Presentation:
Depression in Elderly Chinese Patients
Time:
11:15AM
Objectives:
Describe the use of screening instruments to detect depression in Chinese patients
List approaches, pharmacologic and non pharmacologic, to manage depression in elderly Chinese patients
Review suicide prevention measures
Current Position:
Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, USC Keck School of Medicine
Biography:
Edmond Hsin-tung Pi, M.D. is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine, and a formal Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. Dr. Pi is currently Director of Psychiatric Consultation and Liaison (Psychosomatic Medicine) Service at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Dr. Pi is a Visiting Professor of Psychiatry at Tsinghua University and Capital Medical University in Beijing, and Shantou University in Guangdong, China. Also, he is an Honorary Professor of Psychiatry at Central South University in Hunan, China. Dr. Pi is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. has been selected by his peers to be included in “The Best Doctors in America” (Psychiatry) since 1994 and selected for inclusion in the “America’s Top Doctors” (Psychiatry) since 2001. He is listed in the top 100 Chinese American “Ultimate Winners.”
Professor Pi is former Medical Director of the Department of Mental Health (DMH), State of California, USA. The DMH had oversight over almost $2 billion public mental health annual budget and approximately 7,000 employees. Dr. Pi was the Department’s highest level psychiatrist and responsible for ensuring that statewide mental health treatment services were developed and implemented.
Professor Pi has been consistently acknowledged as a valued educator and excellent clinical supervisor. He is an accomplished researcher in the field of cross-cultural psychiatry and psychopharmacology, with numerous publications including authorship in psychiatric textbooks. Dr. Pi has been very active on both the US and the international scenes in the field of mental health. Professor Pi has been a member of the Committee of 100 since 1991 and served on the Board of Directors of the Committee of 100 from 1993 to 1998.
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