Recent Sessions & Recordings

Session Description

Stress is pervasive. Accumulating data illustrate that the effects of stress echo within the biology of those directly exposed but also across generations. This presentation will give biological texture to such multi-generational legacies of stress.

The learning objectives for this session are to:

1. Name legacies of stress that have echoed across generations across different demographics.
2. Discuss mechanisms via which legacies of stress are bequeathed to descendants.
3. Discuss ideas about how legacies of stress could be halted.

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Session Description

Numerous Indigenous populations worldwide suffer from similar health inequities, including higher rates of chronic diseases, behavioral health challenges, and social determinants of health disparities. Colonization has had an intergenerational impact on the health of Indigenous Peoples.

In this session, the roles of colonization and unresolved trauma on health disparities will be described, and the health protective effects of cultural connection, Indigenous language preservation, and participation in ceremony will be examined. Solutions to public health inequities need to recognize the causes of disparities and need to focus on developing strengths-based programs to promote health equity.

The learning objectives for this session are to:

• Define the terms American Indian, Alaska Native, Native American, and Indigenous
• Describe strengths-based approaches to Indigenous health
• Analyze the role of colonization as a determinant of generational trauma

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

Part of the Viola W. Bernard Fund for Innovation in Mental Health Care, the annual Viola Bernard Lecture Series addresses social justice and health care equity topics, named in honor of Viola Bernard, MD. YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Session Description

Given the complexity of high conflict family dynamics, this presentation will help providers better understand and communicate the dynamics of the conflicted family system. The learning objectives are to:

1. Define specific family dynamics, such as triangulation and polarization.
2. Identify the dynamics present in high conflict families, including enmeshment, estrangement, and parental alienation.
3. Identify three factors to look for in children, the parents, and in professionals to determine treatment options.

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. This session also meets the requirement for cultural competence. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. The recording of this session is available via SharePoint.

Session Description

The Yale Child Study Center's annual lecture named in honor of former YCSC Director Donald Cohen, MD focuses on developmental psychopathology and neurobiology.

This year's session will introduce the audience to the long term developmental consequences of early life neglect. The objectives are for participants to:

• Learn about critical periods
• Learn about behavioral, psychological, neurological and physical consequences of early psychosocial deprivation
• Appreciate the power of early intervention

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. The recording of this session is available via SharePoint.

Session Description

This session will discuss a challenging clinical case through a multidisciplinary lens, exploring its complexities and some of the clinical considerations pertaining to a unique treatment setting. A collaboration between Blythedale Children's Hospital and the Yale Child Study Center will also be showcased, highlighting it as a special resource serving kids with major medical needs. Please note that this session will be fully virtual and will not be recorded.

The objectives for this session are to:

1. Familiarize participants with a unique resource in our scope serving kids with major medical needs.
2. Support reflection on how to manage clinical situations that elicit strong affect in the patient, family, staff, etc.
3. Support reflection on how to sustain empathy and cohesion in the multidisciplinary care team when the length of stay is long, the prognosis tough, and the family is grieving.

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available. Compassionate Care Rounds are not recorded to maintain confidentiality.

This special Grand Rounds session will kick off the department's annual Black History Month Celebration, as has become an annual tradition. This will be a hybrid session, held live and in person from the Cohen Auditorium and simulcast via Zoom, followed by a reception/social event from 2-2:30 for those attending in-person. All are welcome to attend. Continuing education will not be available for this session.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available. Compassionate Care Rounds are not recorded to maintain confidentiality.

This session is the second of the 2024-2025 leadership-focused Grand Rounds special lecture series, Exploring and Enhancing Leadership in the Academy. The goal of this series is to provide an open forum with leaders who are committed to principles of collaboration and service, at the Yale School of Medicine and beyond.

Session Description

"Free your mind, and the rest will follow" (Foster, Levert, & McElroy). Living and leading authentically allows for all involved growth and development - "leaders and followers." Authenticity has to be cultivated, nurtured, and practiced, and reflection has to occur to make it stick. How can we develop emerging leaders to lead authentically using their lived expertise while developing ourselves? This discussion features two of the founders of the Yale Lived Experience Transformation Leadership Academy (LET(s)Lead, Chyrell Bellamy and Maria Restrepo Toro, discussing how they partner and how LET(s)Lead centers women and women of color as leaders and incorporates leadership principles such as appreciative inquiry, healing racism, and transformational leadership strategies through the Yale Department of Psychiatry Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH).

The objectives for this session are for participants to learn:

• Suggestions of how to lead with authenticity
• Ways to develop emerging leaders
• About lived experience leadership and how it can be used to enhance organizations and communities

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Session Description

This session will explore cultural considerations related to language discordance and adultification using a Health Equity Rounds format developed by Mass General hospital and adapted for the Viola Bernard Fellowship. The main objectives are to:

• Utilize a health equity format
• Explore the historical context for bias related to language discordance and adultification
• Provide opportunities for reflection on attendees' own biases

Please note that this session will not be recorded.

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. This session also meets the requirement for cultural competence. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available, though Compassionate Care and Health Equity Rounds are not recorded to maintain confidentiality.

Session Description

Education is considered one of the key social determinants of health given its relationship and correlation to other factors that impact health outcomes. Education is both a process and a product that is not experienced equitably among individuals in this country. For example, New York public schools are some of the most segregated in the country.

As a result, Black and Latino students are more likely to attend schools in poverty, which often results in poorer academic outcomes for those students and generally poorer overall outcomes. Policy makers, schools, healthcare workers, and community organizations must work in concert with one another in order to make meaningful changes to ensure access to quality education for all students as education is essential to overall health and wellbeing.

The learning objectives for this session are to:

• Describe education as a social determinant of health
• Identify racial and economic inequalities and their impact on education and emotional wellbeing
• Identify broad to targeted policies and supports to improve access to a quality education

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. This session also meets the requirement for cultural competence. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Session Description

Parental substance use is a growing public health concern that has bi-generational impact. It is critical that those who work with caregivers that have substance use disorders are familiar with how to best support their intersecting identities and intergenerational mental health. Participants will learn about research linking addiction, adversity, and attachment to the parenting struggles and developmental risks in families affected by parental substance use.

The unique stressors experienced by parents with substance use disorders will also be reviewed, along with the implications for supporting families when parental addiction is part of the clinical picture. Evidence-based strategies will be introduced and research findings for a parenting intervention designed specifically for caregivers who are in treatment for substance use disorders will be reviewed.

The learning objectives for this session are for participants to be able to:

1. Describe the impact of addiction, adversity, and attachment on parenting (at multiple levels including neurobiologically, psychologically, and behaviorally)
2. Recognize the unique stressors experienced in parents impacted by addiction, and describe ways in which these contextual factors may impact families
3. Integrate knowledge about addiction, adversity, and attachment to inform a compassionate clinical framework and guide clinical approaches with families in therapeutic settings

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Join YCSC Chair Linda Mayes, MD for this traditional "State of the Department" session to begin the new calendar year and spring semester. This will be a hybrid session, held live and in person from the Cohen Auditorium with a simulcast (and recording) via Zoom. CMEs will not be available for this session.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Session Description

Given the complexity of phenotypic expression of neurodevelopmental conditions in early childhood, there is a need to continuously improve diagnostic approaches. The learning objectives for this session are for participants to understand:

• Categorical approaches to the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental conditions
• Differential diagnosis in early childhood through a case of autism and ADHD
• New approaches to diagnosis in young children

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Session Description

At 34, Erik Clemons was at a crossroads. After a successful career in the U.S. Postal Service, which provided well for his family, he went back to school to fulfill his dream to teach and serve young Black children growing up within conditions and structures that he knew well as a child. This decision began a 20-year journey that never wavered from the “why” and tested his faith by taking risks on the “how”. He has used storytelling that centers the voices of those often silenced to bring real life to the intellectual fray, which is just one of the strategies he has used to build a deep and impactful legacy of service in his personal and professional life.

In this fireside chat with YCSC Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tara Davila, participants will hear the story of Clemons' inspiring journey as a heart-centered leader, from working in a mailroom to co-founding and leading Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP), an organization whose mission is to drive economic development and economic justice to the Dixwell and Newhallville communities of New Haven.

The learning objectives for this session are to understand:

1. Strategies for navigating product-driven systems when the expected outcomes are human dignity, love, and justice
2. How to leverage purpose to navigate uncertainty
3. Using storytelling as a successful strategy for fundraising

Continuing Education

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

This session is the first of the 2024-2025 leadership-focused Grand Rounds special lecture series, Exploring and Enhancing Leadership in the Academy. The goal of this series is to provide an open forum with leaders who are committed to principles of collaboration and service, at the Yale School of Medicine and beyond.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Session Description

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience among the highest rates of depression, anxiety, substance use problems, and suicidality of any population risk group. Methodologically innovative and rigorous research now shows that this disparity is almost certainly caused by the multiple forms of stigma that SGM individuals experience across the lifespan.

This presentation will review theoretical and empirical advances in psychiatric epidemiology and developmental psychopathology that identify the mechanisms through which stigma compromises SGM people’s mental health that can also serve as promising treatment targets for identity-affirming psychotherapies. The presentation will then discuss the development, application, and efficacy of the first identity-affirmative mental health intervention for SGM individuals to be tested in randomized controlled trials. The talk will conclude by examining promising studies into the implementation of this treatment within SGM-serving settings locally, nationally, and globally with the goal of reducing the barriers to identity-affirming evidence-based treatment that this population has long faced.

The learning objectives for this talk are to:

1. Evaluate the epidemiology of the sexual and gender minority (SGM) population’s mental health in the US by listing the mental and behavioral health problems that disproportionately affect SGM individuals.
2. Assess the major determinants of SGM mental health in the US by defining structural and interpersonal stigma and providing two examples of each.
3. Analyze five behavioral treatment principles and techniques underlying LGBTQ-affirmative evidence-based practice.

Initially scheduled for June 11, 2024, this is a rescheduled session that was unfortunately and abruptly interrupted due to technical difficulties and widespread network issues across campus. Please join for this "re-do" hybrid session, held live and in person from the Cohen Auditorium and simulcast via Zoom.

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. This session also meets the requirement for cultural competence. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

Part of the Viola W. Bernard Fund for Innovation in Mental Health Care, the annual Viola Bernard Lecture Series addresses social justice and health care equity topics, named in honor of Viola Bernard, MD.

Session Description

Following a "Health Equity Rounds" (HER) format, adapted from a structure used at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) that focuses on how racism, other forms of discrimination, and implicit bias affect patient care, this session will explore how chart artifacts and implicit bias can impact patient care. The objectives of this session are to:

• Introduce the HER format
• Explore historical context for bias in child welfare, behavioral health, and HER practices
• Explore possible solutions to combat bias in the context of the case

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. This session also meets the requirement for cultural competence. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available. Compassionate Care Rounds are not recorded to maintain confidentiality.

Session Description

Behavioral health evaluations in the pediatric emergency department (ED) have grown exponentially over the past decade. Several initiatives have been implemented to assess and assist in caring for children and families as they await evaluation and then treatment at next levels of care. QI projects will be reviewed, along with adaptations made in the ED and the various members of the multidisciplinary team within the context of a particularly challenging case presentation.

The learning objectives for this session are to:

• Understand the unique treatment components provided within a pediatric emergency department setting, in the current setting of pediatric boarding as expectation, not outlier
• Appreciate the challenges of providing crisis care for patients while boarding
• Learn about the importance of multidisciplinary care in an acute emergency service with multiple departments in play

Continuing Education

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available. Compassionate Care Rounds are not recorded to maintain confidentiality.

Session Description

When children receive treatment for anxiety disorders in clinical trials, approximately 50% benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), while the other 50% remain symptomatic, even with enhanced treatments. Additionally, some children relapse after an initial positive response. To date, little is known about the individual differences between those who respond well and those who respond sub-optimally or relapse later. Single randomized controlled trials often lack the power to examine (combinations of) predictors of treatment success.

The iconic question posed by Gordon Paul – “What treatment, by whom, is most effective for this individual with that specific problem, and under which set of circumstances?” – was asked 55 years ago, and we are still not much closer to the truth in the field of child mental health. We urgently need data innovations to better support clinicians and families in assessment, treatment planning, and decision-making to improve outcomes for children and young people with anxiety.

In this presentation, several programs of work will be reviewed that have been in development at the Black Dog Institute, in collaboration with other partners, to move the field closer to offering personalized care driven by data.

The learning objectives for this session are to:

1. Understand the efficacy of CBT in treating childhood anxiety disorders: Attendees will learn about the current success rates of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in clinical trials for children with anxiety disorders, including the challenges of relapse and sub-optimal responses.
2. Identify predictors of treatment success and relapse: Attendees will explore the individual differences and potential predictors that influence treatment outcomes, and understand why single randomized controlled trials may be underpowered to examine these factors comprehensively.
3. Explore data-driven innovations for personalized care: Attendees will review the latest programs and research initiatives at the Child Mental Health team at the Black Dog Institute aimed at using data innovations to support personalized care in the assessment, treatment planning, and decision-making processes for children and young people with anxiety.

Dr. Hudson will also be available to meet with members of the Yale community to discuss her most recent research related to children’s emotional disorders and digital mental health while she is on campus. To schedule a meeting, send an e-mail to Wendy Silverman and Alison Magnotti with your availability on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are also reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.

Patrick Luyten, PhD is professor of clinical psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at University of Leuven in Belgium, as well as a reader at the Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, at University College London in the UK. He is also a visiting scholar at the Yale Child Study Center, and will be providing this special lecture as part this role.

Dr. Luyten’s main research interests are disorders from the affective spectrum (i.e., depression and stress- and pain-related disorders), and personality disorders. In both areas he is involved in basic research and in interventional research. His basic research focuses on the roles of personality, attachment and social cognition or mentalizing, i.e., the capacity to understand oneself and others in terms of mental states, in these disorders from a developmental psychopathology perspective.

His research is fundamentally translational, as he is interested in translating knowledge concerning the mechanisms involved in the causation of psychopathology to the development of new interventions, the evaluation of their (cost)-effectiveness, and their dissemination to and implementation in routine clinical care.

In recent years, his research has increasingly focused on the development of interventions based on an integrative, evolutionary perspective rooted in the capacity for epistemic trust and salutogenesis, i.e., the capacity to derive benefit from the social environment.

His most recent book, Handbook of Psychodynamic Approaches, was published by Guilford Press in 2015 and received the 2015 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Scholarship.

At the Leuven Center for Irish Studies, he heads the Peace and Transformative Growth group. Research within this group focuses on the impact of trauma at both the personal and sociocultural level. Special interests include the role of resilience and transformation in individuals and groups faced with trauma as well as biological and psychosocial processes involved in the intergenerational transmission of trauma and resilience.

Continuing education will not be available for this special add-on session to Grand Rounds.

Session Description

This presentation will update attendees on evolving treatment paradigms for supporting the mental health of transgender youth across various stages of development. The learning objectives are as follows.

• Explain how the treatment of prepubertal transgender youth has evolved over the past two decades
• Discuss the rationale and current evidence base for pubertal suppression for transgender adolescents
• Discuss the rationale and current evidence base for gender-affirming hormone treatment for transgender adolescents

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. This session also meets the requirement for cultural competence. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available. (Note: this session was not recorded.)

Session Description

In this presentation, an overview of the presenter's research program will be provided, exploring the correlates, causes, and consequences of parents’ well-being. Across multiple studies relying on experimental, daily experience, and longitudinal designs, this research demonstrates the importance of understanding and promoting parents’ well-being, not only to improve the lives of parents, but for their families as well.

The learning objectives for this session are to:

1. Describe the three components of subjective well-being and meaning in life, respectively
2. Discuss why some parents are more or less happy than others
3. Identify the benefits of parents' well-being for parent-child relationships and family functioning

Continuing Education

This session is approved for Continuing Education Credit (CEC) by the National Association of Social Workers, CT and meets the continuing education criteria for Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Counselor, and Licensed Psychologist Licensure renewal. Additional information and instructions for earning CEC for this session will be provided at the live event.

YCSC Grand Rounds are reviewed for eligibility for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits on an annual basis and most lecture-style sessions are approved for the year. Yale School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Individual event designation details are provided at applicable live events.

YCSC Grand Rounds sessions are typically presented in the Cohen Auditorium at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays from September through June, with a live stream available via Zoom. Internal participants are encouraged to attend sessions in person​​​​​. Recordings are posted on-line as soon as they are available.