FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
7:45-8:15 AM

Registration

8:15-8:30 AM

Welcome Remarks
Carl Salzman, MD

8:30-9:15 AM

Neurobiology for the Practicing Clinician: Understanding Brain Function and its Relevance to Drug Treatment in Psychiatry
Matcheri Keshavan, MD

9:15-10:00 AM

Mechanisms of Action and the Development of New Antidepressants
Alan Schatzberg, MD

10:00-10:45 AM

Psychopharmacology of Childhood and Adolescent Depression
Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD

10:45-11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00-11:45 AM

Current Treatment for Schizophrenia: Prodrome First Episode, Relapse and New Treatment Possibilities
Matcheri Keshavan, MD

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

What You Should Really Know About the Treatment of Mania and Bipolar Depression
Roscoe Brady, MD

12:30-1:00 PM

Panel Discussion
Roscoe Brady, MD, Matcheri Keshavan, MD, Carl Salzman, MD, Alan Schatzberg, MD,  Karen Dineen Wagner, MD, PhD

1:00-2:00 PM

Lunch 

2:00-2:45 PM

Brain Inflammation in Neuropsychiatry
Paulo Lizano, MD

2:45-3:30 PM

Neural Circuitry Based Treatments in Psychiatry
Roscoe Brady, MD

3:30-3:45 PM

Coffee Break

3:45-4:30 PM

Decision Making in the Treatment of Resistant Psychiatric Disorders: From Blood Levels to Dosing to Treatment Combinations
Stephen Stahl, MD

4:30-5:15 PM

Panel Discussion
Roscoe Brady, MD, Paulo Lizano, MD, Stephen Stahl, MD

SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023
8:30-9:15 AM

Rational Use of Benzodiazepines in Anxiety Spectrum Disorders
Carl Salzman, MD

9:15-10:00 AM

Sleep in Psychiatric Disorders:
Robert Stickgold, PhD, Anthony (Tony) Cunningham, PhD

10:00-10:30 AM

Coffee Break 

10:30-11:15 AM

Digital Phenotyping in Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology
John Torous, MD

11:15 AM -12:00 PM

Difficult to Treatment Patients: Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD, and Eating Disorders
Carl Salzman, MD

12:00-12:45 PM

Panel Discussion
Carl Salzman, MD,  John Torous, MD, Robert Stickgold, PhD, Anthony (Tony) Cunningham, PhD

12:45-2:00 PM

Lunch 

2:00-2:45 PM

Effective Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Kevin Hill, MD

2:45-3:30 PM

The Psychopharmacology of the Reproductive Life Cycle: Premenstrual, Pregnancy, Lactation, and Menopause
Catherine Lager, MD, Marcela Almeida, MD

3:30-3:45 PM

Coffee Break 

3:45-4:30 PM

Older People Are Not All the Same: Differing Approaches for Younger Old and Older Old
Carl Salzman, MD

4:30-5:15 PM

Panel Discussion
Carl Salzman, MD, Catherine Lager, MD, Marcela Almeida,MD, Kevin Hill, MD