Southern Psychiatric Association and Tennessee Psychiatric Association Present:

September 11 - 14, 2024

Healthy Minds

through the life span

Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Agenda

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Wednesday, Sept 11

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch with Exhibitors

Welcome Reception

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Thursday, Sept 12

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Resident Research Award

3:30 – 4:00 pm

SPA Business Meeting

6:00 – 8:00 pm

Social Event

Saturday, Sept 14

7:00 – 8:00 am

Breakfast with Exhibitors

SPA Council Meeting

8:00 – 10:00 am

Registration Opens

10:30 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

11:45 am

Geriatrics Panel
Psychotherapy in the Older Adult | David A. Casey, MD
Alzheimer’s Dementia Prevention and Risk Reduction
Timothy R. Jennings, MD, DLFAPA, LFSPA

12:00 - 1:30 pm

Break

1:30 – 1:45 pm

Wellness Panel
Discover the Secrets to Happiness with Five Basic Principles! | Tarak Vasavada, MD
Incorporating Integrative Wellness Techniques in Clinical Practice | Gary Weinstein, MD

1:45 – 3:15 pm

DBT Curious? Satisfy your curiosity and toss a few “DBT skills” to your toolbox
Diana Partington. LPC-MHSP, MEd

3:15 – 4:15 pm

4:15 – 5:15 pm

Positive Psychiatry: Promoting Wisdom and Well-Being in Individuals and Communities
Dilip V. Jeste, MD

Friday, Sept 13

Breakfast with Exhibitors

7:00 – 8:00 am

Sleep Disorders Panel
How Will I Sleep when My World is Raging! - Disrupted Sleep
Anoop Karippot, MD, FAASM, DFAPA
Assess the impact of RLS on sleep, mood, and quality of life
Senthil Vel Rajan Rajaram Manoharan, MD

8:00 – 9:30 am

Vulnerable Ethics: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study—What Were We Thinking? | Mark S. Komrad, MD

9:30 –10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 11:00 am

Digital Therapeutics in Psychiatry | Debra M. Barnett, MD

11:00 – 12:00 pm

The Evidence Basis of CAM Therapies In Autism | Kenneth G. Pittman, MD

1:00 – 2:00 pm

New Treatments for Major Depression and the Use of Biomarkers in Drug Development
Richard C. Shelton, MD

2:00 – 3:00 pm

Firearm Use in Intimate Partner Violence | Rahn K. Bailey, MD

8:00 – 9:00 am

Education for Self-Determination: Cherokee and Chickasaw Students at Vanderbilt, 1885-1899
Daniel Sharfstein, JD

9:00 – 10:00 am

Inherit the Wind: A Screening of the Film and a Panel Discussion
Bruce Hershfield, MD
Timothy R. Jennings, MD, DLFAPA, LFSPA
Mark S. Komrad, MD
Daniel Sharfstein, JD

10:00 – 10:30 am

10:30 – 1:00 pm

Break

Cocktail Reception & Farewell Dinner Gala

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm