Upcoming Courses

27th Annual Summer Seminars: A New Prescription: Exercise and Other Groundbreaking Techniques for the Treatment of ADHD, Aggression, and Autism Spectrum Disorder

John Ratey, MD

August 1, 2016 – August 5, 2016 | North Falmouth, MA | Sea Crest Beach Hotel More Information

This seminar focuses on the latest medical and non-medical approaches and interventions for patients with ADHD, Aggression, the Addictions, and Social disorders, including a special section on Autism, based on new research and the instructor’s experience with disruptive adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In addition to new medications, the course will explore the proven effects of exercise, yoga, play, diet, and other alternative strategies that are shown to be effective in these psychiatric problems. Special emphasis will be placed on the burgeoning research on exercise and ADHD, with tips on how to integrate exercise prescriptions into your practice. In addition, the course looks at the growing awareness of the “microbiome” when it comes to diet, and the effect of gluten and probiotics on the gut and brain/behavior connection. To put it all together, the course takes an understandable journey into the brain and the synapse to fully understand these conditions.

The important area of diagnosis will also be looked at, covering the controversies and challenges associated with making the right call with psychological disorders: 1. Bipolar or ADHD or both and what this means for treatment; 2. Asperger’s or Autism or Social Dyslexia – does it matter and are there any relevant medications and behavioral interventions for these developmental differences; 3. relevancies of DSM-5 to the real world and the issue of sub-threshold diagnoses of the “Shadow Syndromes”

This course is designed so that participants will be able to:
  • Utilize non-medical approaches to complement traditional treatment approaches for your patients with ADHD, Aggression, Autism Spectrum Disorder and other social disorders;
  • Integrate exercise into management of psychological brain health;
  • Evaluate the latest medications and combinations for ADHD, aggression and social disorders;
  • Evaluate the neurobiology of ADHD, Aggression, Autism Spectrum Disorder, fatigue, stress, the social brain and its variances and application in the clinical setting;
  • Review the effects of sleep, being in nature, movement and diet on brain health in general and specifically with Autism Spectrum Disorder;
  • Analyze holistic and “non-medical” treatments and their effects
    on the brain.

Additional Information

Monday, August 1, 2016

8:30-9:00 AM

Registration

9:00-10:15 AM

Overview: the concept of the “shadow syndromes” and their relevance to psychiatric problems; biology and treatment of ADHD; new data on ADHD.

10:15-10:30 AM

Continental Coffee Break

10:30-12:15 PM

Review the effect on simple but consistent lifestyle changes on severely compromised adolescents with autism. Q&A.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

9:00-10:15 AM

Diagnosis of ADHD and bipolar illness: the addictions and how they are often comorbid with so many other psychiatric syndromes; use of the new medications for ADHD; new long-acting stimulant preparation, atomoxetine, and modafinil.

10:15-10:30 AM

Continental Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM

Contribution of norepinephrine and fatigue to our understanding of the attention system and its clinical implications and directions for treatments, Q&A, case discussions.

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

9:00-10:15 AM

Biology and treatment of stress and aggression: how the brain reacts and deals with stress; changing appreciation for stress hormone and its impact on mood, memory, learning, and brain function; aggression and newer concepts in anger management; treatment of disruptive adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

10:15-10:30 AM

Continental Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM

Introducing the microbiome and what we know and hope to know in the future; the status of gluten and probiotics; best practices in Autism; research from the Center for Discovery targeting the non-medical effects of sleep, diet, movement, being in nature on behavior and connection Q&A.

Thursday, August 4, 2016

9:00-10:15 AM

Treatment issues I: evidence supporting the effectiveness of physical exercise and movement on the brain and the psyche; neuroscience of exercise.

10:15-10:30 AM

Continental Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM

Exercise forestalling the aging process; how having our body in tune helps ensure that we remain cognitively and emotionally enabled as we age, Q&A, case discussions.

Friday, August 5, 2016

9:00-10:15 AM

Treatment issues II: medications and holistic interventions; ‘non-medical treatments and how they impact the brain and psyche; food supplements and humor and their effects on the brain and the psyche; ways to integrate into clinical use.

10:15-10:30 AM

Continental Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM

New innovations for the treatment of ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder and psychological brain health, Q&A.

12:15 PM

Adjourn

Beth Israel Deaconess Department of Psychiatry Foundation, Inc./Contact Hours: 15

Accreditation:

Physicians This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of pmiCME and The Continuing Education Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. pmiCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CREDIT DESIGNATION:

Weeklong Seminar: pmiCME designates the live activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ claimed by physicians attending live events certified and organized in the United States for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ can be claimed through the agreement on mutual recognition of credits between UEMS and AMA, considered as being equal to the European Continuous Medical Education Credits(ECMEC©) granted by the UEMS. One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is equivalent to one (1) hour of European EACCME Credit (ECMEC©), therefore up to 15 ECMEC© Credits are available. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Psychologists The Continuing Education Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. The Continuing Education Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Counselors The Continuing Education Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5689. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Continuing Education Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Social Workers For information on the status of the application to the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, please call 617-754-1265 or email: sjruiz@bidmc.harvard.edu.

This program meet the specifications for the Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR)

John J. Ratey, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ratey has been a leading teacher and researcher on brain and personality and treatment of aggression and the development of disabilities as well as the psychological and cognitive benefits of exercise and play. He has written extensively on Attention Deficit Disorder, learning disabilities, brain differences that affect social skills and has published Shadow Syndromes, a book that has helped broaden our understanding of how the brain affects everyday life. Dr. Ratey is the author of co-author of more than 85 scientific publications and eight books includingDriven to Distraction and The User’s Guide to the Brain and Spark: The New Revolutionary Science of Exercise and the Brain and Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind From the Afflictions of Civilization.