Former first lady Rosalynn transporter to speak at mental health conference

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter will be the keynote speaker at an international conference focusing on women's mental health that is scheduled to happen from Oct. 27-30 at Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh.
About 500 researchers, clinicians and mental-health advocates are expected to attend the 2010 Marce Society International Conference: "Perinatal Mental Health Research: Harvesting the Potential." Research presentation and conversation topics will include the biology and genetics of psychiatric illness during pregnancy and postpartum and causes of perinatal mental disorders.
The conference is organism co-sponsored by Postpartum Support International and supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, Staunton Farm Foundation, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC, the UPMC Health Plan and Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, the Fine Foundation, and the Heinz Foundation.