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    Saturday, May 22
    ISS 01New Developments in Schizophrenia Research and Practice: From the Pipeline to the Clinic
    Lecture 01Translational Research in Schizophrenia: Challenges and Promises
    Lecture 02The Future of Depression Research
    Presidential Symposium 1The Emerging Neurobiology of Antidepressant Treatment Response
    Symposium 002Recent Research on Eating Disorders
    Symposium 006Update on Treatments for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders
    Symposium 007Neurodevelopmental Disorders in DSM-V: An Update from the Work Group
    Symposium 009Advances in the Management of Treatment-Resistant Depression
    Symposium 012Anxiety Treatment: New Research Findings for the Clinician
    Symposium 015Spirituality and Mental Health: What is the Psychiatrist's Role?
    Symposium 020Updating the APA Guidelines for the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
    Symposium 027Non Psychotic Issues of Schizophrenic Patients
    Symposium 029Executive Function as a Brain System for Self-Control: The Neurocircuitry of Psychiatric Disorders and Addiction
    Symposium 030Addiction Research, Prevention and Treatment in the U.S. and France: Vive la Difference!
    Sunday, May 23
    Lecture 03Manfred S. Guttmacher Award Lecture: Patient Violence Against Mental Health Clinicians: Safety Assessment and Prevention
    Symposium 031Understanding Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current Status and Future Directions
    Symposium 032Treatment of Depression in Ethnic Minorities
    Symposium 033Approaches to Schizophrenia Through Phases of the Illness
    Symposium 034Diagnosing and Treating the Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Awaiting DSM-5
    Symposium 035Sex/Gender Differences and Women-Specific Issues in Drug Abuse: Predicting and Improving Treatment Outcomes
    Symposium 036Treating Chronic Pain and Co-Occuring Addiction in Substance Abuse Patients
    Symposium 037Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Psychologically Distressed Ethnic and Non-English Speaking Populations
    Symposium 038Neuroendocrine and Neuroimmunological Correlates of Bipolar Disorder in Women
    Symposium 039The Medical Home: Is There a Place for Psychiatry in it?
    Symposium 040Privacy in Electronic Medical Records
    Monday, May 24
    Advances In Series 02Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine
    Advances In Series 04Advances in Psychotherapeutic Treatments
    Advances in Medicine 02Top 10 Medical Articles of 2009: A Comprehensive and Practical Review of What We Need to Know
    FocusFocus Live 1 - Psychotherapy
    ISS 02Novel Approaches to Assessing and Treating Depression in the Medically-Ill
    Lecture 04APA/NIMH Vestermark Award Lecture - Why I Teach - Glen Gabbard, M.D.
    Lecture 05Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecture - The Perplexities & Provocations of Eating Disorders - Katherine Halmi, M.D.
    Lecture 06Optogenetics - Development and Application - Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
    Lecture 08Adolf Meyer Award Lecture - The Audacity Principle in Science?
    Lecture 10The Simple Truth About the Genetic Complexity of Schizophrenia
    Presidential Symposium 2Comparative Effectiveness of Psychotropic Drugs: What Can We Learn from Practical Clinical Trials?
    Presidential Symposium 3Can Basic and Translational Neuroscience Improve Treatment in Psychiatry?
    Symposium 049Advances in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
    Symposium 053Genotypes and Biomarkers: The New Decision Makers for Tailored Treatment
    Symposium 059Neurobiology of Obesity: Why We Can Get Too Motivated to Eat
    Tuesday, May 25
    Advances In Series 08Advances In Personality Disorders
    Advances in Medicine 03Movement Disorders in Psychiatric Patients
    Lecture 13From Circuits to Cells to Molecular Regulation: Identifying Novel Targets for the Treatment of Psychotic Disorders
    Lecture 14Co-Morbidity of Psychiatric Disorders
    Lecture 15Highlights and Lessons from 40 Years in Psychiatry
    Lecture 16New Directions in Drug Policy: President Obama’s National Demand Reduction Priorities - Special Guest Lecture, National Institute on Drug Abuse
    Lecture 18Prevention Initiatives in Schizophrenia
    Lecture 19Depression and Suicidal Behavior in Latino Populations - Simon Bolivar Award Lecture
    Presidential Symposium 4Recent Advances in Psychiatric Genetics: From Fundamental Discovery to Clinical Implication
    Symposium 065DSM-5 Examined: Nosology of Mood Disorders
    Symposium 068Reward Neurocircuitry in Substance Dependence and Other Psychiatric Disorders: What Does Brain Research Tell Us?
    Symposium 070Evidence-Based Treatments (EBT) for Borderline Personality Disorder: Empirical Clarity Meets Clinical Reality
    Symposium 074The Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders with rTMS: New Research and Clinical Findings
    Symposium 079The Challenge of Cognitive Enhancers in Medicine
    Wednesday, May 26
    Lecture 20Administrative Psychiatry Award Lecture - So You Want to be a Physician Executive - Arthur Lazarus, M.D., M.B.A.
    Lecture 21Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS: STOP HIV/AIDS - Julio Montaner, M.D.
    Symposium 086How Dysfunction of Learning and Memory Circuits Contribute to Substance Abuse and Other Psychiatric Disorders
    Symposium 088ADHD FAQs: Practical Answers for the Office-Based Practicioner
    Symposium 089Autonomy in the Prolongation and Curtailment of Life
    Symposium 090New Perspectives on Intergenerational Transmission of BPD
    Symposium 100Dysfunctions in Mentalization or Metacognition in Personality Disorders: Empirical Evidence and Implications for Pathology, Treatment and Research
    Symposium 103Comprehensive HIV Psychiatry Update
    Symposium 104Understanding Comorbidity of Heart Disease With Depression and Anxiety Disorders
    Symposium 105The Ethics of Innovative Interventions in Psychiatry
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    Saturday, May 22
    Lecture 01Translational Research in Schizophrenia: Challenges and Promises
    Lecture 02The Future of Depression Research
    Presidential Symposium 1The Emerging Neurobiology of Antidepressant Treatment Response
    Seminar 01Managing Malpractice Risk for Psychiatrists: The Basics and Beyond
    Seminar 02Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Chronic Major Depression
    Seminar 03Managing Malpractice Risk for Psychiatrists: The Basics and Beyond
    Seminar 04Infidelity and Marital Relationships: Death Knell or Wake-up Call?
    Symposium 001PTSD in Military Populations: Translating Research Into Practice
    Symposium 002Recent Research on Eating Disorders
    Symposium 003Smoking and Psychiatric Disorders: Clues About Causal Pathways and Innovative Treatment Approaches
    Symposium 004Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Care: A Recovery and Person-Centered Approach
    Symposium 005New Developments in Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
    Symposium 006Update on Treatments for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders
    Symposium 007Neurodevelopmental Disorders in DSM-5: An Update from the Work Group
    Symposium 008Aggressive Behaviors in Geropsychiatric Patients: Neurobiology, Assessment and Management
    Symposium 009Advances in the Management of Treatment-Resistant Depression
    Symposium 010Clinical Trends in Bipolar Disorders
    Symposium 011Culturally Sensitive Assessment of Psychologically Distressed Ethnic and Non-English Speaking Populations
    Symposium 012Anxiety Treatment: New Research Findings for the Clinician
    Symposium 013Family and Behavioral Genetic Studies of Borderline Personality Disorder
    Symposium 014Examining the Outcome Continuum of Schizophrenia Into Later Life
    Symposium 015Spirituality and Mental Health: What is the Psychiatrist's Role?
    Symposium 016Burn Psychiatry: Treatment and Outcomes
    Symposium 017Update on Interventions for Adult Eating Disorders
    Symposium 018Translating the Psychopharmacology Evidence Base Into Practice: A Sampler From the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology
    Symposium 019Pathophysiology of Psychotic and Mood Disorders: Do We Have any Solid Evidence of Interest to Clinicians?
    Symposium 020Updating the APA Guidelines for the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
    Symposium 021How to Get the Corner Office: Practical Leadership Strategies for Women Psychiatrists
    Symposium 022Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis: Implications for the International Impact of DSM-5
    Symposium 023Recent Changes to Acute Psychiatric Care: An International Perspective
    Symposium 024Prevention of PTSD: Recent Israeli Practices
    Symposium 025Psychiatry Across Borders: Working for the U.S. Government in the Department of State as a Psychiatrist
    Symposium 026Transcultural Psychiatry for Mental Health in a Changing World
    Symposium 027Non Psychotic Issues of Schizophrenic Patients
    Symposium 028Doping in Athletes: The Role of the Sport Psychiatrist
    Symposium 029Executive Function as a Brain System for Self-Control: The Neurocircuitry of Psychiatric Disorders and Addiction
    Symposium 030Addiction Research, Prevention and Treatment in the U.S. and France: Vive la Difference!
    Sunday, May 23
    Lecture 03Manfred S. Guttmacher Award Lecture: Patient Violence Against Mental Health Clinicians: Safety Assessment and Prevention
    Scientific and Clinical Report 02Mood Disorders
    Scientific and Clinical Report 03Psychpharmacology
    Scientific and Clinical Report 04Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Scientific and Clinical Report 05Psychosomatic Medicine and Health Services Research
    Seminar 05The IMG Institute
    Seminar 06Overview of Recovery for Psychiatrists
    Symposium 031Understanding Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Current Status and Future Directions
    Symposium 032Treatment of Depression in Ethnic Minorities
    Symposium 033Approaches to Schizophrenia Through Phases of the Illness
    Symposium 034Diagnosing and Treating the Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Awaiting DSM-5
    Symposium 035Sex/Gender Differences and Women-Specific Issues in Drug Abuse: Predicting and Improving Treatment Outcomes
    Symposium 036Treating Chronic Pain and Co-Occuring Addiction in Substance Abuse Patients
    Symposium 037Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Psychologically Distressed Ethnic and Non-English Speaking Populations
    Symposium 038Neuroendocrine and Neuroimmunological Correlates of Bipolar Disorder in Women
    Symposium 039The Medical Home: Is There a Place for Psychiatry in it?
    Symposium 040Privacy in Electronic Medical Records
    Monday, May 24
    Advances In Medicine 01Delirium: Neurobiology, Prevention and Treatment Approaches
    Advances In Medicine 02Top 10 Medical Articles of 2009: A Comprehensive and Practical Review of What We Need to Know
    Advances In Research 01Advances in Research
    Advances In Series 01Advances in Correctional Psychiatry: From Provision of Care to Malpractice Prevention
    Advances In Series 02Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine
    Advances In Series 03Advances in Forensic Psychiatry
    Advances In Series 04Advances in Psychotherapeutic Treatments
    FocusFocus Live 1 - Psychotherapy
    Forum 01Chopin at 200: His Mind and His Music
    Forum 02DSM-5: Progress in Research and Development
    Lecture 04APA/NIMH Vestermark Award Lecture - Why I Teach - Glen Gabbard, M.D.
    Lecture 05Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecture - The Perplexities & Provocations of Eating Disorders - Katherine Halmi, M.D.
    Lecture 06Optogenetics - Development and Application - Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D.
    Lecture 07Neuroimaging Clue to the Causes of Bipolar Disorder: Where We Are and Where We’re Going - Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecture
    Lecture 08Adolf Meyer Award Lecture - The Audacity Principle in Science?
    Lecture 09“Your Bipolar Dad Is a Bad Reason to Become a Psychiatrist”: Advocacy Adventures of a Bewildered Boy who Grew up to Become NAMI’s Medical Director - Patient Advocacy Award Lecture
    Lecture 10The Simple Truth About the Genetic Complexity of Schizophrenia
    Lecture 11Solomon Carter Fuller: What Would He Say about Racial Politics in American Psychiatry Today? Solomon Carter Fuller Award Lecture
    Presidential Symposium 2Comparative Effectiveness of Psychotropic Drugs: What Can We Learn from Practical Clinical Trials?
    Presidential Symposium 3Can Basic and Translational Neuroscience Improve Treatment in Psychiatry?
    Scientific and Clinical Report 06Psychotherapy and Depression
    Scientific and Clinical Report 07Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation
    Scientific and Clinical Report 08Borderline Personality Disorder
    Scientific and Clinical Report 09Childhood Abuse
    Scientific and Clinical Report 10Cognitive Disorders
    Scientific and Clinical Report 11Diagnostic Issues and DSM-5
    Scientific and Clinical Report 12Psychosomatics and Cardiac Vulnerability
    Scientific and Clinical Report 13Addictive Behavior
    Symposium 041Health and Mental Health Around the World: Are all Systems Go?
    Symposium 042Update on Medications Development: Promising New Treatments for Drug Addiction
    Symposium 043Early Detection and Intervention in Schizophrenia: An Idea Whose Time has Come
    Symposium 044An Examination of CNS Trial Methodologies
    Symposium 045 INVITEDInterpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) for Bipolar Disorder: New Applications, New Populations, and New Evidence
    Symposium 046Ensuring a Public Health Impact: Partnering With Consumers and Community Stakeholders to Improve Access and Quality of Care for Mental Disorders
    Symposium 047New Studies to Appear in the June Issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry: Presentations by the Authors and Editors
    Symposium 048Reducing Harm: SaferInjection and Other Strategies
    Symposium 049Advances in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
    Symposium 050Challenges in Providing Mental Health Care for College and University Students
    Symposium 051Geriatric Psychopharmacology of Late-Life Mood Disorders: Focus on the use of Biomarkers as Predictors of Response
    Symposium 052Innovations in Integrated Treatment of Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders
    Symposium 053Genotypes and Biomarkers: The New Decision Makers for Tailored Treatment
    Symposium 054Substance Related Disorders in DSM-5: Progress Report
    Symposium 055DSM-5 Update Series, Part I: Reports From the Work Groups
    Symposium 056Focal Brain Stimulation for Psychiatric Disorders: Clinical Update
    Symposium 057Depression, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
    Symposium 059Neurobiology of Obesity: Why We Can Get Too Motivated to Eat
    Tuesday, May 25
    Advances in Medicine 03Movement Disorders in Psychiatric Patients
    Advances In Medicine 04AM04 Aging and Dementia: An Update on Neuroscience
    Advances In Medicine 05Medical Mysteries and Practical Medical Psychiatric Updates: Is It Medical, Psychiatric, or a Little of Both?
    Advances In Series 05Family Assessment and Intervention for Psychiatrists
    Advances In Series 06Advances in the Use of Antipsychotic Medications
    Advances In Series 07Advances in Substance Abuse Treatment
    Advances In Series 08Advances In Personality Disorders
    Forum 03Is a Game-Changing Psychotropic Too Much to Expect?
    Forum 04Global Disasters: Lessons Learned from Haiti & New Orleans
    Lecture 12Addiction: Conflict Between Brain Circuits
    Lecture 13From Circuits to Cells to Molecular Regulation: Identifying Novel Targets for the Treatment of Psychotic Disorders
    Lecture 14Co-Morbidity of Psychiatric Disorders
    Lecture 15Highlights and Lessons from 40 Years in Psychiatry
    Lecture 16New Directions in Drug Policy: President Obama's National Demand Reduction Priorities - Special Guest Lecture, National Institute on Drug Abuse
    Lecture 17Toward a New Psychiatry: Valuing the Positive Emotions
    Lecture 18Prevention Initiatives in Schizophrenia
    Lecture 19Simon Bolivar Award Lecture - Depression and Suicidal Behavior in Latino Populations
    Presidential Symposium 4Recent Advances in Psychiatric Genetics: From Fundamental Discovery to Clinical Implication
    Presidential Symposium 85Health Reform and Psychiatry
    Scientific and Clinical Report 14Anxiety Disorders
    Scientific and Clinical Report 15Information Technology
    Scientific and Clinical Report 16SCR16-Side Effects of Psychotropic Medication
    Scientific and Clinical Report 17Weight Gain and Psychiatric Illness
    Scientific and Clinical Report 18Suicide
    Scientific and Clinical Report 19Attention Deficits and Psychostimulants
    Scientific and Clinical Report 20Inpatient Psychiatry: Admissions and Readmissions
    Scientific and Clinical Report 21Scales and Screening Measure
    Symposium 060The Potential and Pitfalls of Creating a Bipolar Genomic Biobank
    Symposium 061Psychiatrists in the World: Advocating for LGBT Mental Health
    Symposium 062The Public Health and Clinical Interface Between HIV, STDs, and Mental Health
    Symposium 063Adolescent Potential: Exploring the Developing Brain and Understanding Pathways of Addiction
    Symposium 064The 2010 APA Task Force Report on the Practice of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Evidence Based Guidelines for the Practicing Clinician
    Symposium 065DSM-5 Examined: Nosology of Mood Disorders
    Symposium 066DSM-5 Update Series, Part II: Reports From the Work Groups
    Symposium 067Revisiting Pharmacological Treatments to Prevent Suicide
    Symposium 068Reward Neurocircuitry in Substance Dependence and Other Psychiatric Disorders: What Does Brain Research Tell Us?
    Symposium 069Implementing the STEPPS* Program for Borderline Personality Disorder (*Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving)
    Symposium 070Evidence-Based Treatments (EBT) for Borderline Personality Disorder: Empirical Clarity Meets Clinical Reality
    Symposium 072The Nuts and Bolts of the Perinatal Psychiatric Consultation
    Symposium 074The Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders with rTMS: New Research and Clinical Findings
    Symposium 075The Tattered Safety Net: The Public Mental Health Crisis in an Economic Recession
    Symposium 076Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: Response, Recovery and Rebuilding
    Symposium 077Toward a New Model for Mental Health Services in the University Community
    Symposium 078DSM-5 Update Series, Part III: Reports from the Work Groups
    Symposium 079The Challenge of Cognitive Enhancers in Medicine
    Symposium 080Sex and Psychodynamics: Contemporary Approaches to Clinical Issues Through the Lifecycle
    Symposium 081Progress and Promise: Preventing the First Episode of Psychosis
    Symposium 082Reproductive Issues and Women’s Mental Health: How to Untie the Gordian Knot?
    Symposium 083Treatment of Depression With TMS: An Overview of Findings From the Optimization of TMS for the Treatment of Depression Trial (Opt-TMS)
    Wednesday, May 26
    Advances In Medicine 06An Update on Gastroenterology and Hepatology for Psychiatrists and Mental Health Practitioners
    Lecture 20Administrative Psychiatry Award Lecture - So You Want to be a Physician Executive - Arthur Lazarus, M.D., M.B.A.
    Lecture 21Seek and Treat for Optimal Prevention of HIV/AIDS: STOP HIV/AIDS - Julio Montaner, M.D.
    Scientific and Clinical Report 22Genetics
    Scientific and Clinical Report 23Issues in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    Scientific and Clinical Report 24Antidepressant Response and Augmentation
    Scientific and Clinical Report 25Psychopharmacology
    Scientific and Clinical Report 26Psychosis
    Scientific and Clinical Report 27Issues in Mood Disorders
    Scientific and Clinical Report 28Epidemiology, Sleep, and Medical Screening
    Scientific and Clinical Report 29Important but Infrequently Addressed Topics
    Seminar 07Practical Guide to the Performance of the Mental Status Examination
    Symposium 085Women’s Mental Health in Latin America: Present and Future Research
    Symposium 086How Dysfunction of Learning and Memory Circuits Contribute to Substance Abuse and Other Psychiatric Disorders
    Symposium 087Advances in Psychiatric Ethics: New Approaches that Inform Psychiatric Practice
    Symposium 088ADHD FAQs: Practical Answers for the Office-Based Practicioner
    Symposium 089Autonomy in the Prolongation and Curtailment of Life
    Symposium 090New Perspectives on Intergenerational Transmission of BPD
    Symposium 091New CANMAT Guidelines for Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Combining Evidence with Clinical Practice
    Symposium 092Update on Cannabis Use Disorder
    Symposium 093Cultural Adaptation of Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Ethnic/Minority Patients
    Symposium 094Choosing the Right Treatment for Substance Abuse
    Symposium 095Should “Risk syndrome of Psychosis” be Included in DSM-5 as a Diagnosis? A Road Toward Preventive Psychiatry
    Symposium 096Basic Science in Psychiatry: A Move Toward Translational Medicine
    Symposium 097The Supreme Court and Psychiatry in the 21st Century
    Symposium 098Novel Tools for Preventing and Treating Substance Use and Comorbidities in the Military and Returning Veterans
    Symposium 099Hot Topics in African-American Mental Health: Impact of Past and Current Prejudices; Women’s Mental Health; HIV; and Unique Psychopharmacological Findings
    Symposium 100Dysfunctions in Mentalization or Metacognition in Personality Disorders: Empirical Evidence and Implications for Pathology, Treatment and Research
    Symposium 102Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: Current Psychodynamic Perspectives
    Symposium 103Comprehensive HIV Psychiatry Update
    Symposium 104Understanding Comorbidity of Heart Disease With Depression and Anxiety Disorders
    Symposium 105The Ethics of Innovative Interventions in Psychiatry
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    American Psychiatric Association Focus Self Assessment
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice for Comprehensive Assessment for Suicide and Suicide-Related Behaviors
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Assessment Module for the Assessment and Treatment of Adults with Substance Use Disorder
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Assessment Module for the Screening of Adults with Substance Use Disorder
    Audio-Digest Foundation MOC Self-Assessment Module: Mood Disorders/Bipolar Disorder
    Audio-Digest Foundation MOC Self-Assessment Module: Mood Disorders/Major Depressive Disorder
    Carlat Publishing The Carlat Psychiatry Report
    CME Outfitters Chart Review: Clinical Challenges in the Management of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � ADHD MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Anxiety MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Mood Disorders I MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Mood Disorders II MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Psychosis MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Substance Use Disorders MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development Acute Care Psychiatry Clinical Review
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Clinical Depression
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis
    Neuroscience Education Institute NEI Approved Self-Assessment Activities
    Neuroscience Education Institute Stahl's Self-Assessment Examination in Psychiatry: Multiple Choice Questions for Clinicians
    Oakstone Medical Publishing Psychiatry Board Review Course Enduring DVD
    Oakstone Medical Publishing Psychiatry Board Review Course Live
    Physicians Postgraduate Press Bipolar Disorder Self-Assessment
    PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Measurement-Based Approaches for Achieving and Maintaining Remission in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine NOW Coalition for Bipolar Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine Performance Improvement - Tobacco Cessation


    ABPN Approved Self Assessment Product List
    OrganizationProduct
    American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Forensic Psychiatry Self Assessment
    American Physician Institute CME to Go
    American Psychiatric Association 2012 Annual Meeting Self-Assessment in Psychiatry
    American Psychiatric Association Clinical eFocus (sent by email to all APA members)
    American Psychiatric Association Focus Self Assessment
    Audio-Digest Foundation MOC Self-Assessment Module: Mood Disorders/Bipolar Disorder
    Audio-Digest Foundation MOC Self-Assessment Module: Mood Disorders/Major Depressive Disorder
    Carlat Publishing The Carlat Psychiatry Report
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � ADHD MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Anxiety MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Mood Disorders I MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Mood Disorders II MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Psychosis MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Substance Use Disorders MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Neuroscience Education Institute NEI Approved Self-Assessment Activities
    Neuroscience Education Institute Stahl's Self-Assessment Examination in Psychiatry: Multiple Choice Questions for Clinicians
    Physicians Postgraduate Press Bipolar Disorder Self-Assessment
    The American College of Psychiatrists Psychiatrists in Practice Exam (PIPE)
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine NOW Coalition for Bipolar Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine Performance Improvement - Tobacco Cessation


    ABPN Approved PIP Clinical Product List
    OrganizationProduct
    American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law (AAPL) Performance in Practice Checklist: AAPL Guideline on Competence To Stand Trial
    American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Performance in Practice Checklist: AAPL Guideline on Disability Evaluation
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice for Comprehensive Assessment for Suicide and Suicide-Related Behaviors
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Assessment Module for the Assessment and Treatment of Adults with Substance Use Disorder
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Assessment Module for the Screening of Adults with Substance Use Disorder
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Practice Assessment Tool for the Care of Patients with a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
    Cleveland Clinic PIP Clinical Module in Clinical Neurophysiology
    CME Outfitters Chart Review: Clinical Challenges in the Management of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Clinical Depression
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis
    PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Measurement-Based Approaches for Achieving and Maintaining Remission in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine NOW Coalition for Bipolar Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine Performance Improvement - Tobacco Cessation


    ABPN Approved PIP Feedback Product List
    OrganizationProduct
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ABPN Patient Feedback Form
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ABPN Peer Feedback Form
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Clinical Depression
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis
    Sanford Health Survey Sanford Health - Patient Review
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine NOW Coalition for Bipolar Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine Performance Improvement - Tobacco Cessation

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    Diplomates who are in category 1.A. are required to complete all components of the MOC Program including PIP Units. Diplomates who are in categories 1.B. or 2 are required to complete all components of the MOC Program, except for PIP Units. A change in diplomate status from 1.B. or 2 to 1.A. requires the completion of at least one PIP Unit.

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    The ABPN MOC Program reflects the Board’s commitment to lifelong learning throughout one’s profession. The mission of the ABPN's Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program is to advance the clinical practice of psychiatry by promoting the highest evidence-based guidelines and standards to ensure excellence in all areas of care and practice improvement.

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    ABPN Approved CME Product List
    OrganizationProduct
    American Medical Association AMA Direct Credit for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit�ABMS member board certification and Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
    American Physician Institute CME to Go
    American Psychiatric Association 2012 Annual Meeting Self-Assessment in Psychiatry
    American Psychiatric Association Clinical eFocus (sent by email to all APA members)
    American Psychiatric Association Focus Self Assessment
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice for Comprehensive Assessment for Suicide and Suicide-Related Behaviors
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Assessment Module for the Assessment and Treatment of Adults with Substance Use Disorder
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Assessment Module for the Screening of Adults with Substance Use Disorder
    Audio-Digest Foundation MOC Self-Assessment Module: Mood Disorders/Bipolar Disorder
    Audio-Digest Foundation MOC Self-Assessment Module: Mood Disorders/Major Depressive Disorder
    Carlat Publishing The Carlat Psychiatry Report
    CME Outfitters Chart Review: Clinical Challenges in the Management of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � ADHD MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Anxiety MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Mood Disorders I MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Mood Disorders II MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Psychosis MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Substance Use Disorders MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Mayo School of Continuous Professional Development Acute Care Psychiatry Clinical Review
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Clinical Depression
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis
    Neuroscience Education Institute NEI Approved Self-Assessment Activities
    Neuroscience Education Institute Stahl's Self-Assessment Examination in Psychiatry: Multiple Choice Questions for Clinicians
    Oakstone Medical Publishing Psychiatry Board Review Course Enduring DVD
    Oakstone Medical Publishing Psychiatry Board Review Course Live
    Physicians Postgraduate Press Bipolar Disorder Self-Assessment
    PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Measurement-Based Approaches for Achieving and Maintaining Remission in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine NOW Coalition for Bipolar Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine Performance Improvement - Tobacco Cessation


    ABPN Approved Self Assessment Product List
    OrganizationProduct
    American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Forensic Psychiatry Self Assessment
    American Physician Institute CME to Go
    American Psychiatric Association 2012 Annual Meeting Self-Assessment in Psychiatry
    American Psychiatric Association Clinical eFocus (sent by email to all APA members)
    American Psychiatric Association Focus Self Assessment
    Audio-Digest Foundation MOC Self-Assessment Module: Mood Disorders/Bipolar Disorder
    Audio-Digest Foundation MOC Self-Assessment Module: Mood Disorders/Major Depressive Disorder
    Carlat Publishing The Carlat Psychiatry Report
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � ADHD MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Anxiety MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Mood Disorders I MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Mood Disorders II MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Psychosis MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry Academy MGH Psychiatry � Substance Use Disorders MOC Self-Assessment Module
    Neuroscience Education Institute NEI Approved Self-Assessment Activities
    Neuroscience Education Institute Stahl's Self-Assessment Examination in Psychiatry: Multiple Choice Questions for Clinicians
    Physicians Postgraduate Press Bipolar Disorder Self-Assessment
    The American College of Psychiatrists Psychiatrists in Practice Exam (PIPE)
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine NOW Coalition for Bipolar Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine Performance Improvement - Tobacco Cessation


    ABPN Approved PIP Clinical Product List
    OrganizationProduct
    American Academy of Psychiatry and The Law (AAPL) Performance in Practice Checklist: AAPL Guideline on Competence To Stand Trial
    American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) Performance in Practice Checklist: AAPL Guideline on Disability Evaluation
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice for Comprehensive Assessment for Suicide and Suicide-Related Behaviors
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Assessment Module for the Assessment and Treatment of Adults with Substance Use Disorder
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Assessment Module for the Screening of Adults with Substance Use Disorder
    American Psychiatric Association Performance in Practice Physician Practice Assessment Tool for the Care of Patients with a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
    Cleveland Clinic PIP Clinical Module in Clinical Neurophysiology
    CME Outfitters Chart Review: Clinical Challenges in the Management of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Clinical Depression
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis
    PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Measurement-Based Approaches for Achieving and Maintaining Remission in Adults With Major Depressive Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine NOW Coalition for Bipolar Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine Performance Improvement - Tobacco Cessation


    ABPN Approved PIP Feedback Product List
    OrganizationProduct
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ABPN Patient Feedback Form
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ABPN Peer Feedback Form
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Clinical Depression
    Med-IQ Performance Improvement Strategies in Multiple Sclerosis
    Sanford Health Survey Sanford Health - Patient Review
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine NOW Coalition for Bipolar Disorder
    University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine Performance Improvement - Tobacco Cessation


    Thursday, May 31, 2012

    Google Reader - Mike Nova's starred items

    Google Reader - Mike Nova's starred items


    via psychiatry - Google Blog Search by unknown on 5/29/12
    Psychiatric Hammer Joel Wade Daily Bell DSM-5 APA Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders Thedailybell.com.

    The use of organ extracts to treat psychiatric disorder in the interwar period is an episode in the history of psychiatry which has largely been forgotten. An analysis of case‐notes from The Maudsley Hospital from the period 1923–1938 shows that the prescription of extracts taken from animal ...


    How Psychiatry Mistreats People of Color
    AlterNet
    Research has also shown the black students are disciplined more severely than white students, even when they commit offenses that are less serious. The National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado reported (PDF) that more than 30 ...

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    Study: Marijuana Linked to Lower Mortality Rate for Patients with Psychotic ...
    AlterNet
    The use of cannabis is associated with lower mortality risk in patients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, according to a forthcoming study to be published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. (Read the abstract of the study online ...

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    via Clinical Psychiatry News by a.ault@elsevier.com on 5/31/12
    They may have come relatively late to the party, but physician-led political action committees have become true players on the political stage and are poised to exert their influence in this year’s...

    Were any more proof needed that APA has forfeited its right to monopoly control of psychiatric diagnosis, this is the smoking gun. Psychiatric diagnosis has become too important to be left in the hands of a small, withering, ...

    This study evaluated the structure and validity of the use of the 18‐item Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ‐18), a measure of thwarted belongingness (TB) and perceived burdensomeness (PB), among older adults.MethodCommunity‐dwelling older adults (N = 284; mean age = 73 years; age ran...

    via Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life by Gordon Shippey on 5/31/12
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    While optical illusions are fun and familiar, we are discovering other illusions within our own minds that have the power to amaze and upset some of our dearest beliefs about ourselves.
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    'Truman show' delusion: Believing your life is a reality TV show
    msnbc.com
    For example, in this month's issue of the International Journal of Social Psychiatry, researchers from Maywood University studied records from a state psychiatric institution across the last century and found that while the categories of delusions were ...

    Monday, May 28, 2012

    Spitzer Recants: Why Can't APA Admit Mistakes and Correct Them | Psychology Today

    Spitzer Recants: Why Can't APA Admit Mistakes and Correct Them | Psychology Today

    Spitzer Recants: Why Can't APA Admit Mistakes and Correct Them

    New APA leadership is last hope

    Spitzer Recants: Why Can't APA Admit Mistakes and Correct Them

    Ben Carey's front page story in the New York Times movingly recounts Bob Spitzer's apology for an ill-advised study he conducted more than a decade ago.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/19/health/dr-robert-l-spitzer-note...

    The background is dramatic. Spitzer had been a hero to the gay and lesbian community because he was the person most responsible for removing homosexuality from DSM II. Lifting the cloud of mental disorder from sexual choice was a big step in the civil rights movement that only now is bringing full equality. I once attended an award dinner honoring Bob for his contributions to the gay/lesbian cause. I never saw a group more appreciative or a recipient so proud.

    How surprising then that Spitzer would later publish a methodologically flawed paper suggesting that psychotherapy might have some value in changing sexual orientation. Bob had serious misgivings almost immediately when fundamentalists exploited the paper to pursue their anachronistic agenda. He decided recently to make a very public apology. “I believe I owe the gay community an apology for my study making unproven claims of the efficacy of reparative therapy. I also apologize to any gay person who wasted time and energy undergoing some form of reparative therapy because they believed that I had proven that reparative therapy works with some `highly motivated’ individuals.”

    Let's compare Bob's forthrightness to the consistently evasive stonewalling that has characterized every step in the development of DSM 5. The American Psychiatric Association has a lot to apologize for- but instead maintains a doggedly defensive posture that prevents insight and self correction.

    Bob was the first to point out the absurdity of the DSM 5 confidentiality agreements and to predict the poor results that would come from the resulting secretive and closed process. Each of his dire predictions has turned out to be right on target. DSM 5 badly missed every one of its deadlines- then with time running short, it quietly cancelled its quality control step because publishing profits trumped the public trust of producing a safe product. No apology for that.

    When its field trial results were unacceptably low by historical standards, DSM 5 lowered its standards rather than working to improve its product to meet them. Again no apology.

    DSM 5 persists in offering proposals that would inappropriately inflict the label ‘mental disorder’ on many millions of people now considered normal. These suggestions are unsupported by science and are strongly opposed by 51 mental health associations- but APA continues to refuse demands for independent external review.

    The shabby DSM 5 enterprise has reduced the credibility of psychiatry and the stature of the APA. It may well have forfeited APA's right to continue as custodian of the DSM franchise. Yes, indeed, APA has a lot to apologize for and DSM 5 has a long way to go before it will be safe and scientifically sound.

    But there are two small rays of hope. First, DSM 5 has belatedly dropped its worst proposal- psychosis risk- opening the door to the possibility that it is finally ready to make other much-needed concessions.

    Secondly, the APA leadership changed hands at the recent annual meeting. Perhaps the new leaders will finally bring responsible governance to what has heretofore been the almost fatally flawed DSM 5 process.

    The smart play for them now is also the only right thing to do. APA should, like Bob, come clean that many mistakes have been made and that it will take the time and make the effort to correct them. APA should cancel the arbitrary DSM 5 publication date and continue to work on DSM 5 until it can produce a quality document. It should drop the proposals that have drawn such widespread opposition or open them up to independent scientific review. Someone who can write clean and consistent criteria sets should be recruited and, after the badly needed editing is completed, previously poorly performing criteria sets need to be retested.

    Unless it delays and reforms DSM 5, the new leadership will be left holding the bag- having to defend the truly indefensible when a fourth-rate DSM 5 is published next May. The new leaders are not responsible for this mess and don't deserve to be the butt of the harsh criticism that will follow. But if they don't fix DSM 5, they will own it and be tainted by it.

    APA should clean the DSM 5 house now before it is too late. Were he alive today that's what Mel Sabshin, its long term and much revered leader, would certainly recommend.

    And Bob Spitzer has shown the way. A clear parallel can be drawn between Bob's openly apologizing and withdrawing his paper and the need for APA to apologize and to withdraw its untenable proposals, end its closed process, and drop its slavish adherence to unrealistic timelines.

    If a legendary figure like Bob can correct his mistakes, surely the APA can do the same- for the sake of protecting our patients and keeping the mental health field united.

    There is always regret for having made errors along the way, but the far greater shame is in pressing forward when your own results reveal them. Inertia is one of the most powerful forces in nature -it takes real courage to oppose it. If APA changes gears, none of us is going to say, “I told you so!” We're going to applaud and feel proud that APA is finally on the right track. As with Bob Spitzer, sometimes the greatest honor is to admit mistakes and do the very best we can to correct them.

    If it fails to reform DSM 5 now, the APA leadership will have much more to apologize for in the future- to its members, to our colleagues, and of course most important to our patients.

    New York Has Some Prisons to Sell You - NYTimes

    New York wants to sell the former Oneida Correctional Facility in Rome, but for now, no one is using the prison or its amenities, like a handball court.
    Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times

    New York Has Some Prisons to Sell You

    Since tactics like freezing state workers’ wages didn’t help budget problems, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is trying a new tactic. Above, the former Oneida Correctional Facility.