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Medical Psychiatry: Comprehensive Update Conference 2025

Event Date(s): Sep 18, 2025 - 08:45am to Sep 21, 2025 - 03:50pmAvailable Credits: 26.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ 26.25 Nursing Contact Hours 26.25 Participation 26.25 Psychologists CE Credit Register For This Conference

Conference Details

Please Note: This program will be held Virtually via Zoom Video Livestream. All program times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

The 2025 Conference on Medical Psychiatry is becoming a leading venue for showcasing advances in the application of medical psychiatry. The Conference will be held virtually over the course of four days: Thursday, September 18th through Sunday, September 21st, 2025.

Medical Psychiatry is an exciting and rapidly growing field that is at the forefront of integrated medical and psychiatric practice in both the general hospital and outpatient settings. Providers specialize in the treatment of illness at the interface of medicine and psychiatry, including delirium, catatonia, neurocognitive disorders, and complications of psychiatric illness or interventions. There is a focus on the evaluation and comprehensive treatments, including psychopharmacologic and psychological therapies of patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms that may result from medical, surgical, gynecologic, and oncologic illness, as well as patients with primary psychiatric illness complicated by medical disease.

This course is designed to enhance participants' knowledge and skills for diagnostic workup and treatment of patients suffering from both psychiatric and medical disorders. Faculty will review cutting-edge clinical research, evidence-based interventions, and practical guidelines for the clinician. The course content will include the process of psychiatric assessment and consultation in the medical setting, including novel deliveries of care, management of challenging neuropsychiatric presentations in the inpatient, emergency, and outpatient settings, treatment of substance use in the medical setting, and non-pharmacological interventions in Medical Psychiatry.

We will discuss the management of patients in burn/trauma, neuropsychiatry, addiction, critical care, cardiology, oncology, transplant, women's mental health, and other areas. This course also provides an opportunity for a comprehensive review before the ABPN specialty board exams. Learners will benefit from a variety of educational formats, including lectures, panel discussions, case discussions, question and answer sessions, and electronic syllabus.

Pricing

MDs/Doctoral-Level Professionals: 

Early Bird Special (on or before August 1, 2025): $800 
Regular Registration (after August 1, 2025): $1000

RN/APRN, PAs, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Other Allied Health Professionals:

Early Bird Special (on or before August 1, 2025): $640
Regular Registration (after August 1, 2025): $800

Residents/Fellows/Students/Interns:

Early Bird Special (on or before August 1, 2025): $480
Regular Registration (after August 1, 2025): $600

BEFORE YOU REGISTER: Important Notice

You must create a free account through the MGH Psychiatry Academy to register for this event. MGH Psychiatry Academy accounts are not limited to MGH employees. We welcome attendees from around the world and from any organization. 

E-SYLLABUS

We provide all attendees with completely free access to all slide presentations in digital PDF format prior to the conference. This is an environmentally friendly alternative and helps keep costs lower for all attendees. The e-syllabus will be available for 30 days after the conference. 

Cancellation Policy

A refund minus a $100.00 administrative fee will be issued for refund requests received by August 29, 2025. Payments made may not be applied to future conferences or other educational activities. There are no exceptions to these policies.

Conference Summary

Available Credits:26.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ 26.25 Nursing Contact Hours 26.25 Participation 26.25 Psychologists CE Credit
Conference Topic:Psychiatry, Conference
Conference Format:Conference
Target Audience:

This course is targeted to Specialty Physicians, Physicians Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, and Primary Care Physicians.

Event Starts: Sep 18, 2025 - 08:45am
Event Ends: Sep 21, 2025 - 03:50pm
Cost: $800.00

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe best practices in providing psychiatric consultation in medical and surgical settings.
  • Analyze the components of psychosocial formulation and apply them to complex clinical cases.
  • Discuss ethical and legal considerations relevant to capacity assessments in hospitalized patients.
  • Select and utilize evidence-based strategies for managing agitation in medically ill patients.
  • Identify and explain key features of catatonia, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and serotonin syndrome.
  • Apply structured approaches to assess suicide risk in patients with co-occurring medical illness.
  • Critique system-level and clinical challenges related to emergency department psychiatric boarding.
  • Describe management strategies for behavioral dysregulation in developmentally delayed youth.
  • Interpret ECGs in psychiatric patients and assess the risk of QTc prolongation associated with psychotropic medications.
  • Explain psychiatric care considerations in intensive care and critical care environments.
  • Discuss the pathophysiology of delirium and demonstrate prevention and treatment strategies.
  • Assess the psychiatric and medical dimensions of eating disorders in hospitalized patients.
  • Design and apply safe, evidence-based treatment plans for perinatal mental health and substance use disorders.
  • Prepare comprehensive psychiatric evaluations for organ transplant candidates.
  • Use integrated psychiatric approaches in the management of chronic illness, pain, and addiction.
  • Identify and explain neuropsychiatric symptoms related to HIV, autoimmune, endocrine, and oncologic conditions.
  • Explain the bidirectional relationship between psychiatric disorders and gastrointestinal diseases, and apply integrated management strategies to improve outcomes in patients
  • Discuss ethical, legal, and clinical considerations related to physician-assisted death, and apply best practices for psychiatric evaluation and support of patients at the end of life.
  • Describe neuropsychiatric manifestations of dementia and revise treatment plans based on disease stage.
  • Identify neuropsychiatric presentations associated with epilepsy and stroke and apply treatment strategies in medical settings.
  • Critique diagnostic approaches to functional neurological disorders and design interdisciplinary treatment plans.

Accreditation

 

In support of improving patient care, MGH Institute of Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

26.25 Physicians

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this live activity for a maximum of 26.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

26.25 Physician Associates/Assistants

MGH Institute of Health Professions has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 26.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

26.25 Nursing

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 26.25 contact hours for nurses. The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.

26.25 Psychologists

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 26.25 credits.

26.25 IPCE Credit

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 26.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Register For This Conference

We have a dedicated staff member who is available by phone 5 days per week between 8 am and 5 pm by calling 866-644-7792 or email at mghcme@mgh.harvard.edu. All inquiries will be dealt with in a timely  (within one business day) and professional manner. Requests for credits or refunds will be reviewed by the Director of the Division of Professional and Public Education, Massachusetts General Hospital. Please refer to our cancellation policy for additional information.”