Brain, behavior and society: the revolution in the conception and mental illness care

Tuesday, October 17 / 11:00-12:30

Round table

Coordinator: María Elena Medina-Mora (ECN)

Brain, behavior and society, the revolution in the conception and mental illness care

Participants: Patricia Ostrosky (II biomedical-UNAM), Humberto Nicolini (National Institute of genomic medicine) and María Elena Medina-Mora (NEC and National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz)

Overview:  In this activity you will talk about mechanisms and environmental factors that affect the brain and regulate human behavior. Advances in genomic sciences that enable the detection of persons at risk of mental illness and suicide, as well as treatments offering medicine personalized for these ailments and possible interventions will be analyzed psychosocial. The approach of these advances to the population will reduce these diseases and increase the individual and collective well-being.