Enroll Now in CME Courses

The following continuing medical education courses are being offered at APA’s 2012 annual meeting. There also will be five master courses; registrants for these intensive learning experiences will receive a free book on the topic from American Psychiatric Publishing. Psychiatrists who wish to register for courses must be registered for the meeting. Complete descriptions of the courses and master courses are posted at http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=334884.

SATURDAY, MAY 5

8 A.M.-NOON

CO01. Brain Stimulation Therapies in Psychiatry Director: Ziad H. Nahas, M.D.

CO02. How to Detect, Prevent, and Treat Bullying-Related Morbidity Along the Lifespan Director: Jorge Srabstein, M.D.

8 A.M.-5 P.M.

CO03. Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid-Dependent Patients

Director: Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A.

9 A.M.-4 P.M.

CO04. Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: Practical Skills for the Consultant Team Psychiatrist

Director: Lori Raney, M.D.

CO05. Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Anxiety Disorders Including OCD, Depression, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Director: David Shannahoff-Khalsa, B.A.

CO06. Neuropsychiatric Masquerades: Medical and Neurological Disorders That Present With Psychiatric Symptoms

Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine

Director: Jose R. Maldonado, M.D.

CO07 Basic Concepts in Administrative Psychiatry I

Director: Barry K. Herman, M.D.; Co-director: Douglas M. Brandt, M.D.

1 P.M.-5 P.M.

CO08. Melatonin and Light Treatment of SAD, Sleep, and Other Body Clock Disorders

Director: Alfred J. Lewy, M.D., Ph.D.

CO09. Neuroanatomy of Emotions

Director: Ricardo M. Vela, M.D.

SUNDAY, MAY 6

8 A.M.-NOON

CO10. Mindfulness: Practical Applications for Psychiatry

Director: Susan E. Abbey, M.D.

CO11. Mentalization-Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: Introduction to Clinical Practice

Director: Anthony W. Bateman, M.D.

Co-Director: Peter Fonagy, Ph.D.

CO12. Motivation and Change: The Theory and Practice of Motivational Interviewing

Director: Petros Levounis, M.D., M.A.

Co-Director: Bachaar Arnaout, M.D.

CO13. Clinician’s Guide to Assessing and Managing Behavior Disturbances in Patients With Dementia With an Emphasis on Those With Moderate to Severe Symptoms

Director: Maureen C. Nash, M.D., M.S.

CO14. The Detection of Malingered Mental Illness

Director: Phillip J. Resnick, M.D.

CO15 Culturally Appropriate Assessment Revealed: The DSM-IV-TR Outline for Cultural Formulation Demonstrated With Videotaped Case Vignettes

Director: Russell F. Lim, M.D.

Co-Director: Francis Lu, M.D.

CO16. Mood Disorders in Later Life

Director: James M. Ellison, M.D., M.P.H.

Co-Director: Yusuf Sivrioglu, M.D.

CO17. Current Procedural Terminology Coding and Documentation

Director: Ronald M. Burd, M.D.

9 A.M.-4 P.M.

CO18. Treatment of Schizophrenia

Director: Philip G. Janicak, M.D.

CO19. Kundalini Yoga Meditation Techniques for Schizophrenia, the Personality Disorders, and Autism

Director: David Shannahoff-Khalsa, B.A.

CO20. Basic Concepts in Administrative Psychiatry II

American Association of Psychiatric Administrators

Director: Douglas M. Brandt, M.D.

Co-Director: Wayne Creelman, M.D.

CO21. Essentials of Assessing and Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults and Children

Director: Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.

CO22. Davanloo’s Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy in Clinical Practice

Director: James Q. Schubmehl, M.D.

Co-Director: Alan R. Beeber, M.D.

CO23. Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Applying Practical Psychodynamics to Improve Pharmacologic Outcomes With Treatment-Resistant Patients

Director: David L. Mintz, M.D.

MONDAY, MAY 7

8 A.M.-NOON

CO24. Exploring Technologies in Psychiatry

Director: Robert S. Kennedy, M.A.

Co-Director: John Luo, M.D.

CO25. The Psychiatrist as Expert Witness

Director: Phillip J. Resnick, M.D.

CO26. Advanced Assessment and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Director: Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.

CO27. Advances in Neuropsychiatry: The Neuropsychiatry of Emotion and Its Disorders

Director: C. Edward Coffey, M.D.

CO28. ECT Practice Update for the General Psychiatrist

Director: Laurie M. McCormick, M.D.

CO29. Street Drugs and Mental Disorders: Overview and Treatment of Dual Diagnosis Patients

Director: John W. Tsuang, M.D.

CO30. (Withdrawn) Motivational Interviewing for Routine Psychiatric Practice

Director: Steven Cole, M.D., M.A.

CO31. Disaster Psychiatry

Co-Chairs: Anand Pandya, M.D., Frederick J. Stoddard, M.D.

9 A.M.-4 P.M.

CO32. Autism Spectrum Disorders: Diagnostic Classification, Neurobiology, Biopsychosocial Interventions, and Pharmacologic Management

Director: Kimberly A. Stigler, M.D.

Co-Director: Alice R. Mao, M.D.

CO33. Can’t Work or Won’t Work? Psychiatric Disability Evaluations

Director: Liza H. Gold, M.D.

CO34. Trauma-Informed Care: Principles and Implementation

Director: Sylvia Atdjian, M.D.

CO35. A Practical Approach to Risk Assessment

Director: William H. Campbell, M.D., M.B.A.

CO36. Adult Sexual Love and Infidelity

Director: Stephen B. Levine, M.D.

1 P.M.-5 P.M.

CO37 Repetitive Head Injury in Sports and Other Life Activities: A Psychiatric Perspective: What to Know and How to Treat

Director: Michele T. Pato, M.D.

CO38. Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

Director: John C. Markowitz, M.D.

CO39. Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnant and Postpartum Women

Director: Shaila Misri, M.D.

Co-Director: Diana Carter, M.D.

CO40. Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder

Director: Frank E. Yeomans, M.D., Ph.D.

Co-Director: Otto F. Kernberg, M.D.

CO41. Intermediate CPT Coding: Evaluation and Management Codes in Depth

Director: Ronald M. Burd, M.D.

TUESDAY, MAY 8

8 A.M.-NOON

CO42. ADHD in Adults: From Clinical Research to Clinical Practice

Director: Craig B. Surman, M.D.

CO43. Risk Assessment for Violence

Director: Phillip J. Resnick, M.D.

CO44. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Severe Mental Illness

Director: Jesse H. Wright, M.D., Ph.D.

9 A.M.-4 P.M.

CO45. Evidence-Based Group and Individual Psychosocial Treatments for Adult ADHD: Theory and Practice

Director: Anthony L. Rostain, M.D., M.A.

CO46. Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) Treatment Program for Borderline Personality Disorder

Director: Donald W. Black, M.D.

CO47. A Psychodynamic Approach to Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders: Breaking Through Treatment Resistance by Focusing on Comorbidity and Axis II

Director: Eric M. Plakun, M.D.

CO48. Yoga of the East and West: Experiential Breath Work, Movement, and Meditation

Director: Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.;

Co-Director: Richard P. Brown, M.D.

1 P.M.-5 P.M.

CO49. The Expert Witness in Psychiatric Malpractice Cases

Director: Phillip J. Resnick, M.D.

CO50. Healthy Brain Aging: Evidence-Based Methods to Preserve and Improve Brain Health

Director: George T. Grossberg, M.D.

CO51. Good Psychiatric Management (GPM) for Borderline Personality Disorder: What Every Psychiatrist Should Know

Director: John G. Gunderson, M.D.