The 166th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held in San Francisco, California from May 18-22, 2013. Yale faculty, alumni, residents, and medical students made significant contributions to the program.
Awards & Fellowships
Chadi Abdallah, MD
APF/Early Academic Career Award on Schizophrenia Research
Alec Buchanan, MD, PhD
Manfred S. Guttmacher Award
Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD
American Psychiatric Leadership Fellowship
Benjamin Kelmendi, MD
Janssen Resident Psychiatric Research Scholar Award
Nick C. Mellos, MD
Nancy C.A. Roeske, MD, Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Medical Student Education
Michael Norko, MD, MAR
Manfred S. Guttmacher Award
Toral Surti, MD, PhD
Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry
Bruce Wexler, MD
Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry
Catherine Chiles, MD
Distinguished Fellow
Shaukat Khan, MD
Fellow
Stephen Robert Atkins, MD, PhD
John M. de Figueiredo, MD
Ezra E. H. Griffith, MD
Daniel Koenigsberg, MD
Dori Laub, MD
Thomas H. McGlashan, MD
Mahmoud S. Okasha, MD
Robert B. Ostroff, MD
James E. Phillips, MD
Lynn W. Reiser, MD
Harvey L. Ruben, MD
Jerome M. Schnitt, MD
Alan J. Sholomskas, MD
William Hurt Sledge, MD
Robert Stern, MD, PhD
Thomas D. Stewart, MD
Fred R. Volkmar, MD
John Leonard Young, MD
Distinguished Life Fellows
Eric Hoadley Berger, MD
Roger L. Goettsche, MD
Frank John Ninivaggi, MD
Life Fellows
Sessions
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Roopa Sethi, MD
Poster Session 1: "Sexual Functioning and Quality of Life in Opioid-Dependent Women Maintained on Buprenorphine/Naloxone"
Jessica Gold, MS (YSM '14)
Poster Session 1: "The Effect of Physicians’ Body Weight on Patient Attitudes: Implications for Physician Selection, Physician Trust, and Medical Advice Following"
Robert Rohrbaugh, MD
Workshop 14: "The Next Generation: Trends, Factors, and Success Stories in Recruiting Medical Students Into Psychiatry"
Ezra Griffith, MD
Workshop 16: "The Risks and Responsible Roles for Psychiatrists who Interact with the Media"
Alec Buchanan, MD, PhD; Michael Norko, MD, MAR
Lecture 12: The Manfred S. Guttmacher Award Lecture: "The Psychiatric Report: Inquiries and Praxis"
Thomas E. Brown, PhD
Course 15: "Essentials of Assessing and Treating ADHD in Adults and Children"
Monday, May 20, 2013
Seth Powsner, MD
Course 22: "Emergency Psychiatry: Practical Tips From the Experts"
Thomas E. Brown, PhD
Course 23: "Advanced Assessment and Treatment of ADHD"
Rajesh Tampi, MD, MS; Philip Whang, MD
Workshop 62: "Ethical Issues in Geriatric Psychiatry"
Howard Zonana, MD
Workshop 90: "Psychiatry in the Courts: Hot Topics"
Yale Psychiatry Alumni Reception with honorees William E. Bunney, Jr, MD and Benjamin S. Bunney, MD
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Steven Southwick, MD; Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
Symposium 82: "Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Meditation to Promote Resiliency and Treat Mood and Anxiety Disorders"
Sarah Fineberg, MD, PhD; John Strauss, MD; Sarah Mourra, MD (Alum)
Workshop 109: "On the Search For People in the Clinic: Creative Approaches to Reclaiming Subjective Data in Psychiatry"
Ezra Griffith, MD; Reena Kapoor, MD
Workshop 112: "Are You My Doctor? Defining Duty in Malpractice Cases"
Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD (Alum)
Presidential Symposium 11: "Positive Psychiatry: From Biology to Interventions"
Mark Gold, MD (Alum); Kelly Brownell, PhD (Rudd Center); Marc Potenza, MD, PhD
Symposium 106: "Hedonic Eating, Addiction, and Obesity"
Rajesh Tampi, MD, MS
Workshop 124: "Using Evidence to Optimize Care: Treating Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in the Era of Black Box Warnings"
Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD (Alum)
Lecture 27: APA Frontiers of Science Lecture "New Insight Into the Neurobiology of Depression"
John O. Gaston, MD (Alum)
Lecture 30: Solomon Carter Fuller Award Lecture "Policy to Practice: Challenges for Effective Mental Health Care"
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Declan Barry, PhD; David Fiellin, MD (Internal Medicine, Public Health); Lynn Fiellin, MD (Internal Medicine)
Symposium 124: "NIDA Symposium: Update on Prescription Opioid Abuse and Treatment Options for the Psychiatrist"
Robert Rohrbaugh, MD
Symposium 131: "Found in Translation: Challenges and Opportunities in Translating Mental Health Care Into a Chinese Context"
Howard Zonana, MD
Symposium 132: "Immigration and Its Adversities: Mental Illness, Detention, and Deportation"
Michael Champion, MD (Alum)
Workshop 130: "Psychiatric Services in Jails and Prisons: An Update on the APA Guidelines"
Andres Barkil-Oteo, MD, MSc
Workshop 148: "The Future Is Now: The Future of Psychiatry Through the Eyes of New Psychiatrists"