U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress 2009 Las Vegas
November 2-5, 2009
Mandalay Bay Convention Center Pre-Congress Workshop: November 1, 2009 Treating the Whole Patient: The Mind-Body Connection: November 1-2, 2009
The 2009 U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress engages you in advanced learning approaches with immediate application to your practice.
Benefit from forward-thinking educational design from the most prominent thought leaders in the field of mental health
Learn how to deliver better patient care and improved outcomes today, while you prepare for the future
With our exclusive Patient-Centered Practice sessions, learn new techniques for running a more efficient practice
Walk away with take-home tips for navigating through 2011’s relicensure and self-assessment requirements
Earn up to 30 CME credits in just four days, with a flexible program that lets you build your own custom curriculum
The Total Psychiatric Congress Experience
Come early and earn up to 34 CME credits in just 5 days! Psychiatric Congress 2009 delivers more sessions… more programs… more networking opportunities… than ever before plus the incomparable exhibit hall and the inaugural concurrent Treating the Whole Patient: Mind-Body Connection meeting included with your Psychiatric Congress registration fee!
Sunday—Attend the Pre-Congress workshop or first segment of Treating the Whole Patient Monday—Enjoy the first full day of Psychiatric Congress with access to the second day of Treating the Whole Patient Tuesday through Thursday—Complete your educational experience with the remaining three days of Psychiatric Congress programming
Psychiatric Congress 2009 combines essentials with innovation for practical education focused on improved patient outcomes.
Innovative Learning Forums
New one-on-one learning formats, discussion forums and case-based programming will allow Psychiatric Congress 2009 to be more engaging than ever.
Cutting-Edge Content
Participate in engaging sessions and symposia dedicated to the most pressing topics in mental health, including depression, bipolar disorder, fibromyalgia, schizophrenia, insomnia, ADHD, anxiety, and much more.
Sessions and Topics
Choose from over 100 engaging sessions. Topics will offer the latest advances for prominent mental health conditions and will be presented by some of the nation’s most preeminent thought leaders. Learn new techniques for treating your patients, strategies for better practice management and gain new perspectives straight from the experts.
Psychiatric Congress 2009 will cover some of the most pressing topics facing mental health professionals today, such as:
The impact of stress on both mental and physical health
DSM-V: impending revisions and guideline updates
Non-clinical barriers to daily practice
Clinical updates in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents
Predictors of treatment response/treatment selection
Minority issues in mental health
NEW!
Psychiatric Congress Online Catalog Click here to access our new continually updated online catalog to search all sessions and presenters!
Recertification and Self-Assessments
The essential education you’ll find at Psychiatric Congress 2009 will be instrumental in your preparation for recertification and relicensure in 2011, and will help you complete your self-assessments with confidence.
NEW! The Patient-Centered Practice is a research-based CME program that provides the knowledge and tools that allow clinicians and their staff to focus an increased percentage of their time on direct care of their patients rather than on office operations and other non-clinical tasks.
By attending the Patient-Centered Practice sessions disbursed throughout Psychiatric Congress, you’ll enhance your ability to recognize, address and prevent the administrative and business-oriented hurdles that come between you and your patients.
NEW! Complimentary with your Psychiatric Congress registration fee!
This innovative meeting is a revolutionary approach to examining the intrinsic link between mental health and physical conditions. Attendees will acquire skills for effectively identifying interdependent conditions, learn strategies for successful treatment options, and better comprehend the impact of collaborative care. More...
Networking Opportunities
Network and share information with thousands of your colleagues from around the country! The casual and inviting atmosphere makes Psychiatric Congress a premier event to connect with others in your discipline, hear about their latest research and share your own.
NEW!
Knowledge Networks
A new and modern approach to learning, the complimentary Knowledge Networks at Psychiatric Congress will offer a structured way to discuss your experiences and ideas – on topics of your choice – in intimate, roundtable discussions. Run exclusively by attendees, the Knowledge Networks will be held independently of regular Psychiatric Congress programming.
Exhibits
Enrich your learning experience by visiting the Psychiatric Congress exhibit hall. Find out about the latest developments in medicine, literature, and mental health products and services for you, your patients and your practice. The exhibit hall also offers the perfect setting for networking with peers.
If you prefer to register by fax or mail you can click here to access a downloadable registration form. Please complete the contact and payment information and send it via fax: (201) 984-0700 or by mail to: CME LLC, ATTN: Customer Service, P.O. Box 2072, Jersey City, NJ 07303-9872. If paying by credit card please be sure to sign the order form.
NEW! Complimentary with your Psychiatric Congress registration fee!
From science to application in the collaborative pursuit of better outcomes November 1–2, 2009
First-ever concurrent meeting about comorbidities!
By attending Treating the Whole Patient, you can expect to gain gain understanding of the actual connection between mental and physical health. By uniting the fields of mental health and primary care, this inclusive program will focus on the overall wellness and treatment of patients, and understanding the physiological elements of disease states. Sessions will allow mental health professionals and primary care physicians to recognize that they are frequently addressing interdependent conditions that can only be successfully treated through collaborative efforts.
Attendees will come away with the ability to appropriately identify comorbid mental health and physical conditions, as well as diagnose, treat and effectively manage their patients’ conditions.
This innovative program will:
· Focus on the management of comorbid mental health and physiological illnesses
· Explore the pathophysiological elements intrinsically linking mental and physical health
· Examine the reciprocal correlation between mental and physical health
· Provide clinicians with the tools to achieve long-term success in their patients
Earn up to 4 additional CME credit! The Treating the Whole Patient meeting is complimentary with your Psychiatric Congress 2009 registration fee – a $299 value!
Call for Posters!
Do you have innovative, clinically relevant information to share with your colleagues? Then participate in the highly regarded Poster Presentations forum! You’ll have the opportunity to display your poster, present your findings, and discuss your research with fellow attendees.
To participate in the poster presentations at Psychiatric Congress 2009, submit an official abstract submission form postmarked by Aug. 1, 2009.
Click here for more information on the poster presentation process and to obtain a submission form.
Who Will Benefit
U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress is designed to meet the continuing education needs of psychiatrists and other physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, psychologists, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, advanced practice psychiatric nurses, and licensed social workers and counselors. Other mental health and healthcare professionals who desire to improve their diagnostic and treatment skills and advance their knowledge of mental disorders.
The Psychiatric & Mental Health Institute represents CME LLC’s comprehensive curriculum in lifelong learning. The dynamic educational and professional development opportunities available through the Psychiatric & Mental Health Institute include the annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, Virtual Meetings, Online Symposia, Psychiatric Times journal articles and supplements, SearchMedica and other resources designed to improve patient diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. From clinical advances to practice management, the Psychiatric & Mental Health Institute presents psychiatrists and mental health professionals with ongoing access to the highest-quality continuing medical education and innovative personal development programs.
Cancellation Policy:
If you register now for the 2009 Psychiatric Congress and later find that you cannot attend, simply notify us in writing by regular mail or fax (e-mail messages will not be honored). Cancellation requests postmarked by Oct. 13, 2009 will be honored in the form of a full refund, minus a $50 processing fee. Cancellation requests received Oct. 14 – Nov. 1 will be honored in the form of a 50% refund, minus a $50 processing fee. No refunds will be issued once Psychiatric Congress begins. If you do not cancel or do not attend you are still responsible for full payment.
Written cancellation notices may be submitted by mail: Attn. Customer Service Dept., CME LLC, The Harborside Financial Center, 34 Exchange Place, Plaza Three, Suite 806, Jersey City, NJ 07311;or by fax: (201) 946-0700. Written cancellation is required before a refund can be credited.
Accreditation:
CME LLC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 30.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Terms and Conditions
All information regarding sessions, symposia, speakers, topics, events, dates and times is preliminary and subject to change up to and during Psychiatric Congress 2009. The total number of credits that will be available at Psychiatric Congress 2009 is not guaranteed and subject to change as circumstances require. Attendees are responsible for checking with their state licensing and certification boards to determine if Psychiatric Congress 2009 meets their continuing education requirements. All updated information will be reflected on our Web site at www.psychcongress.com as it becomes available.
*This rate is available through a limited-time offer and will expire. Contact us today to guarantee your registration at this discounted price.
For more information, please contact our Customer Service Department at (800) 447-4474 or customer.service@CMELLC.com.
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Meet the experts!
Presenting the Psychiatric Congress Advisory Board
CME LLC has partnered with four of the most well- respected minds in the fields of psychiatry and mental health care. Together CME LLC and the Advisory Board continue to work diligently to provide the most practical and relevant educational offerings to shape your Psychiatric Congress 2009 experience.
Psychiatric Congress 2009 Program Chair Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH
Director of Psychiatric Drug Research R/D Clinical Research Center, Lake Jackson, Texas; Psychiatric Congress 2008 Teacher of the Year
Jon W. Draud, MS, MD
Private Practice, Psychopharmacology and Adult Psychiatry, Heritage Medical Associates, PC; Medical Director, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Services, Baptist Hospital; Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Charles Raison, MD*
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Behavioral Immunity Clinic, Emory University
Vladimir Maletic, MD, PA
Founding Member, INEA; Clinical Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia; Consulting Associate, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Duke University
Click here to search all available Psychiatric Congress 2009 faculty speakers.
*Dr. Raison is paid by CME LLC to provide/present this information. The opinions expressed are those of Dr. Raison/CME LLC and do not necessarily reflect the views of Emory University or Emory Healthcare. Dr. Raison’s participation in this activity does not constitute or imply endorsement by Emory University or Emory Healthcare.
The Patient-Centered Practice is a research-based CME program that provides the knowledge and tools that allow clinicians and their staff to focus an increased percentage of their time on direct care of their patients rather than on office operations and other non-clinical tasks.
From science to application in the collaborative pursuit of better outcomes
The Psychiatric & Mental Health Institute represents CME LLC’s comprehensive curriculum in lifelong learning. The dynamic educational and professional development opportunities available through the Psychiatric & Mental Health Institute include the annual U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress, Virtual Meetings, Online Symposia, Psychiatric Times journal articles and supplements, SearchMedica and other resources designed to improve patient diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. From clinical advances to practice management, the Psychiatric & Mental Health Institute presents psychiatrists and mental health professionals with ongoing access to the highest-quality continuing medical education and innovative personal development programs. 
