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A Conversation With An Expert In Agitation In Alzheimer’s Dementia, A Person With Lived Experience, & A Care Partner

Webinar August 02, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Alzheimer’s dementia is highly prevalent, under-diagnosed, and predicted to increase significantly in the coming decades due to an aging population. Unfortunately, a large proportion of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) also experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as agitation, depression, apathy, and hallucinations. In this webinar, our panelist will be reviewing the...

Panel Discussion On The Role Of Psychotherapy, Cognitive Training, & Digital Platforms For Treatment Of Major Depressive Disorder

Webinar August 30, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Psychotherapy, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, is a widely accepted and effective treatment approach for major depressive disorder.1 Cognitive training represents a promising and novel therapeutic intervention to address cognitive and affective symptoms of depression.2 Individual and systematic barriers may limit initiation and adherence to psychological interventions.3 Digital platforms may be...

988: What’s The Scoop? A Discussion With Experts In Suicide Prevention & Mental Health

Webinar September 13, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
988, the three-digit dialing code developed and designed as a suicide and crisis lifeline, went live on July 16, 2022. Since Congress designated 988 in 2020, there has been a lot of excitement, confusion, and buzz around exactly what this new number means for individuals in crisis, healthcare providers, and...

Defining, Evaluating, & Implementing Digital Health Tools

Webinar September 21, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
In this webinar, Dr. Vasan and Dr. Behrens will share their expertise in the areas of digital tools. Together, they will provide definitions of digital health tools and discuss how those tools may help address some unmet needs. They will also provide best practices for digital tool design and clinical...

Quality Matters: An Update From NCQA On Behavioral Health Measurement Trends

Webinar September 27, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) collects information on the performance of health care service delivery from health plans covering more than 191 million people using its proprietary Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, or HEDIS. One of health care’s most widely used performance improvement tools, HEDIS consists of...

Pathophysiology Of Agitation Associated With Alzheimer’s Dementia: The Potential Role Of The Norepinephrine, Serotonin, & Dopamine (NSD) Neurotransmitter Systems

Webinar October 26, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Tau pathology and neurodegeneration in key prefrontal and subcortical brain regions may increase the risk of developing agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia.1 Specifically, agitation in Alzheimer’s dementia may reflect an imbalance between top-down executive control (i.e., hypoactivity in prefrontal regions) and bottom-up emotional drive (i.e., hyperactivity in subcortical regions including the...

Early Intervention in Bipolar Disorder

Webinar November 02, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
During this webinar, Dr. Goldberg and Dr. Tohen will discuss the importance of early intervention in patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Together they will share their clinical experience and discuss the implications of early versus delayed intervention and identify and explore potential treatment options in bipolar disorder. Objectives: Describe the...

Schizophrenia Treatment Goals & Shared Decision Making: A Practice-Based Learning Webinar

Webinar November 09, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Join Dr. Correll and Dr. Schooler for a discussion on how to engage patients in their own treatment decisions, help them define their treatment goals, and address treatment barriers that are often associated with schizophrenia. Together, they will lead an engaging practice-based learning session designed to both teach shared decision-making...

Professional Mental Wellness: The Role Of Organizational & Occupational Health

Webinar November 15, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Organizational and occupational health refers to any workplace health promotion activity or organizational policy designed to support healthy behavior in the workplace and to improve health outcomes.1 Usually, this includes physical health programs such as smoking cessation, health screenings, exercise initiatives, and vaccination clinics; however, many organizations have also been...

The Value Of Digital Therapeutics

Webinar December 06, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Description: Digital therapeutics, a subset of digital health, are evidence-based, clinically validated software that combine health and technology to prevent, treat, or manage a medical condition. In this discussion, Dr. Madhukar Trivedi and Dr. Albert Mei will introduce the role of digital therapeutics in the current mental health landscape, describe...

Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1 (TAAR1): A Potential New Target For The Treatment of Schizophrenia

Webinar December 13, 2022 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Trace amines and trace amine-associated receptors (TAAR) are found throughout the brain and peripheral tissues and have modulating effects on neurotransmitters including dopamine, glutamate, and serotonin.1,2 The speaker(s) will discuss what are some of the potential effects of TAAR1 on neurotransmitter signaling related to schizophrenia and some of the preclinical...

Burden & Treatment Considerations For Agitation Associated With Alzheimer’s Dementia

Webinar January 11, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Agitation associated with Alzheimer’s Dementia (AAD) lead to worsening outcomes in an already devastating disease. A patient-centered focus is recommended for a comprehensive treatment plan. In this webinar, the speakers will review the burden of AAD, then discuss current treatment recommendations and unmet needs. Objectives: Review the economic and caregiver...

Pharmacokinetics, Plasma Concentrations & (Their) Clinical Relevance

Webinar January 26, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Pharmacokinetics refers to the study of how drugs are processed by the body. These processes play an important role in mental health treatments, and can vary due to several factors, ultimately impacting treatment of mental health. In this webinar, we will first provide an overview of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Then,...

Addressing Unresolved Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): The Importance of Norepinephrine, Serotonin, & Dopamine Modulation

Webinar February 16, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Join the PsychU community for this exciting webinar featuring experts in psychiatry, Joseph Goldberg and Vladimir Maletic, as they describe aspects of pathophysiology in major depressive disorder. An emphasis will be placed on the role of several monoamine neurotransmitter systems including norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine. Drs. Goldberg and Maletic will...

Prioritizing Goals Of Treatment In Patients Diagnosed With Bipolar I Disorder: Results From A US Patient Survey Using Best-Worst Scaling

Webinar March 30, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
When treating people with bipolar disorder it is important to understand the patient’s perception and prioritization of their goals of treatment. This webinar will discuss how to develop strategies to assess patient preferences regarding new preventative treatments such as mode of administration and dosing regimen, and explore potential differences in...

Linking Neural Circuits To Dysfunction In Schizophrenia

Webinar April 06, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
We have known dysfunction in certain neural circuit pathways ultimately led to symptoms in schizophrenia. These aberrant pathways caused downstream neurotransmitter dysregulation that formed the foundation of the dopamine hypothesis. Advances in imaging technology in the recent decade led to investigations into these neural circuit pathways, yielding surprising results. This...

Behavioral Health Trends Affecting Payers

Webinar April 20, 2023 5:00pm to 6:00pm EDT
The evolving mental healthcare landscape has a marked impact on payers. Psychiatrist Dr. Don Fowls, managed care expert and healthcare consultant, has worked with payers across the country. In this discussion, the speakers will review current behavioral health trends affecting payers.

Digital Mental Health Treatments: The Role Of Neurobehavioral Therapies In Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

Webinar April 26, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
There is a significant unmet need for patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who fail to achieve an adequate response to current treatments. As our understanding of the biology of depression evolves, novel treatment targets are emerging. Neurobehavioral therapies (NBTs) that affect changes in potential mechanisms underlying depression are being...

Beyond Memory Loss: Optimizing The Role Of Primary Care In Assessing & Treating Agitation In Alzheimer’s Dementia

Webinar May 11, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Challenges in the treatment of agitation associated with Alzheimer's Dementia (AAD) presents across multiple treatment settings. As the prevalence of Alzheimer's Dementia continues to significantly increase, Primary Care will play an important role in not only assessing for cognitive declines in older adults but also in managing the diagnosis and...

Faces Of Depression In Primary Care: Depression Symptomology & Functional Outcomes From Early To Late Adulthood

Webinar May 24, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Depression is a common disorder and leading cause of disability worldwide, which impacts an estimated 280 million individuals or ~5% of the adult population.1 Primary care clinicians are often the first access point for individuals experiencing behavioral health symptoms, particularly depression.2 Although they have the training and expertise required to...

Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA) In Geriatric & Long-Term Care Patients​

Webinar June 14, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
PBA is a neurologic condition that occurs secondary to a variety of otherwise unrelated neurologic conditions and is characterized by sudden, frequent, uncontrollable episodes of laughing and/or crying.1,2 Residents in long-term care settings with PBA symptoms may have different characteristics with their medication usage or behavioral symptoms compared to those...

New ICD-10-CM Dementia Codes For Agitation In Alzheimer’s Dementia

Webinar June 21, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Effective October 1, 2022, updates to the International Classification of Disease, 10th Revision clinical modification (ICD-10 CM) added new coding specificity options for recording diagnoses of dementia. The expanded codes may be used to capture details of dementia type, severity and more fully identify types of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia....

The Curious Case Of Metabolic Dysfunction In Schizophrenia: Who’s Susceptible & Why?

Webinar June 22, 2023 12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
A recent article1 published in World Psychiatry evaluated the mid and long term metabolic side effects of 31 antipsychotic drugs and confirmed that antipsychotic drugs differ in their propensity to induce metabolic side effects. Given that patients with schizophrenia often need lifelong treatment, careful consideration should be given when choosing...
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