Important advances in neuroscience and clinical psychiatry have been achieved in recent years, but there are significant gaps in knowledge and much that we don’t understand about the brain and behavior. Further advances depend on cultivating and supporting a new generation of dedicated basic science and clinical investigators. While there is a compelling need to attract, recruit, and encourage talented individuals to pursue scholarly interests, competing life and career demands often prove daunting.
Dr. Stanley N. Caroff
The theme of the competition this year concerning tardive dyskinesia is timely and consistent with the mission of NMSIS to promote knowledge on neurologic side effects of antipsychotic drugs. Tardive dyskinesia can have a negative impact on the social, psychological, and physical well-being of patients; it remains a legacy of past treatment with antipsychotics; it is an increasing concern among an ever widening population of patients receiving even newer antipsychotics; and there are now two Food and Drug Administration–approved treatments for the disorder. Early career psychiatrists may have had limited instruction on tardive dyskinesia, which has not received prominent attention in curricular programs in recent years. Thus, in addition to supporting scholarly work and research experience, the 2018 Promising Scholars Award Program aims to promote knowledge and skills in managing patients with tardive dyskinesia.
Specific learning objectives are:
- Participants will learn the steps necessary to prepare a scientific manuscript for publication.
- Participants will review comments by expert referees and learn to incorporate and respond to the peer review process.
- Participants will review the evidence related to the diagnosis and treatment of tardive dyskinesia.
- Participants will be introduced to the spectrum of educational and networking opportunities at the Institute for Psychiatric Services conference.
In the past, this program was very popular and gained national recognition among psychiatric trainees. Numerous submitted papers were accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals after the competition was completed.
Instructions for manuscript preparation are:
- First author must be a student, resident, or fellow.
- Papers should address specific issues related to the theme of tardive dyskinesia and be no longer than 15 double-spaced typed pages in length (excluding references and illustrations).
- Literature reviews, case reports, or studies that are original and newly developed or recently published are acceptable.
- Reviews and feedback will be provided by a panel of academic psychiatrists.
- Papers will be judged on relevance to tardive dyskinesia, originality, scholarship, scientific rigor, valid methodology, clinical significance, and organization.
To participate, papers and curriculum vitae of the first author must be submitted by July 1, 2018, to Dianne Daugherty by email at dianne@mhaus.org. Winners will be announced by Aug. 10, 2018. For additional information, write to dianne@mhaus.org or visit www.mhaus.org/nmsis/about-us/what-is-nmsis.
Dr. Caroff, professor of psychiatry, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center and at the University of Pennsylvania, both in Philadelphia, is director of the NMSIS. He served as consultant to Neurocrine Biosciences and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, and receives research grant funding from Neurocrine Biosciences.