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Sponsored by:
The University of Arizona College of Medicine
at the Arizona Health Sciences Center
Presented by:
Department of Psychiatry
in conjunction with
The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
The Arizona Nurses Association
and
The Arizona Psychological Association
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Course Description
Needs Assessment/Target Audience
Practice Gap
Accreditation
Educational Objectives
Schedule
Course Director
The University of Arizona Faculty
Invited Guest Faculty
Explore Southern Arizona
Lodging/Location
Registration
Course Description
Offered for the 18th year, this 5-day educational activity has been organized to meet the needs of practitioners who treat psychiatric disorders. This is an annual update of current clinical practices and research focusing on psychopharmacology topics. Daily general session lectures include a 10-minute Q & A session for each presentation. The optional lunch sessions, offered Tues – Thurs, provide a workshop environment of 1 ½ hours, presenting more depth about a variety of specialized topics.
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Needs Assessment/Target Audience
This educational course has been organized to meet the needs of practitioners who treat psychiatric disorders. It is open to physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, counselors and other health care providers.
Feedback and data collected from University of Arizona sponsored CME activities, such as conferences from previous years and other annual psychiatric conferences have been used to assess the need for this educational event.
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Practice Gap
Pre-tests conducted at this CME/CE event and others show that health care providers do not always have the latest information or know the latest recommended treatments for specific psychiatric disorders that impact women across reproductive events.
In similar psychopharmacology CME courses presented in February and June 2009, and at this event in April, 2009, pre and post surveys showed that 85% of the target audience indicated that they would either learn or had learned new information in order to improve patient care.
With the development of the DSM V, and to follow the APA’s best practice treatment guidelines, physicians and other healthcare practitioners have stated that there is a practice gap between their current practice and “best practice.” In addition, there is a gap with current practices compared to recommendations defined by new evidence-based research. This is due to the continual influx of new research data as well as the influx of best practice guidelines.
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Accreditation
Medicine
The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 24.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™, (20 hours for the general conference sessions and an additional 1.5 hours for each optional lunch session attended). Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing
The Arizona Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing education in Nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation. This CE activity is awarded 24.5 contact hours – 20 hours for the general session and an additional 1.5 hours for each optional session attended.
Pharmacy 
The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Participants attending all general sessions will be awarded 20 contact hours – an additional 1.5 hours will be awarded for each optional session attended. Statements of credit will be mailed within six weeks after the conference to those attending sessions and completing the attendance verification form provided.
Psychology
This program is co-sponsored by the Arizona Psychological Association (AzPA) and The University of Arizona College of Medicine and Pharmacy at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. The Arizona Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education to psychologists. AzPA maintains responsibility for this program. 24.5 hours of Arizona category 1 credit may be earned.
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Educational Objectives
In relation to the goal of ultimately improving patient care, general session lecture participants will be able to:
• Explain the use of antidepressants, including specifically addressing treatment resistant depression
• Discuss the molecular basis of psychopharmacology
• Examine pharmacotherapy for bipolar affective disorder
• Explain generalized anxiety disorder
• Appraise DBT and distress tolerance skills
• Evaluate options for chronic pain management
• Analyze medical-legal issues in order to minimize patient risk
• Examine symptoms and treatment of PTSD, OCD and other anxiety disorders
• Identify current and future clinical and research aspects of Alzheimer’s disease
• Describe and list medications to treat substance addictions
• Identify research and clinical issues of brain based interventions for depression including DBS, TMS and VNS
• Describe the use of antipsychotics in the clinical setting
• Analyze evaluation and assessment techniques for the diagnoses of dementia
• Define pharmacological treatment for ADHD
• Examine specific treatment issues for women with bipolar disorder
• Discuss clinical considerations for treating major depressive disorder in women
• Define screening and treatment options for eating disorders
Participants in the optional psychopharmacology workshop session lectures will be able to:
• Identify pharmacologic management of delirium
• Recognize integrative medicine treatments of fibromyalgia
• Recognize challenges in accurate diagnosis and implications for treatment
• Review a mental health perspective of sleep disordered breathing
• Discuss short term psychotherapy with medication management
• Review treatment options using ECT
• Describe measurement-based care in depression
• List the use, abuse, misuse and myths of medications for insomnia
• Identify special issues in the pharmacological treatment of children and adolescents
• Discuss the emotion-heart connection in psychiatry and medicine
• Explain traumatic brain injury
• Define the use of Suboxone in psychiatry
• Review issues related to physician health
• Discuss integrative medicine treatment options for geriatric patients
• Summarize clinical case illustrations of pharmacological treatment of autism
• Analyze the diagnosis and treatment of antisocial personality disorder
• Define special issues related to treating cancer patients
• Summarize treatment options for PMDD
• Evaluate psychopharmacology options for pain management of fibromyalgia
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Schedule
Monday, February 15, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 8:15
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Welcome and Introductory Comments
Francisco A. Moreno, MD |
8:15 - 10:15 |
Overview of Antidepressants including Treatment Resistant Depression
Alan J. Gelenberg, MD
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Break |
10:30 - 11:30 |
Molecular Basis of Psychopharmacology
Francisco A. Moreno, MD |
| 11:30 – 11:45 |
Break |
| 11:45 – 1:30 pm |
Lunch and Keynote: Bipolar Disorder
Gary Sachs, MD |
| 5:00 - 6:00 |
Welcome Reception |
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 am |
Sign-In and Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 9:00 |
Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Alan J. Gelenberg, MD |
9:00 – 10:00 |
An Overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Distress Tolerance Skills
Ron Wright, MD, PhD |
10:00 -10:15 |
Break |
10:15 –11:15 |
Solutions to the Chronic Pain Puzzle
Frank Porreca, PhD |
| 11:15 -12:15 pm |
Medical-Legal Issues in Psychopharmacology
Barry Morenz, MD |
12:45 - 2:15
Optional Lunch Sessions |
| A. |
Delirium: Pharmacologic Causes and Treatments
Aimee Kaempf, MD |
| B. |
The Stampede to Natural Remedies: Integrative Treatments for Fibromyalgia
Iris R. Bell, MD, PhD |
| C. |
Accurate Diagnosis and Implications for Treatment
Richard Van Rhoads, MD |
| D. |
An Overview of Sleep Disordered Breathing: A Mental Health Perspective
Patricia Haynes, PhD |
| E. |
Short Term Psychotherapy
John Misiaszek, MD |
| F. |
Electroconvulsive Therapy: Review and Update
Christopher B. Wiegand, MD |
G. |
Measurement-Based Care in Depression
Alan J. Gelenberg, MD |
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 am |
Sign-In and Continental Breakfast |
8:00 - 9:00
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PTSD, OCD and Other Anxiety Disorders
Francisco A. Moreno, MD |
9:00 - 10:00 |
Current and Future Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease
Pierre N. Tariot, MD |
10:00 -10:15 |
Break |
10:15- 11:15 |
Overview of Medications to Treat Addiction
Michael Scott, MD |
| 11:15 -12:15 pm |
DBS, TMS and VNS: Brain Based Interventions for Depression
Richard D. Lane, MD, PhD |
12:45 - 2:15
Optional Lunch Sessions |
| A. |
Exploring Medications for Insomnia: Use, Abuse, Misuse, and Myths
Philip S. Eichling, MD |
| B. |
Special Issues in Pharmacological Treatment of Children and Adolescents
Harinder Ghuman, MD |
| C. |
The Emotion-Heart Connection in Psychiatry and Medicine
Richard D. Lane, MD, PhD |
| D. |
On the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
G. Alex Hishaw, MD |
| E. |
The Use of Suboxone in a Psychiatric Practice; Simple, Effective and Gratifying
Michael Scott, MD |
| F. |
Physician Health: The Ugly, the Bad and the Good
Mark Gilbert, MD |
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 am |
Sign-In and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 10:00 |
Antipsychotics Update
Henry A. Nasrallah, MD |
10:00 – 10:15 |
Break |
10:15 -11:15 |
Diagnosis of Dementia, Evaluation and Assessment
Geoffrey L. Ahern, MD, PhD |
11:15 -12:15 pm |
Pharmacological Treatment of ADHD
Kathy W. Smith, MD |
12:45 - 2:15
Optional Lunch Sessions |
| A. |
Can Integrative Treatments Help Older Patients?
Iris R. Bell, MD, PhD |
| B. |
Pharmacological Treatment of Autism: Clinical Case Illustrations
Jaswinder K. Ghuman, MD |
| C. |
Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Review of Diagnosis and Treatment
Steven T. Herron, MD |
| D. |
Special Issues in Psychiatric Treatment of Cancer Patients
Karen L. Weihs, MD |
| E. |
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Review of Diagnosis and Treatment
Priti Sinha, MD |
| F. |
Pain Management of Fibromyalgia
Steven R. Galper, MD, JD |
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Friday, February 19, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 am |
Sign-In and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Bipolar Disorders in Women
Marlene P. Freeman, MD |
| 9:00 -10:00 |
Major Depressive Disorder in Women:
Considerations Across the Reproductive Lifespan
Marlene P. Freeman, MD |
10:00 – 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15 – 12:00 pm |
Eating Disorders Update
Joel Yager, MD |
12:00 – 12:15 |
Concluding Comments and Evaluation
Francisco A. Moreno, MD |
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Course Director
Francisco A Moreno, MD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
The University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, AZ
The University of Arizona Faculty
Geoffrey L Ahern, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychology
College of Medicine
Iris R Bell, MD, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry, Psychology, Medicine, Family & Community Medicine and Public Health
Director of Research Education, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
College of Medicine
Philip S Eichling, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Public Health, Medicine and Family and Community Medicine
Colleges of Public Health and Medicine
Medical Director, Comprehensive Sleep Solutions Laboratory
Director of Executive Health Program and Sleep Lab, Canyon Ranch
Steven R Galper, MD, JD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Director, Behavioral Health, Pima County Corrections
Harinder S Ghuman, MD
Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, Pediatrics
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Jaswinder K Ghuman, MD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Pediatrics
College of Medicine
Mark Gilbert, MD, Dip ABPN, FRCP(c)
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Patricia Haynes, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System
Steven T Herron, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
G Alex Hishaw, MD
Assistant Professor, Neurology
College of Medicine
Aimee Kaempf, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Richard D Lane, MD, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
College of Medicine
John Misiaszek, MD
Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
Interim Department Head, Director of Clinical Services
College of Medicine
Francisco A Moreno, MD, Course Director
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Barry Morenz, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Frank Porreca, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology and Anesthesiology
Director, Theme for Medical Neuroscience
College of Medicine
Michael Scott, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Priti Sinha, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Kathy W Smith, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Pierre N Tariot, MD
Research Professor, Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Director, Memory Disorders Center, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Richard Van Rhoads, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Karen L Weihs, MD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Medical Director, Psychosocial Oncology Program
College of Medicine
Christopher B Wiegand, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Ron Wright, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry
College of Medicine
Invited Guest Faculty
Marlene P Freeman, MD
Center for Women’s Mental Health
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Alan J Gelenberg, MD
Clinical Professor, University of Wisconsin
Professor Emeritus, The University of Arizona College of Medicine
President and CEO, Healthcare Technology Systems
Madison, WI
Henry A Nasrallah, MD
Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH
Gary Sachs, MD
Professor, Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Joel Yager, MD
Professor, Psychiatry
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico
Denver, CO
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Explore Southern Arizona
Traveling to Tucson is easy. Major airlines provide non-stop service from Albuquerque, Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Oakland, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.
Tucson’s sunny climate, magnificent mountains, cacti and crystal blue skies make this fascinating place one of the most unique in the southwest. February bestows perfectly warm days (70º F, average high) and mild evenings (42º F, average low). Many outdoor and recreational activities are available for participants while in Tucson. Due to CME guidelines, we can no longer coordinate these events. Our department staff and the hotel staff are happy to provide suggestions while you are visiting.
For more information, see the Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau web page: www.visitTucson.org
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Lodging/Location
The conference will be held at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, Tucson, AZ.
Room reservations are to be made directly with the hotel by calling (800) 234-5117 or (520) 299-2020. The resort will fill quickly in February and during the President’s Day holiday weekend. Please make your room reservations early. Mention the “Psychopharmacology Course” to qualify for the special discounted rate of $149 + tax. The room block will be held until Thursday, January 15, 2010, or until the block is filled, whichever occurs first
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Registration
Download registration form (.doc file)
(pdf)
Complete the Registration Form and return it to: (US funds only).
UA Psychiatry, CME
PO Box 245002
Tucson, AZ 85724-5002
(520) 626-1392
(520) 626-5732 FAX
uapsycon@email.arizona.edu
Checks must be made payable to The University of Arizona Foundation. Early registration fees (on or before 01/20/10) are: $840 physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, $670 psychologists, nurses, other non-physicians, $450 for residents/students. Residents/students must provide proof of their status. Tuition includes daily morning general sessions, comprehensive syllabus book, continuing education credit, daily continental breakfast and refreshment breaks, Monday lunch and Monday evening "Welcome Reception". Registration fees paid after 1/20/10 will be an additional $100.
Optional afternoon sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are available for $75 each. This includes the syllabus containing materials from all of the workshops on that day, continuing education credit, and lunch.
Tuition paid to The University of Arizona Foundation is not considered a tax-deductible gift contribution. Tuition, meals and lodging may be tax-deductible as educational expenses. Check with your tax advisor.
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the Psychiatry Dept, uapsycon@email.arizona.edu or (520) 626-1392. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.
Refund Policy
Cancellations received in writing prior to January 20, 2010 will receive a refund, less a $100 administrative fee. Absolutely no refunds issued after this date. No refunds will be issued for non-attendance. We will mail the comprehensive syllabus materials for those unable to attend and ineligible for refunds.
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