Presenting the 2008 Hosts & Advisory Committee
The co-hosts and advisory board members of the 2008 Psychiatric Congress share a commitment to advancing the quality and scope of continuing medical education, and have made great strides to improve patient care. The content, faculty and course materials presented reflect the dedication and exacting standards of these industry leaders.
Stephen V. Sobel, MD (Host)
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine
Dr. Sobel is a nationally recognized psychiatric expert and lecturer on the treatment of depression, anxiety, ADD, eating disorders, psychopharmacology and behavioral medicine. The U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress honored Dr. Sobel as the Teacher of the Year in 2007. A board-certified psychiatrist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Sobel graduated with honors from Duke University and Vanderbilt University Medical School where he was honored with the Beauchamp Award for outstanding performance and promise in psychiatry. He completed an internship in internal medicine with Georgetown University at the District of Columbia General Hospital, and completed a residency in psychiatry at UCSD. Dr. Sobel maintains a private practice in adult and adolescent psychiatry in San Diego and Carlsbad, Calif., and also serves as consulting psychiatrist for both the NFL San Diego Chargers and the MLB San Diego Padres. He is a clinical instructor in psychiatry at UCSD School of Medicine and serves as supervising psychiatrist for the USCD Student-Run Free Clinic for the Homeless. Dr. Sobel has been appointed a Qualified Medical Examiner by the Workers Compensation Appeals Board of California and he is an Expert Medical Reviewer for the Medical Board of California. He has written several articles in such publications as the American Journal of Psychiatry, Primary Psychiatry, Journal Watch, Managed Behavioral Healthcare, Medscape, and Audio-Digest.
William Soliman, PhD, MPhil, MA (Host)
Senior Vice President, Medical & Scientific Affairs, CME LLC
Dr. Soliman is responsible for accreditation, managing content development for all educational offerings, overseeing all clinical services, and serving as a professional liaison between CME LLC and advisory boards, medical directors, and other clinicians and scientists. Dr. Soliman’s academic background is in biochemistry, molecular biophysics, and chemical education, and he holds a bachelor’s degree from New York University, a master’s and doctorate from Columbia University, and a second master’s from St. Peter’s College. His clinical background includes various aspects of cardiovascular disease, in particular, dyslipidemia.
Dr. Soliman has held various positions within the pharmaceutical industry, including positions with Abbott Laboratories, Merck, and Biovail Incorporated. Dr. Soliman has served as faculty in the departments of biology and chemistry at Kean University and New Jersey City University, and also as a consultant to various medical and scientific education companies, including Pearson Prentice Hall, Kaplan, and Kaplan K12 Learning Services.
Dr. Soliman is an active member of the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the National Lipid Association, the American Society of Microbiology, the Drug Information Association, and the American Chemical Society.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Richard Balon, MD
Professor, Director of Master of Science in Psychiatry Program, Associate Residency Training Director,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Dr. Balon has published in the area of sexual dysfunction associated with medications and human sexuality (including two books), biology of anxiety, psychopharmacology and education. He has participated, as a PI or co-investigator, in numerous research studies. He has served on the Wayne State University Institutional Review Board for the last eleven years. He has been actively involved in various professional organizations, namely the APA, ACP and AMA.
C. Lindsay DeVane, PharmD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Director, Laboratory of Drug Disposition and Pharmacogenetics, Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. DeVane is an active practitioner and researcher with more than 250 publications and 100 abstracts involving many aspects of basic and clinical psychopharmacology. He is a member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and is an NIH-funded investigator. His research interests include development of new drugs to treat psychotic and mood disorders, obesity, psychoactive drug disposition and effects in pregnancy, and the role of drug transporters in psychopharmacology.
Tony P. George, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Director of the Program for Research in Smokers with Mental Illness (PRISM), Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC), New Haven
Dr. George has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and reviews on the pharmacology of nicotine and stimulants, comorbid psychiatric disorders and substance abuse, nicotinic mechanisms in neuropsychiatric disorders, and psychopharmacological treatments of nicotine and other addictions in patients with psychiatric disorders. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Psychiatric Times and The American Journal on the Addictions.
Liza H. Gold, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Gold is a clinical and forensic psychiatrist, Associate Director of the Georgetown Psychiatry Residency Program in Psychiatry and Law, and Course Director for the Georgetown Psychiatry Residency Program’s Gender Issues in Psychiatry course. Dr. Gold is the author of the chapter, Gender and Suicide, which will appear in the forthcoming American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Suicide Assessment and Management, edited by Robert I. Simon, MD, and Robert E. Hales, MD. She is also the author of Sexual Harassment: Psychiatric Assessment in Employment Litigation and coeditor of The American Psychiatric Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry. Dr. Gold is also in private practice in Arlington, VA.
Jane Johanos
Private Practice, Founder and Former President, PMS Clinic of Minneapolis
Ms. Johanos is board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. She was part of the Clinical Faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine from 1984 to 1994. She has been in private practice from 1976 and currently lectures nationally and internationally on the subject of PMS.
Steven A. King, MD, MS
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine
Dr. King is a board-certified psychiatrist and specialist in pain medicine and a licensed acupuncturist. He is also the Director of Pain Management, Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. King serves on the International Association for the Study of Pain Task Force on Taxonomy and chaired the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR committees on Pain Disorders. He is the author of the Pain Management column in Psychiatric Times.
Geoffry McEnany, RN, PhD, CS
Associate Professor, School of Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
Much of Dr. McEnany’s teaching is devoted to various topics related to psychopharmacology, sleep, and the care of persons diagnosed with psychiatric illnesses. His current research is looking at the impact of gabapentin on sleep and hot flash regulation in midlife women. In addition to his academic work, Dr. McEnany maintains a small private practice in Boston.
Rene J. Muller, PhD
Crisis Intervention Service, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore
Dr. Muller evaluated psychiatric patients in the emergency room at three hospitals in Baltimore between 1994 and 2005. A compilation of his articles written for Psychiatric Times based on that experience, Psych ER: Psychiatric Patients Come to the Emergency Room, was published by the Analytic Press in 2003. He has recently completed a book that is best described as a critical and prescriptive look at the profession of psychiatry.
Ronald Pies, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Psychiatric Times
Ronald Pies, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer on Bioethics & Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. Dr. Pies is also Editor-in-Chief of the Psychiatric Times. He is, with S. Jacobson and I. Katz, author of Clinical Manual of Geriatric Psychopharmacology, as well as several other professional textbooks. His most recent book is Everything Has Two Handles: The Stoic's Guide to the Art of Living.
Edward J. Shahady, MD
Clinical Professor, University of Miami and University of Florida; Medical Director, Diabetes Master Clinician Program of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians, Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Shahady has published articles in numerous medical journals and is the author of several books including The Art of Physician Retirement and Improving Health Systems: The Contribution of Family Medicine. He is on the editorial boards of Consultant and Consultant for Pediatrics and contributes monthly articles to both publications. Dr. Shahady has received many awards for his innovative work. In 2004, he earned the President’s Recognition Award from the Florida Academy of Family Physicians and the Award of Merit for dedication to international primary care education from the Lebanese Society of Family Medicine.
Edward K. Silberman, MD
Vice-Chair for Adult Services, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts New England Medical Center
Dr. Silberman’s academic work has centered on teaching and administration of educational programs for medical students and residents. He has had major responsibility for a third-year medical student clerkship program and has directed residency training programs at two medical schools. He has taught in more than 40 national programs on topics related to education and faculty development in psychiatry and contributed journal articles in these areas. Dr. Silberman has designed and edited a book on psychiatric practice for trainees and young psychiatrists, and has conceived and co-edited the only existing comprehensive textbook on psychiatric education and faculty development. He has served on the Executive Committees of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry.
Gene Usdin, MD
Senior Psychiatrist Emeritus, Ochsner Clinic
Dr. Usdin is the clinical professor emeritus of Psychiatry at Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He has edited 17 books, served on the editorial boards of 14 journals, and written numerous articles and book chapters. Dr. Usdin has received many awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Psychiatrists for Outstanding Contributions to and Achievements in American Psychiatry. In 1998, he was awarded an American Psychiatric Association Special Presidential Commendation.
Sumer D. Verma, MD
Psychiatrist in Charge, Special Care Dementia Service, Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship and Clinical Trials, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Verma is a Lecturer on Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Jeff Victoroff, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Dr. Victoroff studied the Great Books at St. John's College, receiving his BA in 1974. He received a Master's in Social Science from the University of Chicago in 1978, and his MD in 1982 from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. After residencies in neurology and psychiatry at Harvard-affiliated hospitals and a fellowship in Neurobehavior at UCLA, he joined the faculty of the Keck School of Medicine. Since Sept. 11, he has focused on an interdisciplinary understanding of human aggression, violence and terrorism. His current research investigates how hormones interact with political attitudes, religiosity, and aggressivity among Palestinian teens.
Experts Offer Timely Information to Enrich Your Practice
The 2008 Psychiatric Congress is pleased to unveil a superlative roster of dynamic presenters. Returning favorites and mental health care authorities new to Psychiatric Congress provide matchless expertise and indispensable clinical insights to enrich your skills.
Marc E. Agronin, MD
Director, Mental Health Services, Miami Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged, FL
24-7 Tales from the Clinic: Recognizing the Humanity Behind the Patient
26-8 Depression and Apathy Associated with Dementia
Matthew Alexander, PhD, MA
Director, Behavioral Medicine, Professor of Family Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, University of North Carolina
31-3 An Integrative Approach to Marriage Therapy
32-5 Common Therapeutic Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them!)
Alejandro Alva, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists; Medical Director, ATP Clinical Research Group, Costa Mesa, CA
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD): Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Jerald Bain, MD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
36-5 Andropause: What Every Man Should Know
John L. Beyer, MD
Director, Mood & Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Duke University Medical Center
26-7 HIV and Mood Disorder Prevalence: An Update
Lisa Boesky, PhD
National Speaker & Author, San Diego
33-8 Youth Suicide: Who is Most at Risk?
42-5 Self-Injury: Understanding and Working with Teens and Young Adults Who Cut or Burn Themselves
Marcia L. Brauchler, MPH
President, Physician's Ally, Inc., Highlands Ranch, CO
22-1 Practice Management Series 1B: Marketing in Private Practice: Smart Tips Inside and Outside the Psychiatric Office
33-1 Practice Management Series 2B: Marketing in Private Practice: Smart Tips Inside and Outside the Psychiatric Office
Walter A. Brown, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine
13-1 Placebo Response in Psychiatric Illness
14-3 New Clinical Research with Psychedelic Drugs
Alvin C. Burstein, MD
Medical Director, Well Being Systems, PLLC
41-3 Antipsychotics and the Elderly
43-4 Anxiety in the Elderly
Judy Capko
Founder, Capko and Company
21-1 Practice Management Series 1A: Workflow for Enhanced Productivity
32-1 Practice Management Series 2A: Workflow for Enhanced Productivity
16-4 Young Clinicians Forum
25-4 Young Clinicians Forum
Stanley N. Caroff, MD
Chief, Inpatient Psychiatric Service, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
16-2 Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
17-4 Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Nancy S. Cetel, MD
President, Speaking of Health, San Diego
42-4 Hormonal Harmony and the Allure of Immortality: The Male and Female Perspectives
Owen J. Dahl, FACHE, CHBC
Owen Dahl Consulting
24-1 Practice Management Series 1C: Getting Paid, Coding, Contracting, and Negotiating
34-1 Practice Management Series 2C: Getting Paid, Coding, Contracting, and Negotiating
Glen W. Davidson, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
21-2 Returning Veterans and Exposure to Depleted Uranium: An Update
26-6 Halloween, Holidays and Mental Health
Shirlee Davidson, RN, MSN
Lecturer on Psychiatry; Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor, Boston University Medical School
34-5 Nurses’ Forum
Larry Ereshefsky, PharmD
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, California Clinical Trials
41-1 A Futuristic View of the Treatment of Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease: Lessons from Early Drug Development
43-5 Therapies in the Pipeline for Sleep Disorders: Focus on Novel Mechanisms and Disease Models
Timothy W. Fong, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA; Co-Director, UCLA Gambling Studies Program; Director, UCLA Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
22-2 Pharmacotherapy of Dual-Diagnosis Patients
Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MDA
Director of the Annenberg Physicians Training Program in Addictive Disease, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
33-6 Pharmacologic Treatment of Alcoholism
36-4 Dual Diagnosis
Mark Gold, MD
Distinguished Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Anesthesiology, Community Health and Family Medicine, Evelyn and William McKnight Brain Institute; Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine, University of Florida
11-2 Introduction to Drug Abuse and Dependency: New Insights from Cocaine to Alcohol
12-1 Globesity: Crisis, Prospects and New Treatments
Kevin F. Gray, MD
Director, Geriatric Neuropsychiatry Clinic, Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System; Associate Professor, Depts. of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
31-4 No Lobe Unprobed: Mastering the Mental Status Exam
32-7 Depression vs. Dementia: An Evolving Enigma in the Elderly
Michael J. Grinfeld, JD
Associate Professor, Missouri School of Journalism
33-5 The Public Psychiatrist: Using Media to Build Trust in Mental Health Care
36-2 No End to War: The New Wave of PTSD and How News Media Can Influence Outcomes
Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH (2008 Teacher of the Year)
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Medical School, Houston; Director, Psychiatric Drug Research, R/D Clinical Research Center, Lake Jackson, TX
13-3 A Busy Clinician’s ‘Treasure Chest’: Creating a Tool Box Filled with Screeners and Rating Instruments to Improve Patient Outcomes
24-3 A 'Hands On' Workshop for Diagnosing Fibromyalgia in Your Busy Practice
26-1 Encore Presentation: A Busy Clinician’s ‘Treasure Chest’: Creating a Tool Box Filled with Screeners and Rating Instruments to Improve Patient Outcomes
Saundra Jain, PsyD, LPC, MBA
Executive Director, Mental Health Educational Initiative, Lake Jackson, TX
13-3 A Busy Clinician’s ‘Treasure Chest’: Creating a Tool Box Filled with Screeners and Rating Instruments to Improve
Patient Outcomes
26-1 Encore Presentation: A Busy Clinician’s ‘Treasure Chest’: Creating a Tool Box Filled with Screeners and Rating Instruments to Improve Patient Outcomes
Philip G. Janicak, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Medical Director, Psychiatric Clinical Research Center, Rush University
13-2 Do Antidepressants Increase the Risk of Suicide?
17-5 Should Side Effects Be the Determining Factor in Choosing an Antipsychotic?
Jane Johanos, RN
Private Practice, Founder and Former President, PMS Clinic of Minneapolis
34-5 Nurses’ Forum
Amir H. Kalali, MD
Vice President, Quintiles Inc, San Diego; Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD
25-3 Current Hot Topics in CNS Drug Development
26-5 Expanding Indications for Psychotropics–Science or Marketing?
Steven A. King, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York University
24-8 Relationship Between Mental Disorders and Pain
25-1 Use and Abuse of Prescription of Analgesics
Laurence J. Kinsella, MD
Professor of Neurology, St. Louis University; Chief, Division of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Forest Park Hospital,
St. Louis
11-3 Neurologic Emergencies
12-2 Falls, Faints, and Fatigue: Evaluation and Treatment of Autonomic Dysfunction
14-1 Libby Zion's Lesson: Serotonin Syndrome and P450 Drug Interactions
Stephen B. Levine, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University; Co-Director of the Center for Marital and Sexual Health, Beachwood, OH
25-2 Infidelity I: Basic Background Concepts
26-4 Infidelity II: Clinical Interventions
George J. Makari, MD
Director, Institute for the History of Psychiatry; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
31-2 Psychoanalysis: What Is Its Role in the 21st Century?
Jose R. Maldonado, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief, Medical and Forensic Psychiatry Section; Medical Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Service, Stanford University Medical Center
21-3 Neuropsychiatric Masquerades: Medical and Neurologic Disorders that Present with Psychiatric Symptoms
23-2 Alcohol Withdrawal Syndromes: Pathophysiology and Management
Peter Manu, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Psychiatry Albert Einstein College of Medicine
22-4 The Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Randall Marshall, MD
Director of Trauma Studies and Services, New York State Psychiatric Institute
32-4 Workshop: Case-Based Training in Complicated Grief, Part 1
33-3 Workshop: Case-Based Training in Complicated Grief, Part 2
Bill H. McCarberg, MD
Founding Director, Chronic Pain Management Program, Kaiser Permanente, Escondido, CA
33-4 What's New: Fibromyalgia Syndrome
34-3 Collaboration with Primary Care Physicians in Pain Patients
John Medina, PhD
Founder, Talaris Research Institute, Seattle; Faculty, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington School of Medicine; Faculty, At-Large University Professor, Seattle Pacific University; Director, Brain Center for Applied Learning Research, Seattle
17-1 The Neurobiology of Empathy
Laura J. Miller, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago
41-2 Psychopharmacology During Pregnancy and Postpartum
42-2 Nurturing the Pregnant Brain: Preventing Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Karen A. Miotto, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, Semel Institute of Neuroscience, UCLA;
Director, UCLA Addiction Medicine Service
24-4 Club Drugs and Their Psychiatric Manifestations
David Naimark, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Diego
12-3 The Detection of Malingering Using Verbal and Physical "Tells"
14-2 A Biopsychosocial Approach to Pathological Gambling
Phillip J. Resnick, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University
26-2 The Right to Suicide
31-1 The Andrea Yates Trial: Implications for Psychiatry
32-2 Suicide After Familicide, Uxoricide and Mass Murder
Richard K. Ries, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Washington
23-3 Dying for a Drink or Drug: Suicide and Addictions
26-3 Practical Management of Comorbid Alcohol Problems in Patients with Bipolar Disorder
Carla Rodgers, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
22-3 Risk Management: What Is It?
24-5 Psychiatry's Role in Internet Child Pornography Cases
Jack D. Schim, MD
President, San Diego Stroke Council; Chair, Division of Neuroscience, Scripps Hospital, Encinitas, Calif., Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology, VA Medical Center, UCSD; Stroke Program Medical Director, TriCity Medical Center
42-3 Headache Management 2008
43-2 Neuropathic Pain: Diagnosis and New Treatment Options
Dean Schuyler, MD
Cognitive Therapy, Private Practice, Charleston, SC
15-2 Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Where it Began—An Update
17-7 Cognitive Therapy to Aid Adjustment to Cancer: Where It’s Going— A Preview
Michael A. Schwartz, MD
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Philosophy, University of Louisville
16-3 Systems Neuropsychiatry, Part 1: The Decade of the Mind
17-8 Systems Neuropsychiatry, Part 2: The Decade of the Mind and the Future of Clinical Psychiatry
Shawn C. Shea, MD
Director, Training Institute for Suicide Assessment and Clinical Interviewing, NH
34-2 The Quest for Happiness: New Insights from Social and Neuroscience: Unstalling Stalled Treatment
36-1 Innovative Interviewing Techniques for Improving Medication Adherence
42-1 The Delicate Art of Eliciting Suicidal Ideation and Other Sensitive Material: Part 1
43-1 The Delicate Art of Eliciting Suicidal Ideation and Other Sensitive Material: Part 2
Daphne Simeon, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Depersonalization and Dissociation Program
Co-Director, Compulsive Impulsive Disorders Program, Mt. Sinai
42-6 Feeling Unreal: Assessing Depersonalization Disorder
43-3 Feeling Unreal: Is it for Real? Treatment of Depersonalization Disorder
Russell Smith, MS, LCPC
Program Director, State Hospital Affiliation Project; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Behavioral Healthcare, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Health Related Practices;
Adjunct Instructor, The Program for Community Mental Health, Southern New Hampshire University, Colchester, VT
17-2 Workshop: Wellness and Recovery in Traditional Psychiatric Settings: The View
from a Long-Term Hospital
Stephen V. Sobel, MD
Clinical Instructor, UCSD School of Medicine; Consulting Psychiatrist, NFL San Diego Chargers; Private Practice, Adult and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Diego, Calif.; U.S. Psychiatric Congress Teacher of the Year 2007
32-3 Hunger for Health: The Successful Multifocal Treatment of Bulimia
33-2 Seven Keys to Successful Cotreatment
Victor C. Strasburger, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine,
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
15-3 Ooh, Baby, Baby: Adolescents, Sex and the Media
16-1 TV or Not TV: Fat Is the Question—Do the Media Cause Obesity and Eating Disorders?
Scott P. Stuart, MD
Professor Psychiatry/Psychology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa
32-8 Interpersonal Psychotherapy: Women's Health
Chris Underhill
Founder, Director, Basic Needs, UK
24-2 Mental Health Reform in Africa and Asia: Case Studies in Local to Global Policy and Practice
Sumer D. Verma, MD
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Education Program, McLean Hospital, MA; Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School
34-4 Recognition and Management of Depression in the Older Patient
36-3 Late Life Care: Promise or Peril
Jeff Victoroff, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine, USC
23-1 Happiness: New Insights from Social and Neuroscience
24-6 Aggression: From Evolutionary Psychology to Neurobiology to Practical Treatment
Joseph S. Weiner, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY; Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
15-1 Dealing with Career Frustration: How to Create Job Fulfillment, Free Up Personal Time and Maximize Revenue
17-3 The Ultimate Personal and Professional Challenge: How to Improve Comfort and Competence with Medical Decision-Making Near the End-of-Life
Joseph B. Weiss, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, UCSD
17-6 Psycho-Proctology: The Bottom Line
42-4 Hormonal Harmony and the Allure of Immortality: The Male and Female Perspectives
Rachel Yehuda, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY
11-1 Treating Returning War Veterans |
