Check Out These Featured Sessions During the 2024 APA Annual Meeting
The 2024 APA Annual Meeting features over 500 educational sessions ranging across many topics pertinent to your professional practice. These featured sessions are just a few of the enticing offerings available for in-person attendees when they join us in New York City from May 4 through May 8.
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| Saturday, May 4, 2024 |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
- Role of Endocannabinoids in Early Brain Development and Consequences of Fetal Cannabinoid Exposure (8050) - Addiction Psychiatry
- Empowering Healers: The AMA Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians - a Blueprint for Restoring Joy to the Practice of Medicine (8150) - Physician Well-Being and Burnout
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| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
- The Leading Edge of Psilocybin Therapeutics: Psychiatric & Existential Distress in Advanced Cancer, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Major Depression (8093) - Addiction Psychiatry
- Overweight and Obesity in Persons Living with Mental Illness: Iatrogenic Contribution, Intrinsic Factors, Prevention and Treatment Opportunities (8016) - Depressive Disorders
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| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
- Personality pathology in adolescents and young people (8026) - Personality Disorders
- An Update on Acute Brain Failure: Everything You Need to Know About Delirium Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Management and Sequelae (3038) - Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
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| 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. |
- Big Data, AI and Precision Psychiatry: Advancing Prevention and Treatment (8149) - Biological Psychiatry
- Iterative Psychopharmacology: How to Apply Principles of Clinical Reasoning and Decision Analytics to Everyday Practice (1059) - Psychopharmacology
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| Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
- Early Intervention in Psychotic Disorders - Where Are We and Where Are We Going? (8198) - Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- Black Psychiatrists Confronting Addiction from Prevention to Recovery (8028) - Diversity and Health Equity
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| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
- The Future of the DSM: Critical Issues (8195) - Diagnosis/Assessment
- Diet as a Driver to Accelerate and Break From Insulin Resistance and Bipolar Depression (1623) - Bipolar and Related Disorders
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| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
- Technological Addictions: The New Frontier in Addiction Psychiatry (8007) - Addiction Psychiatry
- Psychotherapies Targeting Social Determinants of Mental Health (8023) - Biological Psychiatry
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| 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. |
- The 100th Assembly: An Historical Perspective on the Evolution and Impact of the APA Assembly (8202) - Global, Political and Social Issues
- The Psychiatrist Of The Future (8018) - Academic Psychiatry
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| Monday, May 6, 2024 |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
- Social Determinants of Health: Impact on Addiction Prevention, Treatment and Recovery (8121) - Addiction Psychiatry
- Connectomics: Synapse-Level Maps of the Brain’s Structure in Health and Disease (8063) - Neuroscience and Genetics
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| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
- Emerging Voices: DEIB, Innovation & Leadership Plenary – Plenary
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| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
- A Clinician’s Guide to the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Era of Boxed Warning (8108) - Geriatric Psychiatry
- Worry, worry, worry: The treatment of Anxiety Disorders and PTSD (8040) - Anxiety Disorders
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| 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. |
- Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment of ADHD Through the Lifespan, With a Focus on Adult ADHD and Newer Data and Therapies (8138) - Neurocognitive Disorders
- Viewing ‘Belonging’ Through the Lens of Cultural Expression: Radical Recovery Practices to Support Mental Well-being in Marginalized Communities (8034) - Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
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| Tuesday, May 7, 2024 |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
- Revised APA Guideline for Treatment of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder: Can it help us understand, evaluate and treat our patients? (1058) - Personality Disorders
- Altered Brain inhibition and Cognitive Deficits in Brain Disorders and During Aging: Pathology and Hope for New Treatments (8040) - Neurocognitive Disorders
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| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
- Tuesday Plenary – TBD - Plenary
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| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
- Real World Strategies for Bp II: Recognition and Management Under Conditions of Uncertainty (8123) - Bipolar and Related Disorders
- Clozapine Revisited: Recent Advances and Clinical Updates (8187) - Psychopharmacology
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| 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. |
- The 2023-2024 Presidential Initiative: Confronting Addiction from Prevention to Recovery (8087) - Addiction Psychiatry
- An Overview of All Antipsychotics: How Far Have We Come? (8043) - Psychopharmacology
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2024 |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
- American Indian Mental Health: Honoring Indigenous Wisdom and Culture in Promoting Resilience and Recovery (8100) - Diversity and Health Equity
- Brain Mechanisms Relevant to Substance Use Initiation in Youth - Novel Findings From the ABCD Study (1189) - Addiction Psychiatry
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| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
- What does lifestyle have to do with mental health? (1262) - Prevention
- Pharmacological Approaches to Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) (8120) - Depressive Disorders
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| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
- Addiction Medicine and Psychiatry: An International Perspective (1130) - Addiction Psychiatry
- Cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: an update (8039) - Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
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| 3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. |
- Advancing Precision Medicine for Alcohol Use Disorders (8169) - Addiction Psychiatry
- Rigor, Translation, and Inclusion in NIMH-Supported Youth Mental Health Research to Advance Impact: Lessons Learned and Opportunities - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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