2008 U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress Conference & Exhibition

pediatric population like walking a tightrope. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Analyze the data from FDA fact-finding studies regarding suicidal ideation and suicide with SSRI use; 2) Recognize the signs of depression in children and adolescents; and 3) Establish an appropriate treatment plan for an individual pediatric patient with depression. attendees will be able to: 1) Identify professional goals; 2) Recognize the steps for recovering from burnout and avoiding burnout altogether; and 3) Discuss the management of careerspecific stressors, and how they can achieve balance between their personal and professional lives to maximize satisfaction. 13-3 A Busy Clinician’s ‘Treasure Chest’: Creating a Tool Box Filled With Screeners and Rating Instruments to Improve Patient Outcomes PI 15-2 Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Where It Began—An Update PD PT Both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric clinicians tend to underutilize screeners and rating instruments in their busy practices. This is an error worth rectifying expeditiously for the following reasons: use of screeners and rating instruments can actually improve outcomes, it can be very time efficient and many quality tools are available for no charge. This workshop will show videos of a few clinical scenarios and discuss what tools might have been appropriate to use. Copies of noncopyrighted screeners and rating instruments, appropriate for both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric settings, will be made available to participants. A toolkit filled of screeners and rating instruments will be brought to the workshop to show participants how they can create one for their own use. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Recognize the many noncopyrighted tools available for clinician use covering a range of psychiatric disorders; 2) Define these tools that are very time efficient and improve diagnostic yield; and 3) Describe how to choose the right tool and how to score them. This course will trace the evolution of the cognitive therapy model for treating depression. It will define and describe cognitive therapy, then illustrate a typical session and present several successfully treated cases. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Explain how cognitive therapy has become one of psychotherapy’s major treatment modalities for depression; 2) Describe the range and creativity encompassed by the cognitive model for the clinician treating depression; and 3) Apply a cognitive framework for depression to a group of patients, and also to a clinician’s own patients. the Science proposal spans disparate fields such as cognitive science, medicine, neuroscience, psychology, mathematics, engineering, and computer science, with additional important insights from systems biology, cultural anthropology, social science, robotics and automation technology. For psychiatry, the implications are vast and hardly tapped, and they will be introduced in this two part seminar. Part 1 will focus upon the foundational base that cognitive neuropsychiatry affords clinical practice in the upcoming “Decade of the Mind.” By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Describe the proposed 2010 – 2020 “Decade of the Mind”, a decade that will radically transform the way in which we promote mental health and understand and treat psychiatric disorders; 2) Identify the four pivotal, intertwined domains to be focused upon in the undertaking (healing and protecting, understanding, enriching and modeling the mind); and 3) Incorporate this knowledge into daily practice. 15-3 Ooh, Baby, Baby: Adolescents, Sex and the Media PI HOT! 1:15-3:15 p.m. 16-4 Young Clinicians Forum PI 2.0 credits 11:00 a.m.-1:15 p.m 14-0 Atypical Antipsychotics 14-1 Drug Interactions RX This course discusses common drug-drug interactions that physicians face in clinical practice. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Identify the most common mechanisms underlying drug-drug interactions; 2) Describe common drug-drug interactions affecting U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved agents and detail dose adjustments where appropriate; and 3) Discuss the recommendations on how to resolve contraindications or manage interactions. Do the media merely "reflect" the real world -- as Hollywood and network executives would have us believe -- or do they cause real-life problems as well? Do the media contribute to early sexual intercourse? Could the media increase teens’ use of contraception? This talk will try to illuminate what we know about the impact of the media on adolescents, what we don't know, and what we need to do to find out. Several suggestions for parents and for schools will be presented. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Describe the nature of current television programming for adolescents; 2) Discuss the impact of television programming on children and teens and how such effects were determined by research; and 3) Identify how the adverse effects of TV and other media can be mediated by parents and by school media literacy program. :45-4:00 17-1 The Neurobiology of Empathy GP The activation of mirror neurons has been shown to mediate complex human behaviors, from active empathy to the perception of other people's motivational states (Theory of Mind). By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Explore the biology of this fascinating group of neurons; 2) Speculate how such knowledge potentially provides an impact to modern psychiatry; and 3) Discuss the theories that integrate behavioral, affective and cognitive elements of empathy. 17-2 1:30-:30 p.m. 16-0 Schizophrenia 1:15-:30 p.m. 16-1 TV or Not TV: Fat Is the Question— Do the Media Cause Obesity and Eating Disorders? PI PT Is there a link between TV and obesity? Do the media have an impact on adolescent eating disorders? The answer lies partially in some voluminous and difficult media research and partially in the realm of common sense. This talk will explore the three related topics of obesity, eating disorders, and body image, along with videotaped clips to illustrate the problems and some of the solutions. Several suggestions for parents and for schools will be presented. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Describe the nature of current television programming for adolescents (topic areas=body self-image, obesity, eating disorders); 2) Discuss the impact of television programming on children and teens and how such effects were determined by research; and 3) Identify how the adverse effects of TV and other media can be mediated by parents and by school media literacy programs. Workshop: Wellness and Recovery in Traditional Psychiatric Settings: The View From a Long-Term Hospital PI PD 14-2 A Biopsychosocial Approach to Pathological Gambling GP PI HOT! The current poker "craze" has led to an increase in the incidence of pathological gambling in multiple epidemiologic sectors of the United States. As such, it is more important than ever for mental health experts to be familiar with the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of this disorder. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Examine the diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling; 2) Explore the manifestations of pathological gambling related to both "online" and "live" play; and 3) Evaluate the treatment modalities that may be employed to assist pathological gamblers. 14-3 New Clinical Research With Psychedelic Drugs AP wellness and Recovery is an emerging concept that may be perceived as challenging some traditional psychiatric practices. During the past 5 years, we have worked to introduce wellness and Recovery principles into a highly traditional long term psychiatric hospital as part of a multidisciplinary UniversityState Hospital affiliation. This has included psychiatry, nursing, psychiatric rehabilitation, and social work and the introduction of programs such as Illness Management and Recovery, Nurse Directed Care, Therapeutic Communication, a discharge-oriented Therapeutic Alliance group model, and community interface initiatives. The proposed workshop will explore issues and challenges relating to integrating these themes and approaches as well as implications for general psychiatric practice. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: (1) List principles and practices associated with Recovery and wellness as it relates to psychiatric settings; (2) Identify methods for using wellness and Recovery principles to enhance the therapeutic alliance and efficacy of treatment, including for persons perceived as “resistant” to treatment and to community living; and (3) Describe methods to enhance collaborative relationships with community residential and clinical support providers. After a 40-year research hiatus, psychedelic drugs are once again being examined for their clinical usefulness. Recent careful systematic studies show that these and related compounds have promise for the treatment of depression, and preliminary studies suggest their usefulness in the management of terminal illness, OCD, cluster headache and addictions. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Describe the effects of ketamine in depression; 2) Discuss the evidence for the usefulness of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of alcohol dependence; and 3) Explain the mechanisms by which psychedelic drugs may alleviate the suffering of the terminally ill. 16-2 Drug-Induced Movement Disorders RX 17-3 Drug-induced movement disorders present a unique challenge for neuroscience practitioners. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Discuss the pathophysiology of drug-induced movement disorders; 2) Recognize the classes of drugs that are known to affect central dopaminergic systems and cause drug-induced movement disorders; and 3) Identify the risk factors, ma

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