Current Psychiatry/AACP Psychiatry Update 2018
Current Psychiatry and the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists welcomed more than 500 psychiatric practitioners from across the United States and abroad to this annual conference, which was headed by meeting co-chairs Richard Balon, MD, and Donald W. Black, MD, March 22 to 24, 2018, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois. Attendees earned as many as 19 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. We welcome you to join us for an encore presentation of Psychiatry Update 2018 in Las Vegas, December 2 to 4, 2018 or next year for Psychiatry Update 2019 in Chicago, March 21 to 23, 2019.
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2018
MORNING SESSION
George T. Grossberg, MD, Saint Louis University, began the day by covering the neuroanatomic and neurochemical substrates of behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease and their implications for treatment. He described behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for agitation and behavioral symptoms in patients with dementia.
Next came a special keynote address by Mark A. Frye, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, titled Ketamine Update: What Should Clinicians Know and Expect.
Stephen B. Levine
Dr. Grossberg presented on aging, traumatic brain injury, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and Alzheimer’s disease. He covered the sequelae, prevention, and treatment of these conditions.
Dr. Levine concluded the conference by providing a clinical overview of transgender issues. He included a discussion of the role mental health professionals should play in gender affirmation.
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