Learning Labs are 90-minute highly interactive and engaging sessions that feature group activities and hands-on learning. Participants will engage in a high-energy, hands-on experience built for psychiatrists and mental health professionals who want to practice new skills, not just hear about them. These sessions are designed like an interactive workshop, bringing participants together in a collaborative setting where ideas turn into real-world clinical strategies. Highlights include:
- Hands-on and interactive: small-group activities and real-time discussion—not a lecture.
- Clinically focused: practical skills for today’s psychiatry, including telepsychiatry and emerging technologies.
- Collaborative format: round-table problem-solving with peers in an in-person workshop setting.
2026 Learning Labs Schedule
| Saturday, May 16, 2026 |
| 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
Essential Management Skills for Psychiatric Medical Directors and Executive Leaders |
| 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
Children of Psychiatrists 2026: Stories Beyond the Couch |
| 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. |
Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Using Practical Psychodynamics to Understand and Address Pharmacologic Treatment-Resistance |
| Sunday, May 17, 2026 |
| 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
American Association for Social Psychiatry Halperin Award: My 55 Year Journey as a Social Psychiatrist: From Activism, to Community Psychiatry, to Political Advocacy, to Leadership, to Retirement and Beyond |
| 10:30 a.m. – Noon |
Stand and Deliver: Testifying with Authority as a Clinical Psychiatrist |
| 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
Disasters and Preventive Psychiatry: Building Skills to Care for Patients through Wildfires, Pandemics, Civil Unrest, Climate Change, and Beyond |
| 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. |
Imminent Suicide Risk Assessment in High-Risk Individuals Denying Suicidal Ideation or Intent: Introduction and Training |
| Monday, May 18, 2026 |
| 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. |
Taking the Helm: Practical Models for Teaching Leadership in Psychiatry Residency |
| Tuesday, May 19, 2026 |
| 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
Association of Family Psychiatrists: Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Family Psychiatry (Inaugural Event) - Carlos Sluzki |
| 3:45 – 5:15 p.m. |
Learning Lab: Taking Control of Our Practices One Step at a Time with the Use of VR |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2026 |
| 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. |
Psychiatric Care - Wellness Therapies |
| 10:30 a.m. – Noon |
Bipolar Disorder: Diagnose Like an Expert |
| 10:30 a.m. – Noon |
Ground Game: Cultivating Essential Skills for Rural Psychiatry Practice |
