Hot Springs Village Invited to Free UAMS Lectures on Depression and Seniors
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LITTLE ROCK – Hot Springs Village residents are invited to attend a free lecture at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 on depression and older adults by Lou Ann Eads, M.D., a psychiatrist and assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Department of Psychiatry.
The lecture, followed by a question-and-answer session, will be held at Christ of the Hills United Methodist Church in Hot Springs Village. Reservations are not necessary.
Eads is director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute’s geriatric inpatient unit. She will be addressing “Depression in the Senior Population,” the first of a three-part series entitled “Facing the Ups and Downs: Mental Health and Older Adults.”
The Nov. 11 session will focus on “Suicide Risk, Recognition and Response” while the Nov. 18 presentation will be on “Depression and Prescription Drugs.” To find out more about the upcoming presentations or to get directions, call the church at 501-922-4503.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a new 540,000-square-foot hospital, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,775 students and 748 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.