Newswise — ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A suicide study will be among the research presented by Mayo Clinic psychiatry and psychology experts at the American Psychiatric Association meeting Saturday through Wednesday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. They also are available to offer expert comment on other research findings. Mayo Clinic presentations include:

VIDEO ALERT: Video of Timothy Lineberry, M.D., discussing his suicide research, and Mark Frye, M.D., giving an overview of the conference will be available for journalists on the Mayo Clinic News Network.

Saturday, May 5:*The Clinical Demographics of the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank, presented by Manuel Fuentes Salgado, M.D., 3:30–5 p.m. EDT. Location: Room 109B Level 1.Sunday, May 6:*Bipolar Disorder: State-of-the-Art Treatments, presented by Mark Frye, M.D., 8–11 a.m. EDT. Location: Room 119B Level 1.Monday, May 7: *Presidential Symposium: “New Approaches to Integration of Mental Health and Medical Health Service” with Mark Williams, M.D., 2–5 p.m. EDT, in Room 122 A/B Level 1.

Tuesday, May 8:*Scientific and Clinical Report, “The relationship of health anxiety to state anxiety, depression, somatic symptom burden, and disability in a tertiary psychosomatic medicine population” by Jeffery Staab, M.D., 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. EDT, in Room 111B Level 1.

*“Assessment of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents,” Timothy Lineberry, M.D., from 1:30-3 p.m. EDT, Room 102A Level 1.

To contact a Mayo Clinic psychiatrist for a comment on a study or to inquire about research, contact Nick Hanson at 651-235-2265 or [email protected]. Follow our tweets at #APAAM12.

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