In this companion course, Dr. Schuyler will present the various formats in which he has worked with cancer patients. He will focus on what he has learned: about cancer, relating to oncologists, deference, inferences, and the most common emotional disorder seen in this group. He will contrast his work in a university setting with that of a private oncology practice. Then, he will discuss stages of cancer and its treatment that are relevant to adjustment, typical reactions seen in cancer patients, and the difficult time when treatment ends. Issues of reimbursement, will be explored along with the contrasts in both University Setting and Private Practice.

1. Develop sensitivity to the needs, habits, and styles of oncologists in approaching psychological work with cancer patients;
2. Become familiar with the challenges to the individual cancer patient provided by the different stages of the illness; and
3. Develop an approach to the patient with cancer aimed at facilitating a healthy adaptation to the illness.

Do the media merely "reflect" the real world - as Hollywood and network executives would have us believe - or do they cause real-life problems as well? Do the media contribute to early sexual intercourse? Could the media increase teens' use of contraception? This talk will try to illuminate what we know about the impact of the media on adolescents, what we don't know, and what we need to do to find out. Several suggestions for parents and for schools will be presented.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Describe the nature of current television programming for adolescents;
2. Discuss the impact of television programming on children and teens and how such effects were determined by research; and
3. Identify how the adverse effects of TV and other media can be mediated by parents and by school media literacy programs.

You will learn predictors of violence and interview techniques in the assessment of dangerousness. Violence will be discussed in persons with various symptoms of psychosis. You will learn how to appraise "perceived intentionality," and other aspects of paranoia.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Identify predictors of violence.
2. Learn interview techniques in the assessment of dangerousness.
3. Develop violence reduction plans.

While Substance Use Disorders have been primarily thought of as those involving chemical substances like tobacco or alcohol , more recently process addictions have been studied . Once the DSM 3 diagnostic scheme was changed to accommodate cocaine and minimize withdrawal or abstinence, gambling and sexual compulsivity have been studied and suggested to be addictions. These process addictions have much neurobiology and phenomenology in common with chemical addictions and this construct may be especially helpful in understanding the obesity epidemic and logical public health and treatment approaches.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Review current epidemiological data on substance abuse disorders.
2. Review examples of common co-occurring disorders such as tobacco smoking and alcohol and depression.
3. List and Discuss diagnostic and treatment issues for co-occurring alcohol and tobacco-related illnesses.

Dr. Schuyler has been a pioneer in the application of cognitive therapy. A Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, his latest focus is aimed at aiding the adjustment of the patient diagnosed with cancer. In this course, he will discuss the thinking underlying the use of cognitive therapy to help the patient with severe medical illness. He will then highlight useful cognitive techniques to aid adjustment to cancer. In time set aside for questions, Dr. Schuyler will encourage clinicians to work with this needy population.

Upon completing this activity, participants will be able to:

1. To apply Cognitive Therapy's usefulness in aiding adjustment to severe illness.
2. Discuss the differences between what cognitive therapy and what it is not.
3. Utilize cognitive therapy techniques for work with cancer patients.

With the rise in malpractice suits, it's more important than ever for mental health professionals to find out how to reduce their risk.

By participating this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Analyze basic concepts in the law of negligence;
2. Discover common causes of action against mental health professionals; and
3. Prepare to reduce these risks in their practices.

Cognitive outcome in adolescents is shaped by etiological factors and the underlying neuropathology in a range of developmental and acquired brain disorders.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the neuropsychological disorders in adolescents and their functional implications;
2. Recognize the brain-behavior relationship from the prenatal period through late adolescence within the context of typical and atypical development; and
3. Identify collaborative and consultative approaches within the context of the neuropsychological evaluation.

BasicNeeds (BN) is arguably the leading mental health organization in the developing world, working in 8 developing countries with new partnerships underway. Founded in the UK in 2000, BN has developed a Model for Mental Health and Development that provides a framework for and guides its work. This course describes the Model for Mental Health in the Developing world in some length and will draw parallels to US public mental health policy. Despite the enormous differences between the US and developing nations, this model is extremely relevant to US public mental health programs working with the seriously mentally ill and in resource poor locations. The course will end with a broader discussion of the future for BasicNeeds and the common challenges of sustainability faced by all mental health programs in resource poor areas.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to: . Provide a detailed description of the elements of BasicNeeds' mental health and development model . Demonstrate how these elements work in developing countries through case examples and discussion . Describe how BasicNeeds has implemented the model in different countries and the outcomes we have achieved . Describe new strategies for mental health program sustainability

Psychosocial support is an important aspect of HIV/AIDS care which enables people to function during overwhelmingly adverse circumstances and problems caused by HIV and AIDS.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

Dr. Stein examines the relationship of the two "signature injuries" experienced by Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) troops, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Studies show that a minority of individuals develop persistent emotional, somatic, and/or cognitive sequelae of traumatic exposure. Remarkably, the mechanism (emotional vs. biomechanical) or locus (head vs. other physical) of injury is a weak determinant of whether an individual develops PTSD, persistent postconcussive symptoms (PCS), or both. The frequent convergence of PTSD and PCS symptoms in military personnel is discussed, with an emphasis on studies that evaluate risk factors and outcomes. A general approach to management is discussed, as are new directions in diagnostic and therapeutic research.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. List criteria for the diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI);
2. Review the extent of symptom overlap between mTBI and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and
3. Describe new directions in the diagnosis and management of comorbid mTBI and PTSD

Dreams have been an important aspect of man's search for meaning for over 4000 years. In this seminar, attendees will be exposed to a modern approach to dream analysis, one that integrates the insights and approaches of such luminaries as Freud, Jung, Perls and Hall. Research will be provided to validate the usefulness of using dreams in therapy and the applicability of the "continuity model". Sleep studies will also be used to better understand the stages of sleep and patterns of REM and NREM sleep. Case studies will be presented as well to illustrate a modern approach to helping clients remember and find meaning in their dreams.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Identify benefits of dream work;
2. Review historical models;
3. Present a modern model;
4. Debunk common myths about dreams; and
5. Review relevant research.CA112

Many experts say that the key to treating patients with agitation, aggression and dangerousness is to understand the factors that lead to this behavior and the treatments that are currently available.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Discuss the etiology of agitative and aggressive feeling and dangerous behavior, and explore how various forms of psychiatric comorbidity increase the likelihood of such behavior;
2. Recognize the effective ways to conduct accurate risk assessments; and
3. Identify various integrated treatments, including cognitive behavioral and other skill-based interventions, to address such behavior.

Increasing numbers of teens and young adults cut, scratch or burn themselves to feel better. Treatment providers (and family members) can inadvertently escalate self-injury unless shown effective ways to support these individuals. Join us in this high-energy, practical session replete with video clips and case examples.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Explain why individuals self-injure and how "cutting" and "burning" differ from suicide;
2. Learn to screen for self-injury; and
3. Learn practical and effective "strategies" to use with individuals who engage in this harmful behavior.

Treating patients who suffer from Anorexia and/or Bulimia can cause psychiatrists and psychotherapists tremendous frustration or great satisfaction. Successful treatment of Eating Disorders requires a complete understanding of the multiple etiologies involved, the psychotherapies required and the sophisticated use of psychotropic medications. We will focus in this session on the keys optimizing clinical outcomes and achieving remission based upon the biopsychosocial etiology of these disorders. We will identify the factors that result in failure and frustration, as well as the keys to successfully reach appropriate treatment goals.

By participating in this activity, learners will be able to:

1. Understand the multimodal treatment necessary for the successful treatment of these biopsychosocial disorders.
2. Enhance their ability to successfully utilize cognitive/behavioral psychotherapeutic techniques within a dynamic understanding of Anorexia and Bulimia.
3. Update their ability to successfully utilize psychopharmacologic agents to treat Eating Disorders.

Spirituality and religion are important aspects of life. While research indicates that clients want providers to ask about these areas of their lives, however, mental health providers are often ill-prepared to do so. This course will expose participants to several different mnemonic tools which are useful in interviewing clients about religion and spirituality. Special focus will be on the ChaMB mnemonic, an interviewing tool developed by the presenter for use with patients facing existential crises in their lives (i.e. death of a loved one; terminal illness; chronic illness etc.). Case examples will demonstrate the utility of this tool in both in-patient and out-patient settings.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Provide mnemonic to help clinicians interview patients having experienced traumatic events;
2. Contrast with other tools to conduct spiritual interview; and
3. Use case material to illustrate efficacy.
4. Review relevant research findings

Do the media merely "reflect" the real world - as Hollywood and network executives would have us believe - or do they cause real-life problems as well? Teenagers spend an average of 6 hours a day with media: how much of an impact does that have on their attitudes and behavior? The answer lies partially in some voluminous and difficult media research and partially in the realm of common sense. This talk will try to illuminate what we know about the impact of the media on adolescents, what we don't know, and what we need to do to find out. The topics of violence, advertising, obesity, sex & sexuality, drugs, and new technologies will be explored, along with videotaped clips to illustrate the problems and some of the solutions. Several suggestions for parents and for schools will be presented.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Illustrate the nature of current television programming for children and teenagers (topic areas = violence, commercialism, sex, drugs).
2. Discuss the impact of television programming on children and teenagers and how such effects were determined by research.
3. Analyze how the adverse effects of TV and other media can be mediated by parents and by school media literacy program.

Increasing numbers of teens and young adults cut, scratch or burn themselves to feel better. Treatment providers (and family members) can inadvertently escalate self-injury unless shown effective ways to support these individuals. Join us in this high-energy, practical session replete with video clips and case examples.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Explain why individuals self-injure and how "cutting" and "burning" differ from suicide;
2. Learn to screen for self-injury; and
3. Learn practical and effective "strategies" to use with individuals who engage in this harmful behavior.

The fastest growing age group in the country is individuals of 85 years and above. As a result, it is becoming increasingly common for therapists to work with a significant number of older clients. This symposium will provide a context for such work along with many therapeutic tools. The aging process will be described with a focus on changes in cognition and personality that are relevant to late-life psychopathology. The symposium will then jump right into the therapeutic setting, discussing the role of the therapist, the impact of countertransference and stigma, and an approach to the diagnostic interview and psychotherapy that is both practical and age-specific.

Upon the completion of this activity participants will be able to:

1. Review the aging process and its relevance to cognition and personality throughout the life cycle.
2. Describe age-specific challenges encountered in therapy.
3. Discuss the role of countertransference and stigma when working with older client.
4. Apply Learn practical psychotherapeutic modalities in later life patients.

For the first time in a decade, youth suicide is on the rise.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify two new trends in youth suicide and why they are so troublesome;
2. List both the subtle and obvious factors leading to suicide in children and teens-including the "Big 3"; and
3. Describe the four essential parts of suicide screening of youth.

This introductory lecture will review the history of Hypnosis and its use in medical and psychiatric conditions. Common misconceptions about Hypnosis will be discussed as well as an introduction to hypnotic phenomena. Lastly, vignettes will be presented demonstrating the application of Hypnosis in several clinical conditions.

Upon the Completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the common misconceptions about Hypnosis with patients and clients and to present the use of Hypnosis in such a way that will set the stage for a more successful outcome with this modality.
2. Use an understanding of the hypnotic phenomena and suggestibility tests to decide if Hypnosis may be a useful intervention for a given patient or client.
3. List the clinical uses of Hypnosis and to be able to apply this therapy to a wide range of medical, psychiatric, and psychotherapeutic settings.

Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are returning home. Because so many are reservists, they will be coming back into civilian life.The prevalence of mental health disorders in these returning veterans is significant and very different in the clinical presentation than others with such conditions as PTSD. This seminar will address the identification of those veterans and their families in need, clinical interventions, and problems/solutions that therapists may face in providing services at all stages of the war experience, pre-deployment, deployment, and the return home.

By participating in this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the importance of providing psychological, social, and/or psychiatric support for families of servicemen and service women in the different phases of War.
2. Appreciate the need for varied services (including addressing legal issues) to be delivered in different settings, including schools, work, places of worship, etc.
3. Gain further knowledge treating multiaxial aspects of the serviceman or service woman- and their families.

Competent health care providers have to deal with many different aspects of their patients' lives - from social issues, financial issues, relationship issues, and cultural issues. Integrative therapies also address all of these areas. The application of Integrative therapies (which used to be known as "Complementary and Alternative Therapies") is now getting much more commonplace and is gaining in some areas of medicine greater acceptance. Your patients may be using herbs, meditation, massage, acupuncture, and aromatherapy because they believe that these integrative therapies may improve their health. As there are potential benefits and risks of these integrative therapies, whether they are being substituted for medications and/or psychotherapy or being used along with medications and/or psychotherapy, aspects of potential liability are also reviewed.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Have knowledge of several Integrative Therapies your patients may be incorporating into their overall mental health care.
2. See how the paradigm of patient care may be shifting to include the use of Integrative Therapies and what some of the barriers are.
3. Understand how knowing- or not knowing- that your patient may be employing Integrative Therapies may have legal implications.

This course takes attendees on a provocative journey into the nature of happiness and the search for a novel framework for conceptualizing human nature - the human matrix. Practical ramifications for unstalling stalled treatment planning, enhancing the therapeutic alliance, preventing suicide, and creating a "tough resiliency" in both patients and clinicians are described in detail with clinical case examples.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. 1) Explain the concept of the human matrix model in everyday clinical practice, from engaging patients to treatment planning;
2. Discuss a unique definition of happiness and its implications for nurturing a resilient and "tougher happiness" and a more powerful style of treatment planning; and
3. Apply the principles of the "Human Matrix Model" for treatment planning, including healing matrix effects, damaging matrix effects, and the Red Herring Principle.

The very common problem of partnered women who lose their desire for sexual behavior (HSDD) is addressed by understanding the nature of sexual desire, psychological intimacy, women's biology and the frequent transitions that occur within their lives. HSDD is an active arena of pharmacological research.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the individual, interpersonal, biological, and cultural aspects of sexual desire problems and their solutions.
2. Take a thorough history to estimate the patient's sexual desire situation.
3. Separate HSDD in women with ovarian function and those who are menopausal.
4. Appreciate the differences between a disorder model and a problem model.

This lecture synthesizes the concepts of love as a shifting nuanced series of nine ideas and vital interpersonal processes and skills. It emphasizes that temporary emotional disconnections are inevitable and elucidates the mechanisms that limit love's capacity to endure and flourish.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Understand what love is and what it is not;
2. Recognize the universal aspects of connection-disconnection-reconnection as an inherent characteristic of long-term relationships;
3. Stimulate thoughts about the capacity of love relationships to generate symptoms that are often diagnosed and treated without reference to their likely origin; and
4. Provide a background for the other sexual topics in this lecture series.

Public outrage has justifiably ensued when convicted sex offenders who are released from prison commit subsequent sexual assaults.  At least seventeen states currently allow for the indeterminate civil commitment (i.e., locked psychiatric placement) of those sex offenders assessed as dangerous once they have completed their prison terms. These SVP statutes have engendered controversy both on constitutional and ethical grounds. All the DSM-IV-TR system can provide is a catalog of the specific mental disorders.  But which ones should count towards SVP civil commitment?

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Identify why twenty states have passed statutes mandating long term civil psychiatric commitment for sexually violent predators who are about to be released from prison.
2. List the legal and ethical difficulties that make this one of the most controversial areas in all of mental health practice.
3. Differentiate how well or poorly different DSM diagnoses fit into the statutory definition of mental disorder that triggers sexual predator civil commitment proceedings.

Is it better conceptualized as a state, a trait, or a culture-bound construct? Are there predictable and universal causes of human happiness? To what degree is one's degree of happiness modifiable by any life event or intervention? In this session, participants will get an introduction to the science of subjective well-being. The session will provide an overview of the history, epidemiology, social psychology and neurobiology of happiness.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify the three psychological components of subjective well-being
2. Discuss the evidence that happiness is or is not related to wealth, health, love, or sexual activity; 3)Discuss the evidence of an inborn component to human happiness and;
3. List four interventions likely to lastingly enhance subjective well-being.

This session will provide participants with an overview of human aggression. Based on the speaker's new chapter in the forthcoming Kaplan/Sadock Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, this talk will summarize what we know about the origin, pathophysiology, and clinical management of aggression as it occurs in multiple disorders--from ADHD to organic brain injury. Sample cases will be used to illustrate optimum management based on state of the art literature review.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify the brain regions most important for regulating individual human aggression;
2. Discuss how the evolutionary adaptation of sociality helps to explain war;
3. List the 7 big factors that help account for collective human aggression; and
4. Discuss the evidence that interventions to reduce intergroup prejudice can enhance the prospects of long-term peace.

This course will take an indepth look into the legal and ethical dilemmas in late life care. There will be a focus on the issues related to driving, inappropriate sexuality, financial issues, decision making and the right to refuse treatment.

Upon the completion of this activity, particpants will be able to:

1. Briefly describe the causes of dementia;
2. List the differences between normal aging and dementing illness;
3. Describe the stages of functional loss with age; and 4) List the general ethical concepts that govern the provision of care and apply these to a few common areas of concern

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Define the legal basis of the concept of negligence;
2. Enumerate the sources for the psychiatric standard of care; and
3. Determine which types of health information are protected by HIPAA.

The practice of psychiatry can be a source of both great satisfaction and great stress.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify professional goals;
2. Recognize the steps for recovering from burnout and avoiding burnout altogether; and
3. Discuss the management of career-specific stressors, and how they can achieve balance between their personal and professional lives to maximize satisfaction.

This lecture will try to offer help in early detection, ways to conceptualize the disorder for families, and will emphasize the role of the practitioner to coordinate the many services and therapies needed. It will also emphasize how to talk about alternative therapies which may be questionable and how to treat comorbid symptoms. It should provide an approach to the patient who is early in diagnosis to help shape family attitudes toward constructive outcomes.

By participating in this session, attendee will be able to

1. List why there is a need for early autism interventions.
2. Recognize the necessity of initiating treatment immediately once a diagnosis of autism is suspected.
3. Recognize the early and unique signs of the autistic spectrum disorder in order to begin intervention.
4. Diagnose co-morbid problems which may respond to medication in autistic spectrum disorders.
5. Evaluate the role of a physician in directing parents and patients through the complexities of services required.

This lecture explores the phenomenon of limited male sexual interest and its relationship to the diagnosis of HSDD. It attempts to develop clinical sophistication and skepticism so that mental health professionals can efficiently decode patient presentations of low libido.

Participants should be able to:

1. To understand the separate roles of drive, motivation, and internalized cultural values in shaping sexual desire.
2. To realize that low sexual desire is quite clinically common in all psychiatric settings but HSDD is not.
3. To approach male sexual dysfunction with sophistication-desire and arousal problems are not always distinct-and skepticism-men lie about their sexual lives.

Though we all have a personality, a disorder exists only when personality traits have become so extreme, inflexible, and maladaptive that they markedly impair functioning and get the person in the same kind of trouble over and over again. It's Differentiation from normalcy will be discussed along with classification and corresponding treatment techniques, including: psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, and supportive.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the adaptive value of personality traits, how these survived via natural selection, and how to support them in helping patients cope with medical and psychiatric illness.
2. Distinguish personality disorders from Axis I conditions.
3. List several cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, supportive, and paradoxical approaches to the treatment personality disorders.

Part 1 of this 2-part course is titled "Five Secrets for Uncovering Hidden and Taboo Material." This informative and insightful talk discusses innovative techniques for increasing validity while exploring sensitive material such as suicidal ideation.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Recognize the following five interviewing techniques for increasing validity: the behavioral incident, shame attenuation, gentle assumption, symptom amplification and denial of the specific;
2. Discuss the theory behind the use of these five techniques for uncovering valid information when exploring sensitive areas such as domestic violence, substance abuse histories and antisocial behavior; and
3. Describe and flexibly weave the above five validity techniques into effective methods of uncovering sensitive material while maintaining a powerful engagement.

This Lecture will outline the current thinking about Tourette syndrome since it often includes co-morbid ADHD, OCD, and Anxiety Disorders. The make up of this trinity will be discussed and the ramification of making this diagnosis, as well as impart on insurability, and the natural cause of the disorder. Medication use for symptoms in the context of the comorbid problems will be discussed.

By participating in this education activity, participants will be able to:

1. List the symptoms of Tourette's syndrome and differentiate the types of tics and movements which are often associated with this syndrome.
2. Recognize the potentiality for co-morbid diagnoses like ADHD and OCD.
3. Discuss the characteristics of a proper evaluation and also appreciate what not to do.
4. List resources to help patients and families once a diagnosis is made.
5. Understand the role of medications in treating the tics as well as the co-morbidities.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Define the difference between forensic versus clinical evaluation.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the concept of agency.
3. List the differences in approach between evaluating a clinical treatment patient and a forensic evaluee.

Part 2 of this 2-part course is titled "An Innovative Method for Eliciting Suicidal Ideation-the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events." This informative and insightful talk discusses the practical application of the interview strategies for eliciting suicidal ideation and behavior in different psychiatric settings.

By participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:

1. Recognize the role of 4 specific interviewing techniques for improving the validity of elicited suicidal ideation while decreasing errors of omission and optimizing engagement;
2. Define the theory and practical application of a specific interview strategy for the elicitation of suicidal ideation and behaviors: the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE approach); and
3. Discuss and flexibly utilize the above approach as a sensitive and rapid method of uncovering suicidal ideation and intent in a busy clinic or hospital setting.

Sexual excesses, particularly among men, have been known to exist since antiquity. The rise of the Internet and its exploding technologies have created frequent requests by wives and patients themselves for help with the loss of control over sexual behaviors. While not yet a DSM diagnostic category, the treatment of sexual addiction syndromes require a sophisticated clinical knowledge of sexual and general mental disorders.

Upon the completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. To be able to interact with patients without countertransference moral revulsion.
2. To be able to focus on the sexual excesses as the clinical problem rather than the associated psychopathology.
3. To understand the allure of pornography for normal individuals and for those with sexual excesses.