Biography

Peter C. Whybrow, MD is director of the Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Judson Braun Distinguished Professor and Executive Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Whybrow is an international authority on depression and manic-depressive disease and the effects of thyroid hormone on brain and human behavior. A founding member and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American College of Psychiatrists, and the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Whybrow has lectured widely across the United States and Europe and is the recipient of many awards. A frequent advisor to universities, foundations, and government agencies, Dr. Whybrow is the author of numerous scientific papers and five books. This presentation is based on Dr. Whybrow's most recent book, American Mania: When More Is Not Enough, published by W. W. Norton, Inc. in 2005.

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