Modality: Hybrid

Join us in person at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts, or virtually for the BWH Neuropsychiatry: A Comprehensive Update 2025 Conference!

Live In-Person Registration:

The conference will take place at Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. For more information about in-person attendance and the venue, please visit our live registration page: 

Neuropsychiatry Live Registration

Description

Neuropsychiatry is an exciting and rapidly growing field that promotes an improved understanding of the brain and mind relationship. It seeks to elucidate the neurocircuitry involved in primary psychiatric symptoms and syndromes such as mood, anxiety, psychotic, and somatic symptom disorders, and in neurological disorders that present with cognitive, emotional, or behavioral problems. The goal of neuropsychiatry is to advance diagnostic processes and treatment options for patients suffering from these disorders.

Healthcare professionals need to formulate an integrated understanding of neuropsychiatric disorders and implement interventions aligned with such an integrated vision. Interventions include the adaptation of psychotherapy interventions for patients with cognitive deficits, a judicious use of psychopharmacological agents, and appropriate use of brain stimulation therapies or referrals to specialists who use these techniques. They need to become familiar with medical conditions that could manifest with neuropsychiatric symptoms and know how to treat them, refer to other specialists, or work collaboratively with medical subspecialists. Ideally, neuropsychiatric conditions require comprehensive evaluations and evidence-based therapeutic approaches delivered by interdisciplinary teams.

This course is designed to enhance participants’ knowledge of brain-behavior relationships and their skills for the diagnostic work-up and treatment of patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. Harvard Medical School faculty will review cutting-edge clinical research, evidence-based interventions, and practical guidelines for the clinician. The course content will include the functional neuroanatomy of emotions, cognition, and behavior, the fundamentals of the neuropsychiatric exam and relevant ancillary tests, and neuropsychopharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in neuropsychiatric disorders. We will discuss the neuropsychiatric aspects of traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders, neuroinflammatory disorders, multiple sclerosis, functional neurological disorders, sleep disorders, Tourette Syndrome, and other neurodevelopmental disorders, addiction, pain, and other disorders. Learners will benefit from a variety of educational formats, including lectures, panel discussions, case discussions, question-and-answer sessions, and an electronic syllabus.

The conference will be held in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

You will receive email communication (to the email registered to your MGH Psychiatry Academy account) as we get closer to the conference date with details on the Zoom instructions and attending virtually.

Target Audience

• Specialty Physicians
• Primary Care Physicians
• Neuropsychologists
• Psychologists
• Physician Assistants
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Social Workers
• Pharmacists

Learning Objectives:

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

• Evaluate brain-behavior relationships and identify neurocircuitry as they pertain to neuropsychiatric manifestations.
• Learn to integrate history, mental status examination, with relevant diagnostic work-up to generate differential diagnoses in neuropsychiatry and monitor treatment.
• Enhance recognition of prominent and distinctive neuropsychiatric manifestations of common neurological and medical disorders.
• Enhance knowledge of available treatments for patients with neuropsychiatric disorders.
• Recognize the roles of prevention and team-based approaches to the assessment and treatment of neuropsychiatric conditions. 
• Recognize neuropsychiatric manifestations and treatment considerations in special populations and settings such as oncological patients, forensic settings, and children and adolescents.
• Recognize the neurocognitive manifestations of the most common primary psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and anxiety.

Pricing

Physicians: 
Early Bird Registration (on or before August 30, 2025): $825.00  
Regular Registration (after August 30, 2025): $875.00

Nurses:
Early Bird Registration (on or before August 30, 2025): $650 
Regular Registration (after August 30, 2025): $700.00

Residents/Fellows:
Early Bird Registration(on or before August 30, 2025): $250.00 
Regular Registration (after August 30, 2025): $300.00 

Social Workers: 
Early Bird Registration (on or before August 30, 2025): $500.00
Regular Registration (after August 30, 2025): $550.00

Psychologists: 
Early Bird Registration (on or before August 30, 2025): $650.00 
Regular Registration (after August 30, 2025): $700.00

Allied Health Professionals (Including Physician Assistants):
Early Bird Registration (on or before August 30, 2025): $650.00
Regular Registration (after August 30, 2025): $700.00

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 October 1, 2025. No refunds will be issued for refund requests made after October 2, 2025. Payments made may not be applied to future conferences or other educational activities. There are no exceptions to these policies.

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.

20.5 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 responsibility for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 20.5 CE credit.

20.5 Physicians

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

20.5 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 20.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

20.5 Nursing

MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 20.5 contact hours for nurses.

20.5 Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 20.5 clock hours for continuing education credits.

20.5 Pharmacist ​​​(ACPE)

This activity provides 20.5 contact hours (1.0 CEUs) of continuing education credit. ACPE Universal Activity Number  UAN JA4008265-0000-24-000-L04-P

NOTE FOR PHARMACISTS: Upon closing of the electronic evaluation, MGH IHP will upload the pharmacy-related continuing education information to CPE Monitor within 60 days. Per ACPE rules, MGH IHP does not have access or the ability to upload credits requested after the evaluation closes. It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information [NABP ePID and DOB (in MMDD format)] in order to receive credit for participating in a CE activity.

20.5 IPCE Credit

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 20.5 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.