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June 27, 2024
8–9:15 AM
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 Topic: Beyond the Blues: Addressing Perinatal Mental Health Complications
Presented by: Jennifer G. Vendetti, LMSW, CEIM, PMH-C, social worker and parent educator at UConn Health Parenting and Mind over Mood Initiative.
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Jun. 20, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Dysregulation of Positive Emotions in Developental Psychopathology
Presented by: Alecia Vogel-Hammen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine; director of the Washington University Affective Variability and Excitability (WAVE) Lab; Assistant Program Director for Research for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program.
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Jun. 13, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Psilocybin-assisted Therapy for Major Depression: Trial Results and Psychological Mechanisms
Presented by: Jordan Sloshower, MD, MSc, psychiatrist, researcher, and educator; co-director of West Rock Wellness, PLLC; clinical instructor in the Yale Department of Psychiatry
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Jun. 6, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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Topic: Disordered Eating: An innovative approach within the IOL
Presented by: Jennifer Downs, MD, Assistant Medical Director of Integrated Child and Adolescent Care for the HHC BHN; Cheryl Grezlik, LCSW, Resource Coordinator at the IOL, D1N; Brianna Pollock, PhD, clinical psychologist, administrative program manager for the IOL's Professionals’ Program.
  
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May 30, 2024
8–9:15 AM
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 Topic: Methadone 101
Presented by: Martin Bloch, MD, Assistant Medical Director, The Ridge Recovery Center.
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May 23, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Choose to Liv
Presented by: Olivia Nguyen, BA, is a visual artist based out of Hartford specializing in acrylics with a high focus in Surrealism. Nguyen uses her social media platform to spread awareness of mental health and everyday emotions in her works.
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May 16, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: The Art and Science of Safely Stopping Psychiatric Medications
Presented by: Mark Horowitz, MD, PhD, Clinical Research Fellow in the National Health Service in the UK; Visiting Lecturer at Kings College, London; training psychiatrist.
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May 9, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Environmental Chaos: Valuing Intersectionality to Drive Creative Opportunities
Presented by: Edilma YL Yearwood, PhD
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May 2, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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Topic: The Impact of Complex Family Dynamics on Mental Health: A Case Study
Presented by: Daniel Caredo, MD; Gregory Gerety, MD; Elisa Gonzalez Cuevas, MD; Alicia Lipscomb, MD; Jackie Long, MD; Shivani Shah, MD
     
The Institute of Living has an Adult Psychiatric Residency Training Program. During their third year, the resident psychiatrists, present one patient that one of them has cared for in the West Grad Adult Outpatient Clinic. Then, the remaining residents research and present topics related to that patient. Due to patient confidentiality, this will be limited to IOL providers only.
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Apr. 25, 2024
8–9:15 AM
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 Topic: Trends in Alcohol Use: From Dry January to Damp February
Presented by: J. Craig Allen, MD, Medical Director of Rushford, Chief of Psychiatry at Midstate Medical Center, and Vice President of Addiction Services for the Behavioral Health Network at Hartford Healthcare.
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Apr. 18, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: The Effect of Suicide Loss on Clinicians and Organizations: Research and Response
Presented by: Jane G. Tillman, PhD, ABPP is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Director of the Erikson Institute for Education and Research. A board certified clinical psychologist and a psychoanalyst, Dr. Tillman is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and a Teaching Associate in Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance of Harvard Medical School.
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Apr. 11, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: REGRET: A Cognitive Behavioral Model
Presented by: Robert L. Leahy, PhD, Founder and Director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy in NYC; Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
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Apr. 4, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Crime Victims’ Rights in Connecticut
Presented by: Natasha M. Pierre, JD, MSW, State Victim Advocate; Ombudsman for victims of crime within the criminal justice system; Evaluates the delivery of state services to victims.
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Mar. 28, 2024
8–9:15 AM
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 Topic: Strong, Magical, and Depressed: A Qualitative Intersectional Exploration of Black Women’s Experiences with Depression
Presented by: Daryllyn Harris, LCSW, licensed clinical social worker and founder and CEO of Renewed Essence Counseling and Wellness.
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Mar. 21, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Youth Fatal Drug Overdose and Suicidal Intent: Trends in CT
Presented by: Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of CT School of Medicine.
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Mar. 14, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Adding Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Inpatient Usual Care: Results From the Institute of Living Suicide Prevention Research Program
Presented by: Gretchen J. Diefenbach, PhD, Senior Research Scientist and Coordinator of Research Operations at the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine.
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Mar. 7, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Pharmacotherapy for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: Clinical Updates
Presented by: Baris Olten, MD, adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist and assistant professor of Psychiatry at Wellstar Medical College of Georgia.
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Feb. 29, 2024
8–9:15 AM
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 Topic: Developing Narratives of Masculinity and Fatherhood
Presented by: Jason S. Frishman, PsyD who is currently part of a consensus-based group psychotherapy practice based in Burlington, Vermont and the founder of a community of fathers dedicated to partnership, connection and growth.
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Feb. 22, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: The Magis and the Helping Professions: Self, Persistence, and the More Universal Good
Presented by: David Dzurec, PhD, Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History at The University of Scranton
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Feb. 15, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: The History of Psychiatry as Harm Reduction
Presented by: Marco Ramos, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
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Feb. 8, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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Topic: Legal and Medical Cannabis Considerations for Healthcare Professionals
Presented by:
Godfrey Pearlson, MD: Research and Implications for the Medical Cannabis Population |
Ken Sobel, ESQ: Legal Considerations for Medical Cannabis Care in the clinical Setting |
Nique Pichette, DNP, MSN, RN: Demystyfing Cannabis Use Disorder |
Heather Manus, RN: National Nursing Guidelines for Medical Cannabis Patient Care |
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Feb. 1, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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  Topic: Understanding Probate Court Practice and Procedures and Reviewing of Patients' Rights under Connecticut Statutes
Presented by: Judge Joseph D. Marino, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown, and Christine L. Shapter, MD, Adjunct Professor in the graduate nursing department at the University of Saint Joseph
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Jan. 25, 2024
8–9:15 AM
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 Topic: The Sleep and Suicide Connection: the role of hyperarousal
Presented by: William “Vaughn” McCall, MD, MS, Case Distinguished University Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University. He also serves as Executive Vice Dean of MCG.
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Jan. 18, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: The Hidden Curriculum of Ableism in Health Professions Training Practice: Deconstructing Policy, Language and Culture
Presented by: Erene Stergiopoulos, MD, MA, fifth-year resident in Psychiatry and first year PhD student in Health Professions Education Research at the University of Toronto, where she is a Research Fellow of the Wilson Centre.
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Jan. 11, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Utilizing Physician Training to Better Understand Depression Under Stress: Insights from the Intern Health Study
Presented by: Srijan Sen, MD, PhD, is the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Professor of Depression and Neurosciences and Director of the Eisenberg Family Depression Center at the University of Michigan.
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Jan. 4, 2024
12–1:15 PM
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 Topic: Understanding the Mental Health of South Asian Immigrants, Their Children and Adapting Parenting Interventions
Presented by: Manal F. Khan, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Program Director for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at University of California, Los Angeles.
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Dec. 21, 2023
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  Topic: Peer Run Respites: An Approach to Harm Reduction in Mental Health
Presented by: Thomas Burr, Public Policy & Affiliate Relations Manager, NAMI Connecticut and Jordan Fairchild (she/they), queer and trans artist, activist and community organizer of color.
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Dec. 14, 2023
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 Topic: Re-envisioning safety - for ourselves and the patients we serve
Presented by: Justin L. Bullock, MD, MPH, fellow in Nephrology at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
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Dec. 7, 2023
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 Topic: Advances in the Science and Practice of Suicide Prevention in the Disability Community
Presented by: Lauren R. Khazem, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
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Nov. 30, 2023
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 Topic: The Impacts of Climate Change on Pediatric Mental Health
Presented by: Joshua R. Wortzel, MD, MPHIL, MS(ED), second-year child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at Brown on the R-25 research track.
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Nov. 16, 2023
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 Topic: Clinical Transformation and Leadership in Behavioral Health
Presented by: Patrick S. Runnels, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer of Population Health, University Hospitals Health Systems, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Nov. 9, 2023
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 Topic: The Many Faces of Antipsychiatry: Promises and Perils of Psychiatric Critique
Presented by: Awais Aftab, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and staff psychiatrist at North coast Behavioral Healthcare.
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Nov. 2, 2023
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 Topic: Recognizing and Addressing Stigma in Healthcare
Presented by: John H. Lally, APRN, MA, MSN, PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (retired)
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Oct. 26, 2023
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 Topic: “I was close to helping him but couldn’t quite get there”: Psychiatrists’ and Residents' Experiences of a Patient’s Death by Suicide
Presented by: Dr. Juveria Zaheer, Clinician Scientist and Medical Head of the Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan Emergency Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and Associate Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
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Oct. 19, 2023
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 Annual Burlingame Award Lecture
Burlingame Awardee Altha J. Stewart, MD
Topic: Radical Recovery: Healing Trauma in a Community of Humanity, Anti-racism, and Respect for Lived Experience
Presenter: Dr. Altha Stewart, Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement, Director, Division of Public and Community Psychiatry, and Director, Center for Youth Advocacy and Well-Being at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
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Oct. 12, 2023
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Topic: Recovery Leadership Academy: Education and Integration of Recovery Supports
Presented by: Karen Kangas, Ed.D., Dana Shagan, PsyD, MBA, Jonathan Steinen, RSS, Skylen Dailey, RSS, Jennifer L. Hale, RSS. Dr. Karen Kangas will be moderating a panel discussion providing a general overview of the Recovery Leadership Academy’s Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) certification program and a discussion about integrating RSS roles in clinical settings.
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Oct. 5, 2023
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  Topic: Implementing the World Health Organization’s QualityRights Guidance at a Hospital in Connecticut, USA: How it Started, How it’s Going
Presented by: Leigh Nathan, MD, Clinical Lead of Person-centered Care at The Institute of Living and Kimberly B. Horowitz, BA, JD, Recovery Support Specialist (RSS) at The Institute of Living.
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Sep. 28, 2023
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Topic: Focusing on the Mutuality in Mutual Care and Mutual Respect in the BHN
Presented by: Elizabeth Begley, MS, RN, LNC, CPXP, System Director of Customer and Patient Relations for Hartford HealthCare; Erica Moura, LCSW, MBA, CPXP, Director for Human Centered Care for the HHC Behavioral Health Network; Kelcey Johnson, Customer & Patient Relations, Patient Advocate, HHC Behavioral Health Network
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Sep. 21, 2023
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 Topic: Whisked Away: The Neurobiology of Early Infant-Maternal Separation
Presented by: Marilyn R. Sanders, MD, board-certified pediatrician and neonatologist who cares for critically ill babies, infants, and their families at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
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Sep. 14, 2023
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 Topic: BEDLAM: Public Education of a Most Personal Nature
Presented by: Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD, American psychiatrist known for his clinical work in addiction and psychotherapy and for his popular films and books.
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Sep. 7, 2023
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 Topic: World Suicide Prevention Week: Tragedy Shapes Triumph
Presented by: Tonja Myles - ordained minister, author, radio personality, community activist, peer counselor, veteran, and subject matter expert in mental health.
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