Psychopharmacology Enduring Activity

overview

This psychiatry conference examines the latest research and treatment advances across dozens of mental health conditions. It offers in-depth information that is important for all mental health and primary care settings. Topics include ADHD, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, OCD, psychosis, PTSD, substance use disorders, and much more.

Speakers examine standards of care and share innovative ways to make care better. The agenda touches on many complex topics in mental health. Managing side effects, drug interactions, natural medications, combining pharmacologic and psychosocial treatments, and much more.

Most important of all, our faculty focus on how to translate all these insights into your daily practice. This empowers you to optimize your care for patients with psychiatric conditions. That makes our event ideal for professionals in psychiatry, primary care, psychology, and nursing.

Target Audience

This program is intended for psychiatrists, psychologists, general and family practice physicians, psychiatric nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and social workers.

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Learning Objectives

• Identify rational, evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies for patients with unipolar, bipolar, treatment-resistant, and post-partum depression.

• Compare the neurobiology and evidence-based treatment approaches to addiction, anxiety, schizophrenia, and mood disorders.

• Review the course and treatment of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and menopause.

• Analyze drug interactions and the pharmacotherapy of adult ADHD and geriatric disorders.

• Apply newer strategies in treatment of chemical abuse/dependence

 

• Analyze evidence-based treatment for psychiatric illness

• Assess the most recent state of the art treatment alternatives

• Assess new therapies and what is on the horizon

• Analyze the use of CBT based techniques

agenda

Day One

MODULE TOPIC – MOOD DISORDERS

Bipolar Depression
Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD

Bipolar Long-Term Management
Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc

Treatment Resistant Depression
Maurizio Fava, MD

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Michael E. Henry, MD
Panelists: Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc, Maurizio Fava, MD

MODULE TOPIC – ANXIETY/PTSD

PTSD

Eric Bui, MD, PhD

Anxiety Disorders and Treatments

Eric Bui, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Lee Cohen, MD
Panelists: Eric Bui, MD, PhD, Amanda Baker, PhD

MODULE TOPIC – WOMEN’S HEALTH

Course and Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy
Lee S. Cohen, MD

Postpartum Mood Disorders
Marlene P. Freeman, MD

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Lee S. Cohen, MD
Panelist: Marlene P. Freeman, MD

Day Two

MODULE TOPIC – PSYCHOSIS

First-Episode Psychosis and Schizophrenia
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

Management of Side-Effects of Antipsychotics
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

MODULE TOPIC – KETAMINE & ESKETAMINE

Ketamine and Esketamine: From Research to Clinical Practice
Cristina Cusin, MD

Panel Discussion
Moderator: David Mischoulon, MD
Panelists: Cristina Cusin, MD, Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

MODULE TOPIC – NEW THERAPIES: WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON?

Psychedelics

Franklin King, MD

New Treatments for Schizophrenia

Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

New Treatments for Mood Disorders
Michael E. Henry, MD & Joan Camprodon, MD, MPH, PhD

What is New in Addiction?
John F. Kelly, PhD

Panel Discussion
Moderator: John F. Kelly, PhD
Panelists: Michael E. Henry, MD, Joan Camprodon, MD, MPH, PhD; Franklin King, MD, Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP

Day Three

MODULE TOPIC – ADDICTION

Alcohol and Opioids
Vinod Rao, MD, PhD

Tobacco and Cocaine
Anne Eden Evins, MD

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Anne Eden Evins, MD
Panelists: Vinod Rao, MD, PhD

MODULE TOPIC – OCD

OCD
Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD

Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders
Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Sabine Wilhelm, PhD

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD
Panelists: Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD, Sabine Wilhelm, PhD

MODULE TOPIC – ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Pediatric Bipolar Disorder and Mood Disorders

Janet Wozniak, MD

ADHD

Timothy Wilens, MD

Drug Interactions
Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Timothy Wilens, MD
Panelists: Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, Janet Wozniak, MD

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Faculty List

Maurizio Fava, MD (Course Director)
Jerrold Rosenbaum, MD (Course Director)
Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD
Roy H. Perlis, MD, MSc
Eric Bui, MD, PhD
Lee Cohen, MD
Amanda Baker, MD
Marlene P. Freeman, MD
David Mischoulon, MD, PhD
David Rubin, MD
Oliver Freudenreich, MD, FACLP
Cristina Cusin, MD
Franklin King, MD
Michael E. Henry, MD
Joan Camprodon, MD, PhD

 

John F. Kelly, PhD
Vinod Rao, MD, PhD
Anne Eden Evins, MD
Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD
Sabine Wilhelm, PhD
Janet Wozniak, MD
Michael A. Jenike, MD
Timothy E. Wilens, MD
Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD

Accreditation Information

23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

23.00 Nursing Contact Hours

Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 23.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

23.00 Social Workers

Social Worker Accreditation is under review with the NASW. Please check back for Social Worker authorization.

23.00 Participation

This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

23.00 Psychologists CE Credit

The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

This offering meets the criteria for 23.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

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