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

psychiatric disorders in women where IPT can be an efficacious treatment of choice. 11:00 a.m.-1:15 p.m. 33-1 Practice Management Series 2B: Marketing in Private Practice: Smart Tips Inside and Outside the Psychiatric Office PI Marketing isn’t just about advertising, and advertising isn’t just about a full page in the phone book or 30 seconds on the radio. This presentation will help private practice psychiatrists fit the concept of marketing into their ideal of patient care. How-tos for both internal and external strategies, including staffing and training, are designed for real-world implementation and practice growth. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Develop effective strategies for increasing community recognition of a private psychiatric practice; 2)Enhance relationships with colleagues and other resources to ensure strong referral streams; and 3) Integrate staffing considerations into marketing decisions for improved patient service. demonstrated as effective? By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1)Recognize how terminology difficulties have led to difficulties with interpretation of the literature; 2) Recognize the outcome measures necessary to determine the value of various treatment techniques in alcoholism; and 3) Understand what the new alcoholism pharmacologic treatments can accomplish - and what they cannot. 1:15-3:15 p.m. 34-5 Nurses' Forum PI 2.0 Credits Mental health nurses play a major role in the provision of mental health care. By participating in this activity, the attendees will be able to: 1) Discuss and explore practice, research and education issues that affect nurses who work in mental health; 2) Identify the latest treatment advances, leading trends and research findings from a wide range of psychiatry and mental health perspectives; and 3) Discover the strategies to increase the awareness and ability of nurses to deliver new models of care and interventions. 1:30-:30 p.m. 34-0 OCD 1:15-:30 p.m. 34-1 Practice Management Series 2C: Getting Paid: Coding, Contracting and Negotiating PI This program will look in-depth at contract terms and issues surrounding managed care contracting. Strategies that may be applied to various practice environments, from the solo to larger group, will be discussed. Successful negotiations can be built on relationships as well as facts, and this session will explore both aspects. Participants can look forward to returning to their practices armed with tools to assist in improving cashflow. Come prepared to ask questions! By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Understand in detail the relationship between coding and reimbursement; 2) Determine whether the practice should negotiate under certain common sets of circumstances; and 3) Pursue sound contract terms and strategies related to managed care contract negotiations. :15-5:15 p.m. Exhibit Hall 5:30-6:45 p.m. 36-1 Innovative Interviewing Techniques for Improving Medication Adherence PI RX HOT! Medication adherence can be a major challenge in patient care. This course will cover ten specific, practical and easily adopted interviewing techniques to improve medication adherence. These techniques are derived from the highly acclaimed motivational strategy known as the "medication interest model." By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Apply techniques such as the "inquiry into lost dreams" and the "trap-door question;" 2) Identify the challenges in medication adherence by understanding how and why patients weigh the pros and cons of taking medications; and 3) Demonstrate the principles and applications of the medication interest model in a sophisticated fashion to a variety of difficult clinical situations. 33-2 The Seven Keys to Successful Cotreatment PT The cotreatment of psychiatric disorders poses pitfalls for all parties involved but also opportunities. It is essential that psychiatrists and psychotherapists understand the keys to success including when and how to incorporate the modalities, how cotreatment affects outcome, the meaning of medication to patients, and the communication and strategies needed to anticipate and solve problems that develop. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Recognize the advantages of treating psychiatric disorders with biopsychosocial treatment modalities; 2) Enhance their ability to successfully cotreat; and 3) Apply practical solutions to difficult patients and in cotreatment dilemmas. 34-2 The Quest for Happiness: Unstalling Stalled Treatment PI HOT! 33-3 33-4 Workshop: Case-Based Training in Complicated Grief, Part 2 SC VT HOT! What's New: Fibromyalgia Syndrome NP Fibromyalgia syndrome affects 3-5% of the population and is the second most common presenting complaint in rheumatology. Primary care providers have difficulty caring for patient with fibromyalgia due to a wide array of pain and nonpain complaints including headache, abdominal pain, irritable bladder, jaw pain, insomnia, numbness, difficulty concentrating as well as others. Many of the presenting complaints may be psychologic in nature, but the undelying disease is distinct from the presenting depressive and anxiety symptoms. Sorting the myriad complaints and providing structure can be life-saving for patients with fibromyalgia and is best treated by those skilled in psychology. At the end of this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Describe the current science about pathophysiology of fibromyalgia syndrome; 2) Help the referring provider manage the pain and psychosocial issues; and 3) Treat patients with pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic options. This course takes attendees on a provocative journey into the nature of happiness and the search for a novel framework for conceptualizing human nature - the human matrix. Practical ramifications for unstalling stalled treatment planning, enhancing the therapeutic alliance, preventing suicide, and creating a "tough resiliency" in both patients and clinicians are described in detail with clinical case examples. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Explain the concept of the human matrix model in everyday clinical practice from engaging patients to treatment planning; 2) Discuss a unique definition of happiness and its implications for nurturing a resilient and "tougher happiness" and a more powerful style of treatment planning; and 3) Apply the principles of the ‘Human Matrix Model’ for treatment planning including healing matrix effects, damaging matrix effects, and the Red Herring Principle. 36-2 The Never-Ending War: The New Wave of PTSD PI SC HOT! 34-3 Collaboration With Primary Care Physicians in Pain Patients PM 33-5 HOT! The Public Psychiatrist: Using Media to Build Trust in Mental Health Care PI SC A training workshop that will help psychiatrists develop the media savvy to take on mental health issues as they arise in the media. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Understand the current media landscape and the divergent needs of print, broadcast, and electronic news outlets; 2) List skills that will help psychiatrists better interact with media so that they deliver meaningful messages; and 3) Apply those skills in a secure environment using role play exercises and to then debrief and respond to questions. Primary care providers have less time to deal with an increasing number of health issues. when a patient presents with multiple complaints and persistent pain, primary care will attribute all the symptoms to the underlying psychologic stressors. Persistent pain worsens psychologic adaptation and depression and anxiety make pain worse. Having a supportive relationship with primary care providers leads to better patient care and improved outcomes. At the end of this activity, the attendees will be able to: 1) Describe what primary care is looking for in referring patients with persistent pain; 2) Prepare the referring provider to care for future, similar patients; and 3) Separate the pain complaints from the psychologic issues. The upcoming presidential election will pit divergent views of how to end America’s current wars. But for psychiatrists, the war won’t end regardless of what the politicians do as they face years of healing the psychic wounds suffered by returning soldiers. How will psychiatry cope with this new wave, and how can they communicate to the public in a meaningful way the needs that will persist beyond the conflict. By participating in this activity, the attendees will be able to: 1) Quantify this “new wave,” and evaluate how the public is being informed of the mental health consequences of conflict; 2) Identify the challenges for psychiatrists in the coming years as the number of PTSD patients increases, and how those issues are communicated to the public; and 3) Examine how media coverage of the mental health consequences can help affect public policy as it relates to the psychological casualties of war. 36-3 Diagnosis and Management of Cognitive Decline in Late-Life Disorders GP PD 34-4 Recognition and Management in LateLife Disorders GP RX 33-6 Pharmacologic Treatment of Alcoholism AP RX In recent years, several new medications have been proposed for use in the treatment of alcoholism. This lecture explores the research with an eye toward terminology, inclusion criteria, control groups, and outcome measures, all with respect to this question: have pharmacologic treatments of alcoholism been Untreated psychiatric symptoms in the elderly population can pose substantial risks. weighing these risks against the possible effects of psychotropic medication can be a daunting task. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Summarize the known risks of psychotropic medications in the elderly, including antidepressant, mood-stabilizing, antipsychotic and anxiolytic agents; 2) Describe prescribing practices that can minimize ris

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