Presented by The Alan Hu Foundation at Las Positas College on October 22
LIVERMORE, Calif. (September 23, 2019) — On October 22, Dr. Manpreet K. Singh, a world-renowned expert and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child Psychiatry and Child Development) at Stanford University will present a seminar on the topic of mood disorders in children and adolescents, “Treating and Preventing Mood Disorders for Lifelong Impact”. She will discuss early detection, interventions, treatment, and the importance of mindfulness, medications, and familyfocused psychotherapy.
Dr. Singh is director of the Pediatric Mood Disorders Program, director of the Pediatric Emotion And Resilience Lab (PEARL), Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Faculty Scholar in Pediatric Translational Medicine, Researcher at Stanford Maternal Child Health Research Institute, and a psychiatrist at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital. According to Dr. Singh’s Stanford Profile, she is extensively involved in collaborations aimed to investigate methods of treating problems associated with, and leading up to mood disorders in youth.
The seminar will take place on Tuesday, October 22 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm at Las Positas College, Mertes Center for the Arts, Main Theater, Building 4000, 3000 Campus Hill Road, Livermore, CA 94551. Check the links for campus map and driving directions to Las Positas College. There is no charge for admission. Doors open at 6:30pm. Please RSVP by October 20 at
alanhufoundation.org.
The Alan Hu Foundation was created by Xiaofang Chen and Chih-Ching Hu in memory of their son, Alan. He passed away due to mental disorders in 2018 at the age of 15. Their mission is to promote mental health, raise awareness and remove stigma surrounding psychiatric disorders, and to support fundamental research for cures. For further information and support for the Alan Hu Foundation,
please visit the website, http://alanhufoundation.org/helping.