The APA Scientific Conference objectives are:
- to examine, consider and appraise current diagnostic and clinical guidelines and practices to enhance patient care;
- to explore, consider and interpret the meaning of change from biological, psychological, and social perspectives for our patients and in our professional relationships with them; and
- to reflect upon and discuss integrating change in our personal and professional lives as well as in the systems within which we work.
Please note: Conference Schedule is subject to change.
GENERAL CONFERENCE SURVEY
- 17:00Registration & Information Desk Open
17:00 - 19:00, Wildrose Prefunction Area - 07:00Registration & Information Desk Open
07:00 - 17:00, Wildrose Prefunction Area
Hot Buffet Breakfast
07:30 - 09:00, Wildrose Salon A/B
Opening Remarks
07:50 - 08:00, Wildrose Salon A/B08:00MAiD and Mental Disorders
08:00 - 09:00, Wildrose Salon A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Alexandra McPherson09:00Harm Reduction Within Comprehensive Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: The Example of Take-Home Naloxone
09:00 - 10:00, Wildrose Salon A/B (Virtual) - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Prof. Sir John Strang10:00Refreshment Break
10:00 - 10:20, Wildrose Prefunction Area
The Prenatal Sex Steroid Theory of Autism
10:20 - 11:20, Wildrose Salon C (Virtual) - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Prof. Sir Simon Baron-Cohen11:00Lunch
11:20 - 11:45, Wildrose Prefunction Area
DEBATE: Is Adult ADHD Over-Diagnosed and Over-Prescribed?
11:50 - 12:50, Wildrose Salon A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Pratap Chokka, Dr. Toba Oluboka12:00Break
12:50 - 13:00, Wildrose Prefunction Area13:00Cognitive Behavior Therapy; A Clinical Update for Psychiatrists
13:00 - 14:00, Wildrose Salon C (Virtual) - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Judith Beck14:00Break
14:00 - 14:10, Wildrose Prefunction Area
Adopting a Systems-Level Population Health Approach to Support Youth Mental Well-Being (SCAP Keynote)
14:10 - 15:10, Wildrose Salon C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Hasina Samji15:00Refreshment Break
15:10 - 15:30, Wildrose Prefunction Area
SCAP Meet N' Greet
15:10 - 15:30, Bluebell
Toward a Future Psychiatry
15:30 - 16:30, Wildrose Salon C (Virtual) - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Steve Hyman16:00Wine & Cheese Reception: "The Preceptor I Want to Tell you About"
16:30 - 17:30, Hawthorn A/B
Speaker(s): Dave Kelly, Dr. Gord Kelly18:00Family Fun Night
18:00 - 20:30, Wildrose Salon A/B21:00Residents' Reception
21:00 - 23:59, Divas Martini Lounge - 07:00Registration & Information Desk Open
07:00 - 16:00, Wildrose Prefunction Area
Hot Buffet Breakfast
07:30 - 09:00, Wildrose Salon A/B08:00Resiliency: More Important Now Than Ever in Healthcare
08:00 - 09:00, Wildrose Salon A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Verna Yiu09:00Rapid Acting Antidepressants: New Treatments, New Hope, and New Insights into the Brain
09:00 - 10:00, Wildrose Salon A/B (Virtual) - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. John Krystal10:00Refreshment Break
10:00 - 10:20, Wildrose Prefunction Area
How Pain Shapes the Brain: Impact of Childhood Trauma on Suicide Risk
10:20 - 11:20, Wildrose Salon C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Gustavo Turecki11:00Luncheon
11:40 - 12:30, Wildrose Salon A/B12:00Break
12:30 - 13:00, Wildrose Prefunction Area13:00RESIDENT: Music Therapy for Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Forensic Psychiatric Populations
13:00 - 13:15, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Shaista Goel
WORKSHOP: AMA Billing Information; Virtual Psychiatry Billing in Alberta
13:00 - 13:20, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Norma Shipley
WORKSHOP: Beyond Basics: What Every Psychiatrist Needs to Know about OCD Treatment
13:00 - 13:30, Wildrose Salon A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Joti Brar-Josan, Janet Caryk
WORKSHOP: Integrating Quality Guidelines into Systemic Schizophrenia Treatment: The Ottawa Model of Care
13:00 - 13:30, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. David Attwood
RESIDENT: Qualitative Analysis of Learner Experience in the Psychiatry Emergency Call Setting
13:20 - 13:35, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Sean Andrea
Co-Author(s): Megan Puckering
WORKSHOP: Closing the Gender Gap in Health Care Service Delivery in Alberta
13:25 - 13:45, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Charlene Lyndon
Co-Author(s): Dr. Maryana Kravtsenyuk, MD FRCPC
WORKSHOP: Mindfulness-Integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
13:35 - 14:05, Wildrose Salon A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Kaitlin Chivers-Wilson, Dr. Thomas Stark, Dr. Martin Vetter
Co-Author(s): Dr. Martin Vetter
WORKSHOP: Wild Self-Compassion: Giving Ourselves a Break
13:35 - 14:05, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Janet De Groot, Dr. Elizabeth Wallace
RESIDENT: Medical Education in Psychiatry Residents: A National Needs Assessment
13:40 - 13:55, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Sean Andrea
WORKSHOP: Psychopharmacology 2024 – What is New, What is Coming?
13:50 - 14:10, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Thomas Joseph Raedler14:00RESIDENT: Psychiatric Co-Morbidities in Tic Disorders: Are Current Screening Instruments Suitable?
14:00 - 14:15, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Rachael Nicholls
Co-Author(s): Dr. Tamara Pringsheim, MD, FRCPC; Dr. Davide Martino, MD, FRCPC; Dr. Natalia Szejko, MD.
WORKSHOP: Professional Identity Development: Links to Wellbeing and Career Satisfaction in Residents
14:10 - 14:40, Wildrose Salon A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Monique Jericho , Dr. Rory Sellmer
WORKSHOP: Revisiting Clinical Care of the "Hormonal" Patient
14:10 - 14:40, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Roger C. Rampling
Break
14:10 - 14:20, Hawthorn B
Break
14:15 - 14:25, Hawthorn C
RESIDENT: The Future of AI Assistants: Evaluating the Performance of GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 on Residency-Level Psychiatry Questions
14:25 - 14:40, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Abhinav Pillai
Co-Author(s): Tan Li, Sharon Parappally-Joseph, Martin Vetter
WORKSHOP: Moving Towards Interdisciplinary Care: How Mindfulness & Group Psychotherapy Can Benefit Patients with Chronic Health Conditions
14:25 - 14:45, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Ms. Kaitlyn Chappell, Dr. Diana Meakins, Dr. Laura Stovel
Co-Author(s): Melanie Marsh-Joyal, Allison Bihari, Karen Kroeker
Break
14:40 - 14:50, Hawthorn A
Break
14:40 - 14:50, Wildrose Salon A/B
RESIDENT: Sexual Dysfunction and Relationship Status in First Episode Psychosis
14:45 - 15:00, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Hassan Nawab
Co-Author(s): Morgan Glass, Thomas Raedler
WORKSHOP: Cognitive Processing Therapy in an Intensive Operational Stress Injury Treatment Program
14:50 - 15:10, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Kaitlin Chivers-Wilson, Dr. Thomas Stark
Co-Author(s): Thomas Stark, Erin Talbot, Christina Volstad, Evelyne Felber Charbonneau
WORKSHOP: Neurodevelopmental Disorders Past, Present and Future - In a Mental Health Perspective
14:50 - 15:20, Wildrose Salon A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Prajjita Bardoloi
WORKSHOP: Risk Assessment at the Intersection of Public Safety and Justice System
14:50 - 15:20, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Maryana Kravtsenyuk
Co-Author(s): Dr. Gary A. Chaimowitz15:00RESIDENT: Application of Psychospiritual Approaches in Mental Health Care
15:05 - 15:20, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Nia Abdullayeva
RESIDENT: The Gut-Brain Axis and the Microbiome in Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and OCD
15:25 - 15:40, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Bohan Yang
WORKSHOP: Management of Chronic Insomnia
15:25 - 15:55, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Payman Hajiazim
RESIDENT: The Role of Whole Dietary Interventions in the Treatment of Depression
15:45 - 16:00, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Usama Malik
Co-Author(s): Jennifer Swainson, Matthew Reeson, Ian Stefanuk, Mary Cummins, Sudhakar Sivapalan16:00RESIDENT: Microbial Dysbiosis and Mental Health
16:05 - 16:20, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Tyler Halverson
Co-Author(s): Joao Morgadinho; Kannayiram Alagiakrishnan
Delegate Reception
16:30 - 18:00, Wildrose Salon C - 07:00Hot Breakfast
07:00 - 08:30, Wildrose Salon A10:00Refreshment Break
10:00 - 10:15, Wildrose Prefunction Area