Description

This course features a premier teaching faculty of clinician-researchers who present a comprehensive three-day curriculum on best practices for treating an array of psychiatric disorders. Emphasis is placed on the practical translation of advances in psychopharmacology to the everyday care of patients.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the course, participants should be able to:

1. Outline the biological underpinnings of psychiatric illnesses and of  
    the rationale for the use of pharmacotherapeutic treatments

2. Recognize evidence-based pharmacological approaches for the  
    treatment of psychiatric disorders

3. Analyze the most common side effects of pharmacotherapeutic 
    treatments

4. Employ pharmacotherapeutic treatment strategies of psychiatric
    disorders integrated with multi-disciplinary approaches

Agenda

Agenda and faculty are subject to change without notice.

Friday, October 16, 2009

7:00AM – 7:45AM	Continental Breakfast America Foyer, 4th Floor, Westin Copley Place Hotel
7:15AM – 7:45AM	Registration America Foyer, 4th Floor, Westin Copley Place Hotel
7:45AM – 8:00AM	Introduction Course Directors
8:00AM – 9:00AM	The Treatment of Bipolar Depression: Principles and Practice Gary S. Sachs, MD
9:00AM – 10:00AM	Bipolar Disorder: Acute and Long-Term Treatment Roy Perlis, MD, MSc
10:00AM – 10:15AM	Coffee Break
10:15AM – 11:15AM	General Treatment of Depression Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD
11:15AM – 12:15PM	Treatment-Resistant Depression Maurizio Fava, MD
12:15PM – 1:45PM	Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:45PM – 2:45PM	Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Augment Psychopharmacological Therapy Conall O'Cleirigh, PhD
2:45PM – 3:15PM	Panel Question & Answer: Ask the Experts Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Maurizio Fava, MD and Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD
3:15PM – 3:30PM	Coffee Break
3:30PM – 4:15PM	The Course and Treatment of Psychiatric Illness In Pregnancy Lee S. Cohen, MD
4:15PM – 5:00PM	Postpartum Mood Disorders Ruta Nonacs, MD, PhD
5:00PM – 6:30PM	Dinner (On Your Own)
6:30PM – 8:30PM	Friday Evening Seminars Seminars will be given at 6:30 P.M. and repeated at 7:30 P.M. unless otherwise noted.Participants may sign up for two seminars. 1. The Biology of Addictions: Implications for New Treatments A. Eden Evins, MD, MPH 2. The Biology of Mood Disorders Dan V. Iosifescu, MD 3. Challenges in the Outpatient Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders Martha T. Kane, PhD & John F. Kelly, PhD 4. The Biology of Anxiety: Implications for Treatment             Mohammed R. Milad, PhD & Sabine Wilhelm, PhD 5. Natural Medications for Psychiatric Disorders David Mischoulon, MD, PhD 6. The Neurobiology of Schizophrenia Dost Ongur, MD, PhD 7. Suicide Theodore A. Stern, MD

Saturday, October 17, 2009

7:30AM – 8:00AM	Continental Breakfast America Foyer, Fourth Floor, Westin Copley Place Hotel
8:00AM – 8:45AM	Pediatric-Onset Mood Disorders Janet Wozniak, MD
8:45AM – 9:45AM	The Art of Managing Side Effects: Antidepressants and Antipsychotic Agents David Mischoulon, MD, PhD & David C. Henderson, MD
9:45AM – 10:00AM	Coffee Break
10:00AM – 11:00AM	Generalized Anxiety Disorder / Social Anxiety Disorder Mark H. Pollack, MD
11:00AM – 12:00PM	Panic Disorder / PTSD Mark Pollack, MD
12:00PM – 1:15PM	Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:15PM – 2:15PM	The Treatment of Psychotic Disorders: Part I Donald C. Goff, MD
2:15PM – 3:00PM	The Treatment of Psychotic Disorders: Part II Oliver Freudenreich, MD
3:00PM – 3:15PM	Coffee Break
3:15PM – 4:15PM	ADHD Throughout the Life Span Thomas J. Spencer, MD
4:15PM – 5:00PM	Updates in Geriatric Psychopharmacology Feyza E. Marouf, MD

Sunday, October 18, 2009

7:30AM – 8:00AM	Continental Breakfast America Foyer, 4th Floor, Westin Copley Place Hotel
8:00AM – 8:45AM	Pharmacotherapy of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Michael A. Jenike, MD
8:45AM – 9:30AM	Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD
9:30AM – 10:15AM	Treatment of Eating Disorders
10:15AM – 10:30AM	Coffee Break
10:30AM – 11:15AM	The Treatment of Addictive Disorders: Part I John A. Renner, Jr., MD
11:15AM – 12:00PM	The Treatment of Addictive Disorders: Part II A. Eden Evins., MD, MPH
12:00PM – 1:15PM	Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:15PM – 2:15PM	Liability Prevention in Psychopharmacology Ronald Schouten, MD, JD
2:15PM – 3:00PM	Drug Interactions Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD
3:00PM – 3:15PM	Coffee Break
3:15PM – 4:00PM	Psychopharmacology of Sleep Disorders Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen, MD, MMSc
4:00PM – 5:00PM	Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Darin D. Dougherty, MD, MSc

Faculty

COURSE DIRECTORS:
Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General Hospital; Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School

Maurizio Fava, MD, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School


ADDITIONAL FACULTY:
Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD, Clinical Director, Department of Psychiatry, Associate Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD, Director, Gerontology Research Unit; Mass General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor in Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health

Lee S. Cohen, MD, Director, Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Darin D. Dougherty, MD, MSc, Assistant Director of Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research, Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen, MD, MMSc, Chief, Division of Sleep Medicine, & Director, Sleep Laboratory, Neurology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School

A. Eden Evins, MD, MPH, Director, Addiction Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Oliver Freudenreich, MD, Director, First Episode and Early Psychosis Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Donald C. Goff, MD, Director, Schizophrenia Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

David C. Henderson, MD, Associate Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Dan V. Iosifescu, MD, Director of Neurophysiology Studies, Depression Clinical and Research Program; Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Michael Jenike, MD, Founder, OCD Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital; Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital OCD Institute; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Martha T. Kane, PhD, Clinical Director, Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School

John F. Kelly, PhD, Associate Director of Center for Addiction Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Feyza E. Marouf, MD, Inpatient Attending Psychiatrist, Massachusetts General Hospital

Mohammed R. Milad, PhD, Director, Neuroscience Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

David Mischoulon, MD, PhD, Director of Research and Alternative Remedy Studies, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Associate Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program, Co-Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Ruta Nonacs, MD, PhD, Staff Psychiatrist, Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Conall O'Cleirigh, PhD, Staff Psychologist, Behavioral Medicine Service, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor at Harvard Medical School

Dost Ongur, MD, PhD, Director, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Roy Perlis, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Bipolar Clinical and Research Program; Director, Pharmacogenetics Research, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Mark Pollack, MD, Director, Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

John A. Renner, Jr., MD, Associate Chief of Psychiatry, Boston VA Healthcare System; Consultant, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine

Gary Sachs, MD, Director, Bipolar Mood Disorder Program at Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Ronald Schouten, MD, JD, Director, Law & Psychiatry Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Thomas J. Spencer, MD, Associate Chief, Joint Clinical and Research in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Sabine Wilhelm, PhD, Director, OCD and Related Disorders Program, and Director, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Janet Wozniak, MD, Clinical and Research Psychiatrist, Director of the Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Harvard Medical School

General Information

COURSE SYLLABUS:
There is a course book that will be printed on demand for participants in response to requests for printed presentations. 

*** THIS WILL BE THE ONLY PRINTED MATERIAL AVAILABLE AT THE TUITION COURSE AND MUST BE ORDERED AHEAD OF TIME.***

A link to add the printed syllabus is available on the registration order page. Please contact Annie Anderson at support@mghcme.org with any questions regarding the course syllabus.

SPECIAL NEEDS:
The Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Department is in full compliance with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is accessible for individuals with special needs. If you would like to attend this conference and require any special accommodations, please contact Annie Anderson at 203.840.5948 or via email at aanderson@reedmeded.com.

 

Facility Information

ACCOMMODATIONS:
Hotel rooms in Boston are limited. You are urged to make your reservations early. A limited number of rooms have been reserved on a first come-first serve basis at The Westin Copley Place until September 30, 2009, telephone: 617.262.9600 or 800.228.3000. Please specify that you are registered for this course to receive a reduced rate of $282 per night. Please note there is a limited number of rooms available at this discounted price.

For other hotels in the Boston area, please click here: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hotels+boston%2C+ma

 

Accreditation

PHYSICIANS
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Reed Medical Education. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
McLean Hospital designates this continuing medical educational activity for a maximum of 23.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CE ACCREDITATION
NURSES
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Vermont State Nurses' Association, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

SOCIAL WORKERS
Social workers who would like to know if the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers has issued this course an authorization number for CE credits needed for relicensure may call (866) 644-7792 or email mghsupport@reedmeded.com.

PSYCHOLOGISTS
The Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program. This offering meets the criteria 23.75 Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists.

FACULTY DISCLOSURE
As a sponsor accredited by the ACCME, it is the policy of the McLean Hospital to require the disclosure of anyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity. All relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests and/or manufacturers must be disclosed to participants at the beginning of each activity. Faculty disclosures for each presenter will be listed with their biographical information.

RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST (COI)
McLean Hospital has implemented a process to resolve COI for each CME activity. In order to help ensure content objectivity, independence, fair balance and ensure that the content is aligned with the interest of the public, the McLean Hospital has resolved the conflict by External Content Review.