2013 NCPA Annual Meeting & Scientific Session
"Side Effects: Adherence, Tolerability and Insight in Psychiatric Treatment"
Asheville, NC • September 19-22, 2013

Annual Meeting & Scientific Session Disclosures

Friday, September 20, 2013

Plenary Sessions

Marijuana Dependence: Policy Implications and Advances in Treatment
Kevin Gray, M.D.

An Update on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Christopher McDougle, M.D.

Concurrent Workshops (Choose 1)

Psychotherapy Case Conference for Psychiatrists and Psychiatry Residents:An Opportunity to Learn Together (No Handouts)
Laura Willing, M.D., Harold Kudler, M.D., and Rex Moody, M.D.

Rational Use of Antipsychotic Medications for Schizophrenia
Joseph McEvoy, M.D.

Update on CPT Code Changes
Venkata “Amba” Jonnalagadda, M.D

Saturday, September 21, 2013

General Psychiatry Track

Brainstorms: One Woman’s Triumph Over Bipolar Disorder
Norma-Jean Wilkes

Managing Psychotropic Side Effects
Joseph Goldberg, M.D.

Insight into Mental Illness
Joseph Goldberg, M.D

Gun Violence, Mental Illness, and the Law: Thinking Carefully about Policy Reforms
Jeff Swanson, Ph.D.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Track

The Diagnosis and Pharmacotherapy of Autism Spectrum Disorders (Presentation)
& Clinical Case Studies for Panel Discussion
Christopher McDougle, M.D., Rob Christian, M.D., Linmarie Sikich, M.D., and Christine Reagan, M.Ed

Optional Afternoon Training

Foundations of Disaster Mental Health  
John Edwards, Ph.D.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Plenary Sessions

Prediction of Disease Vulnerability and Treatment Response in Mood Disorders: Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry
Charles Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.

Science to Practice: Top 10 Research Findings of 2012- 2013
Sy Saeed, M.D.