COURSE OUTLINE

Saturday, October 24, 2009

  • 7:30 Registration, Breakfast
  • 8:15 Welcome
  • 8:30
    • Psychopharmacology Update
    • Bipolar Spectrum Disorders and Bipolar Depression: A Conceptual and Treatment Update
      • Michael Gitlin, M.D.
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    • Small Group Sessions
    • 1. Structured Approaches to the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
      • Robin Kissell, M.D.
    • 2. Psychological Management of Chronic Pain
      • Perry Nicassio, Ph.D.
  • 9:30
    • Psychopharmacology Update
    • Autism Spectrum Disorders
      • James McCracken, M.D.
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    • Small Group Sessions
    • 1. Digital Psychiatric Practice
      • John Luo, M.D.
    • 2. Psychological Approaches to Insomnia
      • Sarosh Motivala, Ph.D.
    • 3. The Healing Power of Poetry
      • Robert Carroll, M.D.
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  • 10:30 Break
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  • 11:00
    • Psychopharmacology Update
    • Headache in Psychiatry: Intersections in Clinical Management
      • Andrew Charles, M.D.
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    • Small Group Sessions
    • 1. Role of the Mental Health Professional as Expert Witness
      • James Spar, M.D.
    • 2. How to Manage the Impaired Health Care Professional
      • Karen Miotto, M.D.
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  • 12:15-Luncheon Plenary
    • Cell Biology of Long-Term Memory: Watching Memories Form at Synapes
    • Kelsey Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
    • Presented by the Friends of the Semel Institute
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  • 1:30
    • Psychopharmacology Update
    • Metabolic Syndrome
      • Stephen Marder, M.D.
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    • Small Group Sessions
    • 1. Interventions for Substance Abuse: How To Do Them? Do They Work?
      • Richard Rawson, Ph.D.
    • 2. Talking with the Terminally Ill Patient
      • David Wellisch, Ph.D.
  • 2:30
    • Psychopharmacology Update
    • Advances in Brain Stimulation for Treating Depression
      • Ian Cook, M.D.
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    • Small Group Sessions
    • 1. Working With the Awkward Adolescent Patient
      • Elizabeth Laugeson, Psy.D.
    • 2. New Findings on Prevention and Treatment of Dementia
      • John Ringman, M.D.
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  • 3:30 Break
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  • 3:45
    • Psychopharmacology Update
    • Psychopharmacology of Eating Disorders
      • Michael Strober, Ph.D.
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    • Small Group Sessions
    • 1. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Augment Psychopharmacological Therapy
      • Michael Cameron, Ph.D.
    • 2. The Use of Rating Scales in Psychiatric Practice
      • Linda Ercoli, M.D.
  • 4:45 Adjournment

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