Psychiatry in 2025
- Continuing Education
Address the growing mental health crisis by equipping healthcare professionals with up-to-date, evidence-based psychiatric knowledge and practical treatment strategies across a broad range of diagnoses through an intensive, expert-led learning experience.
- In Person
This course is taught in person.
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel | 138 St. James Ave, Boston, MA
$925
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Continuing Education
Earn up to:
20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
20.00 ANCC contact hours
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Three Days
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Overview
The mental health crisis continues to grow. Rates of depression, suicide, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and substance use disorders have increased in recent years and mental disorders are now one of the leading causes of disability throughout the world. Physicians, mental health clinicians, and many other health care professionals are being called upon to help.
This intensive, three-day, in person course is designed to address this urgent need. Participants will receive the latest information in the fields of psychiatry and mental health. Numerous aspects will be covered, including recent advances in psychopharmacology, psychosocial treatments, and assessment of psychiatric patients. A wide range of diagnoses and populations will be covered, including mood and anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, disorders of late life, sleep problems, psychotic disorders, and borderline personality disorder.
Our widely acclaimed faculty features internationally renowned speakers as well as expert clinicians in specialized practices. They will decisively review and synthesize recent advances in psychiatry in an easy-to-understand manner, and help clinicians apply these evidence-based treatments to current circumstances. Panel presentations, Q&A sessions, and other engaging learning formats will be used to assist the learners in developing new strategies they can apply in their practice settings.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate recent developments in psychopharmacology and their impact on patient care.
- Develop strategies to care for patients suffering from bipolar and psychotic disorders, depression and anxiety disorders, borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, substance use disorders, PTSD, and sleep disorders.
- Outline and address the mental health needs of the Black and other marginalized communities.
- Assess suicidal patients and engage more effectively with them.
- Discuss risks and benefits of psychiatric medications with women who are pregnant.
- Diagnose common problems in geriatric psychiatry and implement state-of-the-art interventions.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry.
Who Should Participate
Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Physicians, Psychologists, Specialty Physicians, Nurses, Others, and Counselors
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Welcome and Overview
7:50-8:00 am
Keynote: Recent Advances in the Treatment of Depression
8:00-9:00 am
Why People and Systems must be Trauma-Informed
9:00-10:00 am
Break
10:00-10:15 am
PTSD and Trauma: From Neuroscience to Treatment
10:15-11:15 am
Question & Answer Session
11:15-11:45 am
Lunch Break
11:45 am-1:15 pm
Treating Patients with Substance Use Disorders and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders
1:15-2:15 pm
Treatment of Schizophrenia
2:15-3:15 pm
Break
3:15-3:30 pm
Updates on Psychopharm Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
3:30-4:30 pm
Question & Answer Session
4:30-5:00 pm
Friday, June 5, 2026
Neurotherapeutics
8:00-9:00 am
Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients: An Integrated Psychodynamic Approach
9:00-10:00 am
Break
10:00-10:15 am
Geriatric Psychiatry
10:15-11:15 am
Question & Answer Session
11:15-11:45 am
Lunch Break
11:45 am-1:15 pm
Borderline Personality Disorder
1:15-2:15 pm
Women's Mental Health
2:15-3:15 pm
Break
3:15-3:30 pm
Assessment and Treatment of Insomnia
3:30-4:30 pm
Question & Answer Session
4:30-5:00 pm
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Updates in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
9:30-10:30 am
Mental Health, Metabolism, and Metabolic Therapies
8:30-9:30 am
Break
10:30-10:45 am
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
10:45-11:45 am
Lunch Break
11:45 am-1:00 pm
Technology/AI
1:00-2:00 pm
LGBTQ+ Issues in Psychiatry
2:00-3:00 pm
Break
3:00-3:15 pm
Eating Disorders
3:15-4:15 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
Christopher Palmer
MD | Course Director
- Founder and Director, Metabolic and Mental Health Program, McLean Hospital
- Director, Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Shelly F. Greenfield
MD, MPH | Course Director
- Chief Academic Officer, Kristine M. Trustey Endowed Chair in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
- Chief, Center of Excellence in Women's Mental Health, McLean Hospital
- Director, Alcohol, Drug and Addiction Clinical and Health Services Research Program, McLean Hospital
- Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Scott Rauch
MD
- President; Psychiatrist in Chief; and Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Chair of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
- Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
- Chair, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Mass General Brigham
Stephanie Collier
MD, MPH | Course Director
- Director of Education, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
- Associate Director, Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital
Justin Baker, MD, PhD
Director, Laboratory for Functional Neuroimaging and Bioinformatics, McLean Hospital
Scientific Director, McLean Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Diane Bemis, Associate, BA
Senior Administrative Assistant, Metabolic and Mental Health Program, McLean Hospital
Brian Brennan, MD
Medical Director, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute, McLean Hospital
Associate Director of Translational Neuroscience Research, Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Lois Choi-Kain, MD
Director, Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute
Director, Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute Research Program, McLean Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Virginie-Anne Chouinard, MD
Staff Psychiatrist, Director of Research, McLean OnTrackTM
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Daniel Dickstein, MD
Chief, Nancy and Richard Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
Director of Research, Nancy and Richard Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
Hall-Mercer Endowed Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
Director, The PediMIND Program at McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Maurizio Fava, MD
Chair, Mass General Brigham Department of Psychiatry - Mass General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and McLean Hospital campuses
Co-Chair, Mass General Brigham Research Oversight Committee (ROC)
Executive Director, Clinical Trials Network and Institute (CTNI)
Slater Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Youngjung Rachel Kim, MD, PhD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD
Founder and Director, Institute for Trauma Informed Systems Change, McLean/Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University
Faculty, Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Dost Öngür, MD, PhD
Chief, Psychotic Disorders Division, McLean Hospital
William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Marjorie Overhiser
Conference Coordinator, Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital
Hannah Potvin, MD
Staff Psychiatrist, The Pavilion, McLean Hospital
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Chief, Center of Excellence in Depression and Anxiety Disorders,
McLean Hospital
James and Patricia Poitras Chair in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
Director, Neurobiology of Fear Laboratory, McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Mark Schechter, MD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Mass General Brigham Salem Hospital
Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, Tufts Medical School
Instructor in Psychiatry, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
Member Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
Stephen Seiner, MD
Director, Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics Program, McLean Hospital
Medical Director, Electroconvulsive Therapy Service, McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Denise Soccio, DNP
Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Nursing Department, McLean Hospital
Ipsit Vahia, MD
Interim Chief, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
Director, Digital Psychiatry Translation, McLean Hospital
Director, Technology and Aging Laboratory, McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Cecil Webster, MD
CEO, Founder, The Webster Clinic
Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist
Psychoanalyst
Lecturer in Psychiatry, part-time, Harvard Medical School
Roger Weiss, MD
Chief, Division of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction, McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
John Winkelman, MD, PhD
Chief, Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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| Role | Course Fee |
|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $925.00 |
| Nurse (RN/APRN) | $625.00 |
| PA | $625.00 |
| Psychologist | $625.00 |
| Resident/Fellow | $625.00 |
| Social Worker | $625.00 |
| Allied Health Professional / Other | $625.00 |
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved for 20.00 contact hours, of which 19.00 is eligible for pharmacology credit.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 4.00 credits of Risk Management Study.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the European Union of Medical Specialties website.
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.