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Psychopharmacology 2020
Now Virtual!
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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.
In every session, our faculty share any data from new clinical trials. They match it up against prior data and discuss what the changes mean. They also 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.
NOTE:
If you purchased the bundled admission to Women's Mental Health and Psychopharmacology 2020 you must complete the evaluations for both events in order to claim all credit. The Women’s Mental Health course has been pre-loaded into your account. You may access the evaluation and your certificate for that conference at the link below:
lms.mghcme.org/wmhlive
Pricing
3-DAY PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY CONFERENCE
MDs/Doctoral-Level Professionals
Early Bird Registration (on or before September 4, 2020): $649.00
Regular Registration (after September 4, 2020): $699.00
Other Professionals or Trainees
Early Bird Registration (on or before September 4, 2020): $409.00
Regular Registration (after September 4, 2020): $459.00
THURSDAY SESSIONS
Registration for the Thursday evening sessions is now closed.
Please contact The Psychiatry Academy with any questions at mghcme@mgh.harvard.edu
Thursday Evening Sessions (October 22): $175
Choose between the following topics:
- Law and Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
- The Neuroscience Revolution: How will it Affect Patient Care?
Women’s Mental Health: $250
If you are interested in attending the Women's Mental Health session ONLY, you can register for it by clicking here
This is a full day program that precedes the Psychopharmacology program and offers an additional 6.25 of CME/CEU credits.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH BUNDLED PRICING (SAVINGS OF $50)
MDs/Doctoral-Level Professionals
Early Bird (on or before September 4, 2020) = $849
Regular Registration (after September 4, 2020) = $899
Other Professionals or Trainees
Early Bird (on or before September 4, 2020) = $609
Regular Registration (after September 4, 2020) = $659
Syllabus
Price: $48.00
Available for purchase on or before September 24, 2020
The conference syllabus is a printed book with all slide presentations and space to take notes adjacent to each slide.
As an alternative to purchasing a conference 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.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE – The syllabus cost does not include the additional shipping fee.
Due to the size and weight of the book, we will calculate a shipping fee based on your location. The estimate from the printer is approximately $15-$25 per book within the United States. Please contact our customer service team at mghcme@mgh.harvard.edu or (866) 644-7792 if you have questions about your shipping cost estimate.
If you purchase the syllabus, please verify during registration that we may charge the credit or debit card you register with for the shipment cost.
Cancellation Policy
A refund minus a $100.00 administrative fee will be issued for refund requests received by October 1, 2020. No refunds will be issued for refund requests made after October 1, 2020. Payments made may not be applied to future conferences or other educational activities. There are no exceptions to these policies.
Target Audience
This program is intended for:
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
General and Family Practice Physicians
Psychiatric Nurses
Physician Assistants
Nurse Practitioners
Social Workers
Learning Objectives
Our conference lets you engage dozens of renowned clinician-researchers, get your clinical questions answered, and translate enhanced knowledge into optimal patient care.
Here are some of the ways that participants plan to change their clinical practice as a result of attending our conference:
- Identify rational, evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies for patients with unipolar, bipolar, treatment-resistant, and post-partum depression.
- Assess obstacles to maintenance of long-term recovery and the liability issues associated with psychopharmacology.
- Discuss diagnostic and evidenced-based treatment strategies for pediatric onset mood disorders.
- 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.
- Recognize psychosocial issues and evidence-based treatment modalities for eating and sleep disorders.
- Analyze drug interactions and the pharmacotherapy of adult ADHD and geriatric disorders.
- Focus on reducing side effects of medication
- Apply newer strategies in treatment of chemical abuse/dependence
- Explain more succinctly why to choose a particular medication for a person
- Explain more clearly how medications affect behaviors and mood
- Use more evidence-based treatment for psychiatric illness
- Move to augmentation strategies sooner
- Screen patients for presence of substance use disorders, especially nicotine and alcohol
- Renew a collaborative relationship with specialists to begin assisting in performing medication renewals
- Include newly researched alternatives for augmentation treatment in refractory patients
- More confidently weigh risks and benefits of treating vs. not continuing treatment during pregnancy
- Be more cautious associating medications
- Improve ability to convey to patients the range of treatment options
- Better evaluate whether medication is needed and consider alternative treatments
- Institute adjunctive medications that were not thought of previously
- Follow new algorithms for treatment of bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia
- Integrate more augmentation strategies and increase use of maintenance ECT
- Inform patients and colleagues of the most recent state-of-the-art alternatives
- Take a more substantial sleep history
- Consider problems that are causing difficulties with cognition, mood, and anxiety
- Try natural remedies for treatment of depression
- Educate patients more thoroughly with recent study results
- Provide patients with more focused and comprehensive discussions regarding and symptom complexes
- Be more knowledgeable and complete when referring patients
- Develop a plan to use CBT based techniques
- Change approaches related to maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder and treatment of mood disorders during pregnancy
- Thoroughly discuss with patients how current available treatments work and increase medication adherence
Psychopharmacology Agenda
Content and faculty subject to change.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 | |
4:00 - 8:00PM | Law and Psychiatry |
4:00 - 8:00PM | Psychosomatic Medicine/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry |
4:00 - 8:00PM | The Neuroscience Revolution: How will it Affect Patient Care? |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2020 | |
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8:00 - 8:30AM | Welcoming Remarks & Introduction |
Module Topic - Mood Disorders | |
8:30 - 9:15AM | Bipolar Depression |
9:15 - 10:00AM | Bipolar Long-Term Management |
10:00 - 10:15AM | Break |
10:15 - 11:00AM | Treatment Resistant Depression |
11:00 - 12:00PM | Panel Discussion |
12:00 - 1:00PM | Break |
Module Topic - Anxiety/PTSD | |
1:00 - 1:45PM | PTSD |
1:45 - 2:30PM | Anxiety Disorders and Treatments |
2:30 - 3:15PM | Panel Discussion |
3:15 - 3:30PM | Coffee Break |
Module Topic - Women's Health | |
3:30 - 4:10PM | Course and Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy |
4:10 - 4:40PM | Postpartum Mood Disorders |
4:40 - 5:30PM | Panel Discussion |
5:30 - 6:30PM | Break |
6:30 - 7:30PM | Friday Evening Seminars: |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2020 | |
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8:00 - 8:15AM | Welcoming Remarks & Introduction |
Module Topic - Psychosis | |
8:15 - 9:00AM | First-Episode Psychosis and Schizophrenia |
9:00 - 9:45AM | Management of Side-Effects of Antipsychotics |
9:45 - 10:00AM | Break |
Module Topic - KETAMINE & ESKETAMINE | |
10:00 - 10:45AM | Ketamine and Esketamine: From Research to Clinical Practice |
10:45 - 11:45AM | Panel Discussion |
11:45 - 1:00PM | Break |
Module Topic - New Therapies: What is on the Horizon? | |
1:00 - 1:45PM | Stimulation and/or Surgical Approaches to Psychiatric Illness |
1:45 - 2:30PM | New Treatments for Schizophrenia |
2:30 - 2:45PM | Break |
2:45 - 3:30PM | New Treatments for Mood Disorders |
3:30 - 4:15PM | What is New in Addiction? |
4:15 - 5:15PM | Panel Discussion |
5:15 - 6:30PM | Break |
6:30 - 7:30PM | Saturday Evening Seminars: |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020 | |
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7:45 - 8:00AM | Welcoming Remarks & Introduction |
Module Topic - Addiction | |
8:00 - 8:45AM | Alcohol and Opiates |
8:45 - 9:30AM | Tobacco and Cocaine |
9:30 - 10:00AM | Panel Discussion |
10:00 - 10:15AM | Break |
Module Topic - OCD | |
10:15 - 11:00AM | OCD |
11:00 - 11:45AM | Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders |
11:45 - 12:15PM | CBT for OCD |
12:15 - 12:45PM | Panel Discussion |
12:45 - 1:45PM | Break |
Module Topic - Across the Lifespan | |
1:45 - 2:30PM | Pediatric Bipolar Disorder and Mood Disorders |
2:30 - 3:15PM | ADHD |
3:15 - 3:30PM | Break |
3:40 - 4:15PM | Drug Interactions |
4:15 - 4:45PM | Panel Discussion |
4:45PM | Adjourn |
Psychiatric Disorders in Women Agenda
Content and faculty subject to change.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020 | |
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8:00 - 8:15AM | Welcome & Introduction |
8:15 - 8:45AM | Major Depressive Disorder in Pregnancy and the Postpartum |
8:45-9:15 AM | Bipolar Disorder: Considerations Across the Reproductive Lifespan |
9:15-10:00 AM | Q&A |
10:00-10:15 AM | Break |
10:15-10:45 AM | PMDD |
10:45-11:15 AM | The Menopausal Transition and Depression |
11:15-12:00 PM | Q&A |
12:00-1:00 PM | Break |
1:00-1:30 PM | Substance Use Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women of Reproductive Age |
1:30-2:00 PM | ADHD in Women |
2:00-2:30 PM | Psychotherapies for Perinatal Psychiatry |
2:30-3:15 PM | Q&A |
3:15-3:30 PM | Conclusion & Closing Remarks |
Jonathan Alpert
Tracy Barbour, MD
Joseph Biederman, MD
Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD
Randy Buckner
Eric Bui, MD
Fredrick Cabral
Joan Camprodon, MD, PhD, MPH
Christopher Celano
Judy Edersheim, MD
Maurizio Fava, MD
Oliver Freudenreich, MD
Jodi Gilman, MD
Michael Henry, MD
Daphne Holt, MD, PhD
Michael Jenike
John Kelly, PhD
Franklin King, MD
Matthew Lahaie, MD, JD
Feyza Marouf, MD
Luana Marques, MD
Thomas McCoy, MD
David Mischoulon, MD
Andrew Nierenberg, MD
Michael Otto
Roy Perlis, MD, MSc
Vinod Rao, MD, PhD
Judith Restrepo
Joshua Roffman, MD
JErrold Rosenbaum
David Rubin, MD
Ronald Schouten, MD
Theodore Stern, MD
Kaloyan Tanev, MD
John Winkelman, MD
Lisa Zakhary, MD, PhD
Available Credit
- 29.75 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 Live activity for a maximum of 29.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 29.75 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 29.75 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.
- 29.50 Social Workers
The Collaborative of NASW, Boston College, and Simmons College Schools of Social Work authorizes social work continuing education credits for courses, workshops, and educational programs that meet the criteria outlined in 258 CMR of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers
This program has been approved for 29.50 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work Authorization Number D81571
- 29.75 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.
- 29.75 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 29.75 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.