8:15 am – 8:30 am

Opening Remarks

8:30 am – 10:30 am

Treatment Updates for Perinatal Mental Health Conditions – Latoya Frolov, MD, and Meitra Doty MD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:
– Describe the challenges and issues in assessing perinatal mental health disorders
– Identify the medications that can safely be used during pregnancy and while breast feeding
– Discuss the common treatment strategies in treating perinatal mental health disorders

10:50 am – 11:50 am

Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Challenges and Strategies in Management – Arthur Westover, MD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:
– Describe the challenges and issues treating ASD in adults
– Describe the role of psychiatry as a field moving forward in meeting the growing needs of the adult ASD population
– Discuss team-based approaches to treating severe behavioral challenges in adults with ASD

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Reaching Out to LGBTQ+ Patients – M. Brett Cooper, MD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:
– Identify behaviors that demonstrate (or do not demonstrate) a positive attitude toward sexual minorities
– Identify psychiatric diagnoses that have increased prevalence in sexual minorities and ways that these diagnoses may present differently.
– Identify cultural factors that may impair formation of a therapeutic relationship or increase prevalence of psychiatric illness in sexual minorities.
– Identify affirming practices that increase efficacy of treatment.

3:20 pm – 4:50 pm

Update on the Science and Applications of Psychedelics in Mental Health Treatment –  Charles Nemeroff, PhD, MD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:
– Describe the challenges and issues in using psychedelics in treating mental health disorders
– Identify the psychedelic medications that can be used in treating mental health disorders
– Discuss the emerging evidence for utilizing psychedelics in treating mental health disorders

4:50 pm – 5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

8:15 am – 8:30 am

Opening Remarks

8:30 am – 10:30 am

Ethics: Special Issues in Guardianship – Edward Poa, MD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:
– Identify when a patient requires a guardian\
– Discuss how to pursue guardianship for a patient
– Identify when guardianship is no longer indicated and know who to notify

10:50 am – 11:50 am

Update on Telepsychiatry – Amber Pastusek, MD

Objectives: The learning objectives for this activity has been designed to address clinician competence. Upon conclusion of the activity participants should be able to:
– Discuss how telepsychiatry practices changed post pandemic
– Identify best practices and regulations regarding use of telepsychatiry
– Identify what resources psychiatrists can rely on for the most up-to-date information for their practice of medicine with telepsychiatry

11:50 am – 12:00 pm

Closing Remarks