A healthy body鈥檚 connection to a healthy mind will be the topic of the next 鈥淏uilding Hope鈥 lecture on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
David A. Casey, MD, chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Louisville, will present 鈥淢aintaining Your Brain: Tips on preserving thinking and memory with the aging process.鈥 The event is part of the 鈥淏uilding Hope鈥 public lecture series sponsored by the UofL Depression Center and will be held at 7 p.m. at Second Presbyterian Church, 3701 Old Brownsboro Rd.
Casey will discuss lifestyle changes that can be helpful to maintain brain processes. He also will explain how optimal management of medical conditions can help preserve brain power.
Board-certified in both general psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry, Casey joined the UofL faculty in 1985 and was named chair in 2015. His research interests are focused on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and other dementias, geriatric depression, psychiatric education and the history of psychiatry. He practices with UofL Physicians-Psychiatry.
