Perspectives in Mental Health Care

2012

PRACTICAL UPDATES FOR PSYCHIATRY AND FAMILY MEDICINE

Preliminary Agenda

Morning Sessions

07:15

BREAKFAST / BOOTH VISITS

08:00

Welcome and Introduction

08:15

Functionality:
An Essential Target or Impossible Demand

09:00

Beyond Remission: The Importance of Pursuing

Functional Recovery in Depression and Anxiety
09:45

NUTRITION BREAK / BOOTH VISITS

10:00

Managing Clinical Challenges: Workshop (Depression)

10:45

Managing Clinical Challenges: Workshop (Anxiety)

11:30

LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
Mental Health and Pain: Practical Considerations

Afternoon Sessions

12:45

Bipolar Disorder in the Real World:
Improving Functional Outcomes

13:30

Metabolic Syndrome in Psychiatric Illness:

New Paradigms and Clinical Implications
14:00

TRANSITION BREAK

14:15

Managing Clinical Challenges: Workshop
(Bipolar Disorder)

15:15

Managing Clinical Challenges: Workshop
(Metabolic Syndrome)

15:45

NUTRITION BREAK / BOOTH VISITS

16:00

PTSD: A Practical Approach to Treating Veterans and

Uniform Services in the Community
16:30

Mindfulness: An Introduction for Healthcare Practitioners

17:00

Executive Function and ADHD:
New Concepts and Implications for Treatment

17:30

CLOSING REMARKS

HALIFAX
May 11, Friday

World Trade & Convention Centre
1800 Argyle Street

VANCOUVER
June 1, Friday

Centre for Dialogue
Simon Fraser University
580 West Hastings Street

TORONTO
June 15, Friday

Allstream Centre
Exhibition Place
105 Princes' Blvd.

OTTAWA
June 22, Friday

Ottawa Convention Centre
55 Colonel By Drive

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