2008 U.S. Psychiatric & Mental Health Congress Conference & Exhibition brochure #4

participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Determine whether the prescription of opioid analgesics is indicated for individual patients; 2) Discuss how to identify patients who may be at risk for abusing opioid analgesics; and 3) Describe how physicians who choose to prescribe opioid analgesics can reduce their risk of being subject to sanctions by state and federal agencies. 1:15-3:15 p.m. 25-4 Young Clinicians Forum PI 2.0 Credits I’m a doctor – now what do I do? Medical schools provide quality education, but do not offer real life practical information on the many scenarios facing young clinicians today. This interactive roundtable discussion offers the opportunity to gain insight from seasoned professionals on a variety of pertinent issues. By participating in this activity, attendees will 1) Demonstrate a deeper understanding of the business and practice aspects of medicine through sharing and networking with peers; 2) Discuss and explore practice issues affecting young clinicians; and 3) Discover how to equip themselves to respond effectively and prepare for the future as health care professionals. techniques to help such patients accept and work on their comorbid substance problems. 26-4 HOT! Infidelity II: Clinical Interventions SC 25-2 Infidelity I: Basic Background Concepts SC HOT! Sexual contact with a person outside of a committed relationships violates the stated moral standards of 80% of the population. Core concepts which will be explored include: diverse motivations for breaking this social standard, the homogeneous antiinfidelity facade of public pronouncements, the unseen evolution of value positions about infidelity, countertransference to situations of infidelity, the use of privacy vs. secrecy, infidelity's positive and negative consequences, and the definition of meaning makers in situations of infidelity. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Provide tools for clear thinking when dealing with clinical situations of infidelity; 2) Raise awareness to the power of infidelity to cause diverse psychiatric symptoms; 3) Recognize the power of negative countertransference to ruin therapeutic interventions; 4) Demonstrate how to remain emotionally stable in the face of these situations. 2:45-4:00 p.m. 26-1 A Busy Clinician’s ‘Treasure Chest’: Creating a Tool Box Filled with Screeners and Rating Instruments to Improve Patient Outcomes PI 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. Many couples survive the recognition of present or past infidelity, but not without powerful emotional storms. This lecture will separately describe the challenges routinely encountered when working with the mental state of distressed spouse and the unfaithful partner. It will discuss seven issues that recur in couple's therapy and will provide specific recommendations for the therapist's response. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Clarify the four recurrent effectively powerful concerns of the aggrieved spouse; 2) Demonstrate that learning about the motives of infidelity requires a respectful relationship and a thoughtful explorations of the patient's past and current values about infidelity; 3) Demonstrate how to maintain good boundaries with a couple while being a mutually empathic guide through the usual contentious issues; 4) Show how to remain calm when dealing competently with this evocative topic. 26-5 Expanding Indications for PsychotropicsScience or Marketing? RX 25-3 Current Hot Topics in CNS Drug Development RX The process of drug development and its regulations has been under the spotlight recently. This session will review the process of how drugs are developed with a focus on CNS drug development, and the practical implications for clinicians will be discussed. The session will also discuss the particular challenges facing CNS drug development and the reasons for failed studies, as well as other controversial issues relevant to this topic. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Learn how drugs are developed; 2) Understand challenges in CNS drug development; and 3) Discuss current hot topics in CNS drug development. In recent years many psychotropics have been approved by the FDA for multiple indications. In the context of many new formulations, isomers and metabolites being marketed, as well as direct-to-consumer marketing, there has been some skepticism regarding the marketing of medications. Is obtaining new FDA indications just another marketing ploy or is there solid data and science behind this? By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Learn about standards to get FDA approval for a medication; 2) Understand the data for some new indications for psychotropics; and 3) Assess whether the same psychotropic can treat multiple indications. 26-6 Halloween, Holidays and Mental Health SC 26-2 The Right to Suicide PI Customize Your Education with 12 Specialized Tracks Our educational tracks will help you create a schedule that best meets your educational goals. You can devote your time to one track or focus on several topics for a well-rounded perspective. Design your own optimal learning experience and return home with the clinical skills you need most in your practice. Is there such a thing as rational suicide? In this provocative session you will learn how to address the conflict between preserving live and allowing maximum freedom. You will learn mental health clinicians' attitudes toward assisted suicide and when civil or criminal legal liability may apply. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Understand physicians' attitudes toward patient suicide; 2) Understand the conflict between the patient's autonomy and the physician's desire to preserve life; and 3) Understand the physician's concerns about liability for a patient's suicide. 26-3 Practical Management of Comorbid Alcohol Problems in Patients with Bipolar Disorder AP PD This session will look at issues confronting clinicians who work with patients troubled by holy days and holidays. while many clinicians and patients make no distinction between the two, research findings will be shared which show that a distinction is necessary for effective diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of mental health challenges. Examples will be drawn from a variety of cultures, including Mexican, Asian, Native American and Anglo American. Are there clinically important links between events of trauma and therapeutic rituals of holy days? By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Describe the character of holidays and holy days and why, from a therapeutic perspective, there needs to be a distinction; 2) Identify the efficacious factors of both holidays and holy days; 3) Identify the potential hazards of both holidays and holy days; 4) Examine possible models for intervention in a multicultural environment. 26-7 HIV and Mood Disorder Prevalence: An Update PD AP = Addiction Psychiatry CA = Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CAM = Complementary and Alternative Medicine GP = Geriatric Psychiatry NP = Neuropsychiatry PI = Practice Issues, Ethics and Forensic Psychiatry PD = Psychiatric Disorders PM = Psychosomatic Medicine PT = Psychotherapy RX = Psychopharmacology SC = Social and Community Psychiatry VT = Violence and Trauma Persons with Bipolar Disorders are over 5 times as likely as non-mentally ill persons to also suffer substance abuse and dependence. Numerous studies have demonstrated that substance comorbidity is associated with increased suicide attempts and suicide, medication non-adherence, family and job problems, homelessness, hospitalization and incarceration. This presentation will review studies characterizing substance comorbidity in persons with Bipolar Disorders, advise on diagnostic and interviewing techniques around such comorbidity, and also review the limited studies of substance intervention in Bipolar patients. Attendees should feel better prepared to appropriately deal with the 50% of their Bipolar patients who have substance comorbidity. In addition integrated treatment of both bipolar and substance disorders may have benefits to the treatment of Bipolar Disorders themselves as well as the substance disorder. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Identify the importance of substance comorbidity in persons with Bipolar Disorders; 2) Recognize differential diagnosis and interviewing strategies for such patients; and 3) Define motivational strategies as well as 12 step facilitation Patients with AIDS may suffer from mood disorders. By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to: 1) Recognize the signs and symptoms of mood disorders in patients with AIDS; 2) Prescribe the appropriate treatments for patients with mood disorders who have AIDS; and 3) Discuss probable outcomes of mood disorder therapy for http://www.cmellc.com/psychcongress

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