Description

Register Early to Obtain the Lowest Rates! Early Bird Deadline is February 17, 2012.  Click on the “Pricing” tab for more details!

The comprehensive three-day curriculum highlights the latest research findings and their practical clinical applications across the spectrum of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders - ADHD, autism, depression, eating disorders, OCD, psychosis, substance abuse, Tourette's, and much more.

This conference provides direct, personal access to globally-recognized faculty from the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, New York University, University of Texas, and more. It's the only conference where you can engage experts like Drs. Joseph Biederman, Thomas Spencer, and Timothy Wilens, and Janet Wozniak, ask your most pressing clinical questions, and leave with guidance and solutions to the challenges you face every day in clinical practice.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the presentation, diagnosis, and current treatment options available for attention deficit and hyeractivity in childhood and adolescence.
  • Identify the presentation, diagnosis, and current treatment options available for behavioral problems and pervasive developmental disorders.
  • Discuss the presentation diagnosis, and current treatment options available for drepression, psychosis, manic depression and anxiety.
  • Compare and contrast basic neuropharmacology, neuropsychologic testing data, psychopharmacologic properties of compounds, and the implications of psychiatric genetics for guiding day-to-day pediatric psychopharmacology treatment.
  • Recognize the risk management issues associated with adolescent substance abuse and smoking, ethical and safe use of psychotropics, suicide risk and prevention, cardiovascular side effects and medical liability of stimulants, and liability prevention in psychopharmacology.

Agenda

Agenda subject to change.

Friday, March 9, 2012

7:00 - 7:45AM

Continental Breakfast

7:00 - 7:45AM

Registration

7:45 - 8:00AM

Introduction
Joseph Biederman, MD; Thomas J. Spencer, MD; Timothy E. Wilens, MD

8:00 - 9:00AM

Diagnosis & Assessment in Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Joseph Biederman, MD

9:00 - 9:45AM

Developmental Psychopharmacology Pradeep Bhide, MD

9:45 - 10:30AM

Implications of Psychiatric Genetics for Psychopharmacology
Roy H. Perlis, MD

10:30 - 10:45AM

Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:45AM

ADHD Across the Life Cycle
Joseph Biederman, MD

11:45 - 1:00PM

Lunch (On your own)

1:00 - 2:00PM

Pharmacologic Treatment of ADHD Across the Life Cycle: Stimulants
Thomas J. Spencer, MD

2:00 - 3:00PM

Pharmacologic Treatment of ADHD Across the Life Cycle: Non-Stimulants
Timothy E. Wilens, MD

3:00 - 3:15PM

Coffee Break

3:15 - 4:15PM**

Adolescent Substance Abuse: From Diagnosis and Treatment to Risk Management and Medico Legal Concerns**
Timothy E. Wilens, MD

4:15 - 5:15PM**

The Ethical and Safe On- and Off-Label Use of Psychotropics in Practice**

Thomas J. Spencer, MD; Timothy E. Wilens, MD; Janet Wozniak, MD

Moderator: Joseph Biederman, MD

5:15 - 6:30PM

Dinner (on your own)

6:30 - 7:30PM

Evening Seminars

Participants may choose only one seminar presentation to attend.

1. Managing the Complex Patient with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Gagan Joshi, MD

2. Managing the Complex Adolescent Patient

Paul Hammerness, MD

3. Managing the Complex Adult with ADHD

Craig Surman, MD

Saturday, March 10, 2012

7:30 - 8:00AM

Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00AM

Juvenile Depression
Karen Wagner, MD, PhD

9:00 - 9:45AM

Juvenile Mania (Part 1): Diagnosis and Correlates
Janet Wozniak, MD

9:45 - 10:30AM

Juvenile Mania (Part 2): Treatment
Janet Wozniak, MD

10:30 - 10:45AM

Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:45AM

Managing First Episode Psychosis
Oliver Freudenreich, MD

11:45 - 1:00PM

Lunch (On your own)

1:00 - 2:00PM

Tourette’s Disorder & Tics
Barbara Coffey, MD, MS

2:00 - 3:00PM

Autism Spectrum Disorders
Gagan Joshi, MD

3:00 - 3:15PM

Coffee Break

3:15 - 4:15PM

Cognitive Behavioral Treatment in Pediatric Psychiatry
Aude Henin, PhD

4:15 - 5:00PM

Neuropsychological Testing
Alysa E. Doyle, PhD

5:00 - 6:30PM

Dinner (on your own)

6:30 - 7:30PM

Evening Seminars

Seminars will be given at 6:30PM. Participants may choose only one seminar presentation to attend.

1. Educational Assessment and School Accommodations for Children with Psychiatric and Learning Disorders

Alysa E. Doyle, PhD 

2. How to Best Understand the Medical Literature

Michael Monuteaux, ScD

Sunday, March 11, 2012

7:30 - 8:00AM

Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00AM

Anxiety Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence
Dina R. Hirshfeld-Becker, PhD, and Daniel A. Geller, MD

9:00 - 10:00AM

Juvenile Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Daniel A. Geller, MD

10:00 - 10:15AM

Coffee Break

10:15 - 11:00AM

Eating Disorders
Esther J. Dechant, MD

11:00 - 11:45AM

Pediatric Consultation Liaison: Psychopharmacology in Clinical Practice
Annah Abrams, MD

11:45 - 12:30PM

Multimodal Management of Pediatric Psychopharmacology
Michael S. Jellinek

12:30 - 1:30PM

Lunch Break (on your own)

1:30 - 2:00PM**

Antidepressants and Suicide Risk and Prevention**
Jefferson B. Prince, PhD

2:00 - 2:30PM**

Revisiting the Cardiovascular Side Effects and Medical Liability of Stimulants for ADHD**
Paul Hammerness, MD

2:30 - 3:30PM**

Liability Prevention in Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology**
Ronald Schouten, MD, JD

3:30PM

Adjourn

 

 

** 4 credits meet the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.

Pricing

MDs/Doctoral Level Professionals:

$690.00

Discounted Price If Registered By Refund Policy
$635.00 Friday, February 17, 2012

Other Professionals and Trainees:

$540.00

Discounted Price If Registered By Refund Policy
$490.00 Friday, February 17, 2012

Faculty

  • Child Psychiatrist, Pediatric Hematology Oncology Unit, MGH
    Staff, Child Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Service, MGH
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Associate Neuroscientist, MGH
    Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  • Chief, Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, MGH
    Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, Tics and Tourette's Clinical and Research Program, NYU Child Study Center
    Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine
  • Medical Director, Klarman Eating Disorders Center, McLean Hospital
    Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Director of Neuropsychology, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, MGH
    Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, First Episode and Early Psychosis Program, MGH
    Director, Infectious Disease Consultation Service, MGH
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, Pediatric OCD Program, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, MGH
    Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Scientific Coordinator, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology & Adult ADHD, MGH
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Co-Director, Child CBT Program, Department of Psychiatry, MGH
    Director, CBT Program, Clinical and Research Program in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, MGH
    Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Director of High-Risk Studies and Anxiety Research, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Program, MGH
    Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Chief, Child Psychiatry Service, MGH
    President, Newton Wellesley Hospital
    Professor of Psychiatry and of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
  • Clinical Investigator, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinical and Research Programs, MGH
    Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Assistant Director of Research, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit, MGH
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
  • Medical Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, MGH
    Principal Investigator, Center for Human Genetic Research, MGH
    Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Director of Child Psychiatry, North Shore Medical Center
    Staff, Child Psychiatry and Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinics, MGH
    Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, Law & Psychiatry Service, MGH
    Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Assistant Director, Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, MGH
    Assistant Chief, Department of Psychiatry, MGH
    Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Scientific Coordinator, Clinical and Research Programs in Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Adult ADHD, MGH
    Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Professor & Vice Chair, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
  • Director, Substance Abuse Services in Pediatric Psychopharmacology, MGH
    Director, Center for Addiction Medicine, MGH
    Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  • Director, Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Clinical and Research Program, MGH
    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

CME Information

Accreditation:

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

Credit Designation:

Physicians: McLean Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 23 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity
Social Workers: An application has been submitted to the National Association for Social Workers (NASW). For information about continuing education credit for social workers, please call (866) 644-7792 or email mghcme@partners.org for more information about contact hours.
Psychologists: The Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer Continuing Education (CE) for psychologists and maintains responsibility for this program. This offering meets the criteria for 23 Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists.
Nurses: This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 23 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit.

Faculty Disclosure: As a sponsor accredited by the ACC ME, 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, McLean Hospital has resolved the conflict by External Content Review.

Risk Management: 4 credits meet the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.

Maintenance of Certification (MOC): All registrants may participate in a self-assessment module designed to meet ABPN's Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements.

Faculty Disclosure:

Annah Abrams, MD

Pradeep G. Bhide, PhD

Joseph Biederman, MD

Barbara Coffey, MD, MS

Esther J. Dechant, MD

Alysa E. Doyle, PhD

Oliver Freudenreich, MD

Speaking/Honoraria

AstraZeneca, BMS, Janssen, Eli Lilly & Co., and Pfizer.

Advisory/Consulting

Beacon Health Strategies.

Last updated: 7/27/2010

Daniel A. Geller, MD

Paul Hammerness, MD

Aude Henin, PhD

No disclosures indicated.

 

Last updated: 7/27/2010

 

Dina R. Hirshfeld-Becker , PhD

Michael S. Jellinek, MD

No disclosures indicated.

Last updated: 7/27/2010

Gagan Joshi, MD

Michael Monuteaux, ScD

Roy H. Perlis, MD

Speaking/Honoraria

AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Eli Lilly & Co., Glaxo-Smith Kline, Pfizer, and Proteus.

Advisory/Consulting

AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Eli Lilly & Co., Glaxo-Smith Kline, Pfizer, and Proteus.

Major Stockholder

Concordant Rater Systems, LLC.

Last updated: 7/27/2010

Jefferson B. Prince, PhD

Ronald Schouten, MD, JD

Thomas J. Spencer, MD

Research Support

Shire Laboratories Inc, Cephalon, Eli Lilly & Company, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Janssen, McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, and NIMH.

Speaking/Honoraria

Shire Laboratories Inc, Eli Lilly & Company, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Janssen, McNeil Pharmaceuticals, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals.

Advisory/Consulting

Shire Laboratories Inc, Cephalon, Eli Lilly & Company, Glaxo-Smith Kline, Janssen, McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and Pfizer.

Last updated: 7/27/2010

Craig Surman, MD

Karen Wagner, MD, PhD

Timothy E. Wilens, MD

Research Support

Abbott, McNeil, Eli Lilly & Co., NIH (NIDA), Merck, and Shire.

Speaker/Honoraria

McNeil, Eli Lilly & Co., Shire, and Novartis.

Advisory/Consulting

Abbott, McNeil, Eli Lilly & Co., NIH (NIDA), Merck, Shire, and Novartis

Last updated: 7/27/2010

Janet Wozniak, MD

Location

The Westin Copley Place Hotel, Boston, MA, USA