Southern Psychiatric Association and Mississippi Psychiatric Association Meeting Present:

The Lighthouse Effect:

Shining a Light on Mental Health Challenges

August 20 - 23, 2025 | Golden Nugget Hotel, Bilxoi, Mississippi

Hotel Information

The meeting will be held at the Golden Nugget Biloxi, located at 151 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, MS  39530. To reserve a room, you can call 1-800-777-7568 and use the group code S250330, or you can use this link:

Note that the room block expires July 29, 2025.

Agenda

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

6:00 – 7:00 pm: Welcome Reception at Hotel Pool Bar

Thursday, August 21, 2025

8:00 – 10:00 am: SPA Council Meeting

10:30 am: On-Site Registration Opens

12:00 – 12:15 pm: Welcome

12:15 – 1:15 pm: Lessons from Sports Psychiatry for General Psychiatric Care - Michael Young, MD

1:15 – 2:15 pm: Cannabis Landscape: Regulations, Product Safety, and Research Update - Robert Welch, PharmD

2:15 – 2:30 pm: BREAK

2:30 – 3:30 pm: Medical Marijuana: High Risk? - Charles D. Cash, JD, LLM

3:30 – 5:00 pm: Women’s Panel: Premenstrual  Syndromes - Audrey Summers, MD

6:30 – 8:30 pm: Mississippi Aquarium Social – Gulfport, MS - Dinner, Networking, Poster Contest (Courtesy Transportation Provided)

Friday, August 22, 2025

7:00 am: Breakfast & Exhibit Hall Opens

7:15 – 8:00 am: Product Theater

8:00 – 8:30 am: Exhibit Visitations

8:30 – 8:45 am: Welcome

8:45 – 10:15 am: Keynote Session – Charting Our Course Ahead:  The Future of Psychiatry - Marketa Wills, MD, MBA, FAPA, CEO & Medical Director, American Psychiatric Association

10:15 – 10:45 am: BREAK & Visits with Exhibitors

10:45 – 12:15 pm: Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety - Marshall Ramsey

12:15 – 12:45 pm: SPA Resident Research Award Presentation

12:45 – 1:30 pm: LUNCH with Exhibitors

1:30 – 3:00 pm: Forensic Panel:  Insanity Through the Ages - Jason Pickett, MD, M.S. & Frank Perkins, MD

3:00 – 3:45 pm: SPA Business Meeting

6:30 pm Dinner at Mary Mahoney’s Old French House Restaurant - Optional Networking Dinner (Cost NOT included with ticket purchase)

Saturday, August 23, 2025

7:00 am: Breakfast & Exhibit Hall Opens

7:15 – 8:00 am: Product Theater

8:00 – 8:30 am: Exhibit Visitation

8:30 – 8:45 am: Welcome

8:45 – 10:45 am: Addictions Panel:

  • Just One More Time: Options for When One More isn’t Enough, Mary Jo Fitz-Gerald, MD, DLFAPA

  • Novel Psychoactive Substances – The Next Wave of Death and Destruction? , Debra Barnett, MD, DLFAPA

10:45 – 11:00 am: BREAK & Visits with Exhibitors

11:00 – 12:30 pm: Managing Your Personal Brand - Tommy Karam, PhD

12:30 – 1:00 pm: BREAK

1:00 – 3:00 pm: Movie Session & Discussion: Kings of Tupelo

  • Former Mississippi House of Representatives Steve Holland

  • David Casey, MD, DLFAPA

  • Bruce Hershfield, MD

  • Jon Corey Jackson, MD, DFAPA

3:00 pm: Closing Remarks

6:30 – 7:00 pm: Cocktail Reception at Hotel

7:00 – 9:00 pm: Farewell Dinner Gala at Hotel