Issue Media Briefing
The National Press Club
14th and F Streets, NW, Washington DC

Tuesday, June 17, 2003
9:45 am - Noon

9:45-10 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderator: Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH, Editor, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Chicago

10-10:30 am
The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Disorder: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey Replication
Kathleen Ries Merikangas, PhD, Senior Investigator and Chief, Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md.

10:30-11 am
Cost of Lost Productive Work Time Among US Workers With Depression
Walter Stewart, PhD, MPH, Director, Outcomes Research, Geisinger Health Systems, Danville, Pa.

11-11:30 am
Brain Imaging and Depression Symptoms
J. Douglas Bremner, MD, Director of PET Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.

11:30-Noon
Effects of Treating Depression and Low Perceived Social Support on Clinical Events After Heart Attack: The Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Patients (ENRICHD) Randomized Trial
Susan Czajkowski, PhD, Research Psychologist, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Md.

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