Inner Growth Center Event Series presents :

Dr. Kiki Chang , MD, Psychiatrist

Title : “Understanding Children's Mood Ups and Downs and Supporting Children's Mood Disordesr”

Abstract :

• The rate of mood disorders in children and adolescents appears to be growing.

• Mood symptoms such as irritability, lack of interest in activities, fatigue, and sadness might indicate a depressive mood disorder.

• Other symptoms, including anger, sleeping problems, and hyperactivity, could indicate a bipolar disorder.

• These disorders are also genetic and combine with stress to result in the mood problems experienced by children.

• During this program, we will discuss how mood disorders (depression, dysthymia, bipolar disorders) present in children, and how they can be treated. We will also emphasize the parental role in ensuring good care for your child who may have mood problems.

Fee : free admission

Date : Saturday, October 14th

Time: seminar and silent auction time: 11:00am – 4:00 pm, speech time 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Location: Sundowner Inn, 504 Ross Drive , Sunnyvale , CA. 94089-1442, Sunrise Room

(entering the hotel, pass the hotel registration, go straight and the meeting room will be on your left right next to Cattleman's Restaurant)

Registration required:

Please send an email to reservation@InnerGrowthCenter.org for registering this event.

Contact : CJ Chien, (408) 621-4715.

Biography :

Kiki Chang, MD, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Child Psychiatry. He is Director of the Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Clinic, where he specializes in pediatric psychopharmacology and treatment of depression and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.

Dr. Chang graduated cum laude from Princeton University and received his M.D. from the Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his general psychiatry residency at the University of Cincinnati and his child psychiatry fellowship at Stanford University . After a postdoctoral research fellowship, Dr. Chang joined the Stanford faculty in 1999.

Dr. Chang is the recipient of the Eli Lilly Pilot Research Award from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Depression, and the 2003 American Psychiatric Association/AstraZeneca Young Minds in Psychiatry Award. He has been the recipient of two NARSAD Young Investigator Awards and has received a 5-year Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health.

As Director of the Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program, Dr. Chang conducts research into various facets of bipolar disorder. He is currently conducting phenomenologic, biologic, pharmacologic, and genetic studies of bipolar disorder in adults and children. These studies include brain imaging (MRI, MRS, fMRI) and medication and therapy trials. He is particularly interested in detecting prodromal bipolar disorder in children who might then be treated to prevent the development of full bipolar disorder. To do this, he has been studying children of parents with bipolar disorder who are at high risk for developing the disorder themselves.

Dr. Chang is the author of numerous papers and book chapters regarding bipolar disorder and has presented widely at national and international scientific conferences and meetings.