Upcoming Courses
The Fourth Annual Conference of the New Massachusetts Mental Health Center: Understanding Cognitive Disorders and Their Remediation in Psychiatric Disorders
Alysa Doyle, PhD, Shaun Eack, MSW, PhD, Michelle Friedman-Yakoobian, PhD, Christine Hooker, PhD, Matcheri S. Keshavan MD, K. Eve Lewandowski, PhD, Susan R. McGurk, PhD, Tracey Petryshen, PhD, Larry J. Seidman PhD
This one-day symposium brings together experts to provide state of the art research findings and clinical practice applications for cognitive disorders and cognitive enhancement treatments in broad psychiatric conditions. Speakers represent diverse programs in the Boston area and expert collaborators from Pittsburgh. The symposium will advance the knowledge and practice of various mental health practitioners, including psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, and other mental health professionals and students from these health professions.
- Discuss the nature of cognitive disorders in psychiatry.
- Discuss current thinking on the rationale and approaches to treatment of cognitive disorders.
- Understand the state of the field as emerging cognitive enhancement approaches are applied to different neuropsychiatric disorders.
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9:15 am | 9:45 | Registration | |
9:45 | 10:00 | Introductory remarks | Matcheri S. Keshavan MD, Larry J. Seidman PhD |
10:00 | 10:30 | Cognition Across the Lifespan in Psychotic Disorders | Larry J. Seidman PhD |
10:30 | 11:00 | Common and Distinct Genetic Precursors for Psychiatric Disorders & Cognition | Tracey Petryshen, PhD |
11:00 | 11:15 | Coffee | |
11:15 | 11:45 | Cognitive Impairments and Their Treatment in Youth with ADHD and Autism | Alysa Doyle, PhD |
11:45 | 12:15 | Cognition & Brain Plasticity in Neuropsychiatric Disorders | Matcheri S Keshavan MD |
12:15 | 1:15 | Lunch (on your own) | |
1:15 | 1:45 | Cognitive Treatment of Autism in Adolescents and Adults | Shaun Eack, MSW, PhD |
1:45 | 2:15 | Computerized Cognitive Training from Clinical High Risk to Chronic Schizophrenia | Christine Hooker, PhD |
2:15 | 2:30 | Coffee | |
2:30 | 3:00 | Cognitive Enhancement Treatment in Bipolar Disorder | Eve Lewandowski, PhD |
3:00 | 3:45 | CLUES- Social and Cognitive Training for Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis | Michelle Friedman-Yakoobian, PhD |
3:45 | 4:30 | Summary & Future Directions in Cognitive Remediation & Supported EmploymentClosing remarks | Susan R. McGurk, PhDMatcheri S Keshavan MD, Larry J. Seidman PhD |
Beth Israel Deaconess Department of Psychiatry Foundation, Inc./Contact Hours: 5.25