Calendar

To announce educational events in the CME Calendar, please provide dates, location, sponsorship, number of CME credits, and a name and phone number for information. Mail announcements for the Fall 2000 issue by July 15 to Stuart Yudofsky, M.D., CME Calendar, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1400 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005.

May 6–7, 2000, The Psychobiological Aspects of Epilepsy, Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. The meeting will focus on behavioral and psychosocial problems of patients with epilepsy. Internationally recognized researchers will address a wide range of topics, from subtle cognitive impairment through postictal psychoses, with an emphasis on mechanisms and management. For information: Jackie Ashmenall; tel.: 44-0171-829-8743 or 0181-840-1287; fax: 44-0171-278-3053; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.wai.co.uk/epilepsy

June 15, 2000, 2000 Brain Injury Conference, sponsored and hosted by Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. A multidisciplinary conference for physicians and paramedical staff focusing on the cognitive, physical, emotional and psychosocial problems of patients surviving brain injury. For information: Mayo School of Continuing Medical Education; tel.: 1-800-323-2688 or 507-284-2509; e-mail: [email protected]

July 9–13, 2000, XXIInd CINP Congress, Brussels, Belgium. Sponsored by Collegium International Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum (CINP). For information: Valérie Wouters; tel.: 32-2-779-5959; fax: 32-2-779-5960; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.iceo.be

July 28–31, 2000, A Comprehensive Review of Movement Disorders of the Clinical Practitioner, 10th Annual Course, Hotel Jerome, Aspen, Colorado. Sponsored by Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Offers 19 hours of Category 1 AMA Physician's Recognition Award CME credit. This course for neurologists and others in the health professions will deal with classification of movement disorders, their differential diagnosis, and treatment. Goals are to introduce the field to the novice and to enhance knowledge of current practitioners. Participants are encouraged to bring videotapes from their own practice for the case presentations session. For information: Mohamed A. Ali, M.P.H.; tel.: 212-781-5990; fax: 212-781-6047; e-mail; [email protected]; Web: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/cme

August 27–31, 2000, Brain2000, 1st International Brain Exposition and Congress, Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany. Sponsored by the International Academy on Brain and Nervous System Health in conjunction with the World Health Organization. An interdisciplinary forum on brain research to promote exchange among neuroscientists, psychologists, patient and patient care representatives, pharmaceuticals and equipment manufacturers, and other interested groups. For information: CCH; tel.: 49-40-3569-2246; fax: 49-40-3569-2343; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.brain2000.org

September 3–6, 2000, Neuropathology 2000: 14th International Congress of Neuropathology, International Convention Centre, Birmingham, England. CME credit to be determined. Clinicians, neuropathologists, and basic neuroscientists will convene for plenary lectures, workshops, and poster sessions. Diagnostic criteria for major disease complexes will be discussed extensively. Specific themes will include dementias, system disorders, Parkinson's disease, molecular and genetic disorders, pediatric neuropathology, trauma, cerebrovascular disease, psychiatric disorders, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and neurotoxicology. For information: D. I. Graham; tel.: 44-141-201-2113/2046; fax: 44-141-201-2998; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.neuropathology2000.co.uk