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Center for Brain/Mind Medicine Seminar Series
Date: December 19, 2018
Presenter:
Sara W. Lazar, PhD
Associate Researcher, Psychiatry Department
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor in Psychology
Harvard Medical School.

“Meditation in clinical contexts”

Location & Time: December 19, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Zinner Breakout Room, Shapiro Building
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lunch will be served

Target Audience: The target audience for this activity is MDs, PhDs, residents, fellows, research staff interested in learning more about research and clinical developments in the Cognitive/Affective Neurosciences and related clinical disciplines

Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1) Identify brain structures involved in the neuroanatomical basis of mindfulness meditation

2) Summarize current information about the impact of mindfulness on emotion regulation

3) Discuss the relationship between neurobiological changes and changes in clinical symptoms

Course Directors: Scott McGinnis, MD, Shreya Raj, MD, Michael Erkkinen, MD

If you would like to subscribe to the Center for Brain/Mind Medicine Seminar Series e-mail distribution list or if you have any questions regarding the seminar, please contact bwhpsych@partners.org

Psychologists: This program is sponsored by the Center for Brain/Mind Medicine. The Center for Brain/Mind Medicine is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Brain/Mind Medicine maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program offers 1 CE credit per seminar to psychologists.