5 AMA PRA Category 1
credits (TM) and 6 CEU's via NASW-Metro DC.
This activity is sponsored by the American Psychiatric
Association
Program Overview
The Fifth Annual Mission Possible Symposium will
address current research topics in mental health. Specifically, presenters
will discuss various aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – ranging
from battlefield to homefront discussions – and also including the military
perspective. Eminent scientists will also discuss cutting edge research in
Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Childhood Disorders. This program is
funded by NARSAD and sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association.
MISSION POSSIBLE
Mental Health Research Symposium
Agenda
March 30, 2008
AM
9:00 Registration
(registration will be on going)
9:30 9 minute NARSAD
movie
9:40 Opening Remarks
LtG Theodore G.
General Stroup, Jr.
United States
Army, retired
Vice President,
Education, Association
of the United
States Army
9:50 PTSD: From
Battlefront to Homefront
Robert J.
Ursano, M.D.
Professor of
Psychiatry and Neuroscience; Chairman, Department of
Psychiatry; Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress,
Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences
10:20 Q & A
10:35 The Mental Health
Consequences of War
Yuval Neria,
Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry & Epidemiology,
Columbia University; Director, Trauma and PTSD Program, New York State
Psychiatric Institute
11:05 Q & A
11:20 Psychological
Health and Traumatic Brain Injury
LtG Lorree
Sutton, M.D.
Director, DoD
Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and
Traumatic Brain
Injury; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs
11:50 Q & A
Lunch noon - 1:05 pm (NARSAD movie
will play through lunch)
PM
1:05 Opening
Remarks/Introduction
Darrel Regier,
M.D., M.P.H.
Executive
Director,
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education
Director,
Division of Research, American Psychiatric Association
1:15 New Treatment
Approaches for Bipolar Disorder
Andrew
Nierenberg, M.D.
Professor of
Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Depression Clinical
Research Program; Medical Director, Bipolar
Clinic and
Research Program
Massachusetts
General Hospital
1:45 Q & A
2:00 Introduction
Dr. Regier
2:05 Current
Research in Schizophrenia
Daniel
Weinberger, M.D.
Director of the
Genes, Cognition & Psychosis Program of the
Intramural
Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health
2:35 Q & A
Break 2:50 - 3:00
3:05 Introduction
Dr. Regier
3:10 What is the Brain
Teaching Us About Child and Adolescent
Psychiatric
Disorders?
Francisco
Xavier Castellanos, M.D.
Director of
Research, Child Study Center,
New York
University
3:40 Q & A
3:55 Closing
Remarks
Dr. Regier
4:00 Symposium
Concludes
Faculty members
Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School;
Associate Director, Depression Clinical and Research
Program,
Medical Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research
Program,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert J. Ursano, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience; Chairman,
Department of Psychiatry; Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic
Stress,
Uniformed Services University School of Medicine
Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D.
Director of the Genes, Cognition and Psychosis
Program of the Intramural Research Program,
National Institute of Mental Health, National
Institutes of Health
Yuval Neria, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology,
Department of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Columbia University;
Director, Trauma and PTSD Program,
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Francisco Xavier Castellanos, M.D.
Director of Research, New York University Child
Study Center,
New York University
Col. (P) Loree Sutton, M.D.
Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs; Director, DoD Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and
Traumatic Brain Injury
Target Audience
This program was developed for medical professionals in
the D.C. metropolitan area, as well as the general public, to address
current research in mental health topics.
Learning Objectives
1. Review the latest
Department of Defense plans to diagnose and treat TBI and PTSD in soldiers
returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
2. Present the current
research evidence on the pathophysiology of PTSD and the evidence base for
pharmacologic and psychosocial treatments
3. Present the latest
findings from the largest NIMH supported study of psychopharmacology and
psychotherapy treatment effectiveness for bipolar disorder--the STEP-BD
program
4. Review how genetically
informed research is changing our understanding of brain functional changes
in schizophrenia research
5. Present the remarkable
new findings on brain maturation patterns in children with ADHD that are
emerging from brain imaging studies.
Accreditation
The American Psychiatric Association is accredited by
the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation
The American Psychiatric Association designates this
educational activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in this activity.
Disclosures
It is the policy of the APA to comply with the ACCME
standards for commercial support of CME. Planning Committee members and
related staff disclosures must be on file annually with disclosures made
available on program materials. Faculty participating in sponsored or
jointly sponsored programs by APA are required to disclose to the program
audience any real or apparent financial relationships with commercial
interests related to the content of their presentation(s). Faculty also are
responsible for disclosing any discussion of off-label or investigational
use of a product.
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