An interactive pre-meeting workshop providing hands-on training in Managing Diabetes in Patients with Psychiatric Illness will launch the meeting. After the pre-meeting workshop Sunday morning, BCPP recertification programming features sessions on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Autism and New Drugs and Formulary Decision-Making.

Additional meeting highlights include an inspiring keynote address from Terry Wise who will share her perspectives as a lawyer and as an individual who has suffered from psychiatric symptoms and survived her own suicide attempt. Dr. Ben Kurian will consider the significance of the STAR*D Trials and discuss the future direction of comparative effectiveness trials. The keynote address on day 3 features Drs. Buckley and Nasrallah debating the controversial question of Antipsychotic Efficacy vs. Adverse Effects: Which Trumps?

Concurrent programming offered throughout the meeting will feature numerous programming tracks on depression, special populations, and platform presentations, as well as recertification programming on topics such as Improving Outcomes in Patients with Tramautic Brain Injury and Long-Term Risks of In-Utero Exposure to Psychotropics. A new format featuring clinical pearls will offer several clinical management strategies you can put into use immediately.