The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences invites you to Psychiatry Grand Rounds tomorrow (Wednesday) from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Bascom Palmer Eye Institute's Retter Auditorium. Guest speaker Giampaolo Perna, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at San Benedetto Hospital in Como, Italy, will present "Panic Disorder: Is It a Mental Disorder?" Upon completion of the lecture, participants will be able to recognize the somatic features of panic disorder, rethink the role of anti-panic medications, and include somatic interventions in the treatment plans of patients with panic disorder.

This educational activity is approved for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits for physicians, 1.25 continuing education units for psychologists and 1.5 continuing education units for social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental heatlh counselors. For more information, please contact Carmen Bou-Crick at 305-355-9073 or cbou@med.miami.edu, or visit http://psychiatry.med.miami.edu/Grand-Rounds.aspx.