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This year’s event will focus on common challenges in clinical psychopharmacology. Held during Charleston’s premier arts event, Spoleto Festival USA, this conference brings psychiatrists, primary care physicians, psychologists, and other mental health professionals together for networking and education.

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Bryon Adinoff, MD
Professor and Distinguished Professor in Drug and Alcohol Abuse Research
Chief, Division on Addictions
Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center
VA North Texas health Care System

W. Blake Haren, MD
Interim Director of the Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina

Thomas Kosten, MD
Jay H. Waggoner Chair
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine

Matt Koval, MD
Associate Professor, Youth Psychiatry Division
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina

R. Bruce Lydiard, MD, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina

Stephen McLeod-Bryant, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina

Amy VandenBerg, PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina / South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina

Edgar J. Weiss, MD
Assistant Professor, Gero-Psychiatry Division
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina

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At the end of this program, participants will be able t

• Cite practical knowledge regarding “new” applications of psychotropic compounds
• Understand FDA warnings for psychopharmacological agents
• Understand the shared biology of affective-spectrum disorders
• Appreciate how anti-depressants normalize immune functions
• Develop practical knowledge regarding potential medical complications resulting from the use of commonly prescribed psychotropic compounds
• Apply practical approaches to the management of these complications
• Cite recent findings regarding adverse events in the psychopharmacotherapy of aging populations
• Cite recent findings regarding the use of psychotropic compounds in aging psychiatric patients
• Describe the cognitive and behavioral manifestations of impulsivity 
• Identify the psychiatric disorders most likely to show evidence of impulsivity
• Describe the pharmacologic and behavioral interventions for impulsivity
• Use new nicotine medications with PTSD/Bipolar co-morbidity
• Apply pharmacogenetics to treatment matching in addictions
• Understand the current knowledge base of ethno-psychopharmacology
• Apply the ethno-psychopharmacological evidence base to one’s own prescribing practices
• Discuss controversy surrounding the diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder in youth
  Identify cases of early-onset Bipolar Affective Disorder
• Discuss appropriate treatment of Bipolar Affective Disorder in youth-aged populations

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Charleston is a place where sand castles are built across the harbor from historic forts, where children ride scooters down 300-year-old streets, and where you can see modern theater in America’s oldest playhouse. Less than 15 miles away, you can stroll the gardens of the beautiful plantations, bask in the sun on wide sandy beaches, sail, play golf, tennis or ride bikes on a luxurious island resort.

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Spoleto Festival USA is an internationally acclaimed 17-day celebration of the performing and visual arts, featuring more than 120 performances of opera, dance, music and theater in venues throughout historic Charleston. Because of the popularity of the Spoleto Festival, early reservations are strongly suggested.

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Institute of Psychiatry Auditorium
Medical University of South Carolina
67 President Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29425

Please visit our Directions page for more detailed information about location, directions and parking.

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Professionals with mental health interests including physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and counselors.

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Registration for this event has closed.

Cancellations after May 22, 2009 are subject to a $30 processing fee.

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• The Medical University of South Carolina designates this educational activity for maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• The SC Board of Examiners in Psychology will approve 8 Category A credits. 
• The SC Board of Social Work Examiners will approve 8 hours of general credit. 
• The SC Board of Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists Examiners will approve 8 hours of CE credit. 
• For all other health professionals, MUSC will award .8 Continuing Education Units.
   (1 contact hour = .1 CEU)

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Daily practice in clinical psychopharmacology presents common challenges in the care of mental disorders in youth, adult and elderly populations that require a rational approach to clinical decision-making. There are complex psychopharmacological decisions made in daily clinical practice that require knowledge beyond what is usually available to primary care practitioners from randomized clinical trials. This event will offer various sessions that will aid the practitioner in handling these everyday issues.

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