Day 1
Friday, March 20, 2026
Registration
7:30-8:00 am
Welcome Remarks
Carl Salzman; Matcheri Keshavan
8:00-8:15 am
Update on the Neurobiology for the Practicing Clinician: Understanding Brain Function and its Clinical Relevance
Matcheri Keshavan
8:15-9:00 am
Developing New Treatments for Major Depression: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back?
Alan Schatzberg
9:00-9:45 am
Treatment of Bipolar Disorders; Neurobiology and Clinical Directions; Revival of Lithium
Roscoe Brady
9:45-10:30 am
Coffree Break
10:30-10:45 am
Update: The Psychopharmacology of the Reproductive Life Cycle: Premenstrual, Pregnancy, Lactation, and Menopause
Kristina Deligiannidis
10:45-11:30 am
Psychopharmacologic Approaches in Childhood affective disorders
Melissa DelBello
11:30 am-12:15 pm
Panel Discussion # 1
Matcheri Keshavan; Alan Schatzberg; Kristina Deligiannidis; Melissa DelBello; Roscoe Brady
12:15-12:45 pm
Lunch
12:45-1:45 pm
Clinical Relevance of Brain Circuity for Psychiatric Treatment
Roscoe Brady
1:45-2:30 pm
Psychopharmacology in geriatrics and neuropsychiatry
Alejandro Dan Mendoza
2:30-3:15 pm
Coffee Break
3:15-3:30 pm
Therapeutic Approaches to the Difficult Patient
Stephen Stahl
3:30-4:15 pm
Panel Discussion # 2
Stephen Stahl; Roscoe Brady; Alejandro Dan Mendoza
4:15-5:00 pm
Day 2
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Treatment for Schizophrenia: Prodrome First Episode, Relapse and New Treatment Possibilities
Matcheri Keshavan
8:30-9:15 am
Neurobiology and treatment of Sleep in Psychiatric Disorders
John Winkelman; Tony Cunningham
9:15-10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:15-10:30 am
Update: Digital Phenotyping in Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology; Role of AI?
John Torous
10:30-11:15 am
Mechanisms of Psychedelics and Their Potential Treatment for PTSD
Ryan Henner
11:15 am-12:00 pm
Panel Discussion
Carl Salzman; John Torous; John Winkelman; Ryan Henner; Tony Cunningham
12:00-12:45 pm
Lunch
12:45-1:45 pm
Update: Effective Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Kevin Hill; Pooja Sarkar
1:45-2:30 pm
Treatment of Anxiety Spectrum Disorders, and PTSD, New Benzodiazepine Data
Carl Salzman
2:30-3:15 pm
Coffee Break
3:15-3:30 pm
Psychopharmacology of trauma related disorders
Charles Nemeroff
3:30-4:15 pm
Panel Discussion
Carl Salzman; Kevin Hill; Charles Nemeroff; Matcheri Keshavan
4:15-4:45 pm
Wrap-Up, Last Questions
4:45-5:00 pm