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Stephen M. Strakowski, MD: Hello. I'm Dr Stephen M. Strakowski, acting senior associate dean for research at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. I'm speaking today with two of my expert colleagues here. Dr Elizabeth Lippard is an assistant professor in our department and has been here the longest of anybody else other than me. Dr Charles Nemeroff joined us about a year ago and is now acting as chair in the department of psychiatry, in addition to creating and directing the Institute for Early Life Adversity Research.
We're speaking with Drs Lippard and Nemeroff about a seminal paper they just published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, reviewing the impact of early life adversity on people, their lives, their medical history, and potentially what goes on in the brain. I want to talk with them today about how all of us who practice mental health care might apply their important work.
To begin, can you tell us about the field of early life adversity and how common such experiences are in patients?
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The 'Single Biggest Contributor' to Medical and Mental Illness
Stephen M. Strakowski, MD
DisclosuresJanuary 24, 2020
This transcript has been edited for clarity.
Stephen M. Strakowski, MD: Hello. I'm Dr Stephen M. Strakowski, acting senior associate dean for research at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. I'm speaking today with two of my expert colleagues here. Dr Elizabeth Lippard is an assistant professor in our department and has been here the longest of anybody else other than me. Dr Charles Nemeroff joined us about a year ago and is now acting as chair in the department of psychiatry, in addition to creating and directing the Institute for Early Life Adversity Research.
We're speaking with Drs Lippard and Nemeroff about a seminal paper they just published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, reviewing the impact of early life adversity on people, their lives, their medical history, and potentially what goes on in the brain. I want to talk with them today about how all of us who practice mental health care might apply their important work.
To begin, can you tell us about the field of early life adversity and how common such experiences are in patients?
Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD: The entire field was really launched by the phenomenal Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
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Stephen M. Strakowski, MD
Professor and Chair, Associate Vice President, Regional Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin
Disclosure: Stephen M. Strakowski, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: Sunovion (DSMB chair)
Received research grant to institution from: Janssen; Otsuka (both paid to Dr Strakowski's institution)
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: Sunovion