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    Emerging Topics in Psychiatry

    APA presents the Emerging Topics Webinar Series—learning opportunities analyzing the critical challenges faced in the profession and offering practical solutions from subject matter experts.

    New APA learning opportunities dedicated to keeping members up-to-date on important topics and the latest trends and information impacting the profession. Interact with your peers and subject matter experts. Topics are diverse, covering clinical practice updates, emerging psychedelic use, burnout and physician well-being, new legislation impacting your practice and patients, innovative technology and more.

    Upcoming Webinar

    Shrinkwrapped: How Plastic Pollution Impacts the Brain

    •  Tuesday, August 4
    •  1:30 - 3:00 p.m. ET
    •  1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ **
    •   APA Members - $25; Non-Members - $45; Resident Fellow Members - $25; Medical Student Members - $0

    Plastics are petrochemical products whose production and pollution have increased exponentially over the past few decades. Accordingly, human exposure has increased over time. Scientists have now identified the presence of microplastics in all human organs tested, including the brain. This talk will explore the emerging evidence behind the neuropsychiatric impacts of micro- and nanoplastics. It will also highlight other pathways by which plastics can increase the risk of neuropsychiatric conditions, such as exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and exacerbation of air pollution, climate change, and health disparities.

    Learning Objectives

    1. Recognize that plastics are composed of fossil fuel-derived polymers and chemical additives, each of which exerts direct and indirect effects on the brain
    2. Describe how each phase of the plastics life cycle (production, use, and disposal) causes environmental pollution and associated neuropsychiatric risks
    3. Appreciate the role of plastics reduction as a public mental health prevention strategy

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    Previous Webinars

    Watch the following webinars on demand in the APA Learning Center:

    For past emerging topics webinars and other educational content, visit the APA Learning Center at education.psychiatry.org.

    Other past topics include:

    • What Happens When the Public Health Emergency Ends? Telepsychiatry and Hybrid Practice Post-PHE
    • Evaluation, Management, Coding, and Documentation – What All Psychiatrists in Clinical Practice Need to Know
    • Facing the Hard Truths About Our Climate Disaster– Psychiatry's Role in Preparing society to accept a necessary shift in the Cultural Paradigm
    • The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Child Mental Health Crisis: What We Can Do Now
    • Heat Waves and Wildfires for the Practicing Psychiatrist: What you need to know to protect your patients and community
    • Denial: Nuclear Trauma and the Cold War Psychiatry in Hiroshima
    • Psychedelics as Therapeutics for Substance Use Disorders

    Accreditation

    **The American Psychiatric Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The APA designates this enduring CME activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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