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.
All accredited sessions will maintain 25% interactivity through Q&A at the end of the session.
- 17:00Registration & Information Desk Open
17:00 - 21:00, 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/C
Opening Remarks
07:50 - 08:00, Wildrose Salon A/B/C08:00Presidential Keynote: Distinctions Based Indigenous Contexts and Approaches for Psychiatry Practices
08:00 - 09:00, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Cassandra Felske-Durksen09:00Cognitive Approaches to Trauma Processing: State of the Art and Future Innovations
09:00 - 10:00, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Candice Monson10:00Refreshment Break
10:00 - 10:20, Wildrose Prefunction Area
New and Emerging Treatments for Schizophrenia: Beyond Postsynaptic Dopamine Receptor Blockage
10:20 - 11:20, Wildrose Salon A/B/C (Virtual) - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Christoph Correll11:00Lunch Buffet
11:20 - 13:00, Wildrose Prefunction Area
Bipolar II Disorder. Not Really a Bipolar Disorder! So What Is It?
11:50 - 12:50, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Cynthia Baxter, Dr. Atul Khullar13:00The Efficacy of Being Outnumbered: Harnessing Family-Based Assessment and Treatment
13:00 - 14:00, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. David Rubin14:00SCAP Meet N' Greet
14:05 - 15:05, Bluebell
WORKSHOP: Alberta Recovery Vs. Recovery Alberta; What is the Difference?
14:05 - 15:05, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Jan Banasch
WORKSHOP: Piecing Together the Puzzle of ADHD & ASD
14:05 - 15:05, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Sara Binder
WORKSHOP: Deep Brain Reorienting - A Neuroscientifically Guided Psychotherapy for Treating Trauma
14:05 - 15:05, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Carl Adrian, Dr. Parker Dahl
RESIDENT: Inpatient Aggression in Psychiatry: Risk Management and Treatment (U of A)
14:05 - 14:20, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Ahmed Ben Mabrouk
Co-Author(s): Maryana Kravtsenyuk
RESIDENT: The Use of Standardized Assessment Tools in the Diagnostic Assessment of ASD in Adults: A Rapid Review of Clinical Practices (U of C)
14:25 - 14:40, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Howie Wu
Co-Author(s): Iliana Ortega
RESIDENT: Cannabis Use and Aggression: A Multidimensional Analysis (U of A)
14:45 - 15:00, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Maryna Turbinska
Co-Author(s): Dr. Maryana Kravtsenyuk15:00Transition Break
15:05 - 15:30, Wildrose Prefunction Area
RESIDENT: Cardiovascular Risk and Prognostic Factors in Psychostimulant Therapy in the Treatment of ADHD, A Systematic Review (U of C)
15:05 - 15:20, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Siavash Zare-Zadeh
RESIDENT: Ketamine Prescribing Trends in Alberta Between January 2021 – June 2024 (U of A)
15:25 - 15:40, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Leslie Truong
Co-Author(s): Dr. Jennifer Swainson, Dr. Carson Chrenek, Dr. Robert Tanguay, Dr. Esther Fujiwara
WORKSHOP: Role of Nutrition in Assessment and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders
15:30 - 16:00, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Ana Drandic
WORKSHOP: Psychopharmacology 2025 – What is New, What is Coming?
15:30 - 16:00, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Thomas Joseph Raedler16:005 Minute Talks - Keep Calm & Ground On: Quick Tricks for Mental Reset
16:00 - 17:00, Wildrose Salon C18:00Family Fun Night
18:00 - 20:30, Wildrose Salon A/B/C21:00Residents' 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/B/C08:00Hero, Villian, Victim or Human? Reflections on the Stories We Tell Ourselves
08:00 - 09:00, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Deena Hinshaw09:00Sleep and the Addicted Brain
09:00 - 10:00, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Ric Procyshyn10:00Refreshment Break
10:00 - 10:20, Wildrose Prefunction Area
The Future of Mental Health(care) in a Digital, Intelligence Augmented World
10:20 - 11:20, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Zayna Khayat11:00Luncheon
11:30 - 12:45, Wildrose Salon A/B/C12:00Break
12:45 - 13:00, Wildrose Salon A/B/C13:00WORKSHOP: Involuntary Treatment of Addiction, A Review of the Negative Studies
13:00 - 14:00, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Robert Tanguay
Co-Author(s): Dr. Anees Bahji, Dr. Valerie Primeau, Dr. Angie Hamilton, Dr. Philip Leger
WORKSHOP: Family Therapy and Child Psychiatry Collaboration: Pathways to More Efficient Care
13:00 - 14:00, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Joan Besant
RESIDENT: Predictors of Potential Early Antipsychotic Discontinuation in Cannabis-Induced Psychosis (U of C)
13:00 - 13:15, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Trenna Norris
Co-Author(s): David Crockford
WORKSHOP: Demystifying Ketamine: A Guideline Based Treatment for Depression
13:00 - 14:00, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Atul Khullar, Dr. Jennifer Swainson
RESIDENT: Mitigating the Effects of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Medical Education (U of C)
13:20 - 13:35, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Keely Murphy
Co-Author(s): Amanda Roze des Ordons
RESIDENT: Electrifying Hope: The Role of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Treatment-Resistant Depression (U of A)
13:40 - 13:55, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Rawel Sidhu
Co-Author(s): Dr. Serdar Dursun; Dr. Michael Demas14:00RESIDENT: A Rare Case of Malignant Catatonia in a Patient with 16p11.2 Microduplication (U of C)
14:00 - 14:15, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Omid Javizian
Co-Author(s): Dr. Rita Watterson
WORKSHOP: Bringing CBT to Life: A Practical Transdiagnostic Approach to Mental Health
14:05 - 15:05, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Monica Hill
WORKSHOP: Interplay between Sleep Disorders and Pain Disorders
14:05 - 15:05, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Payman Hajiazim
WORKSHOP: "Death by a Thousand Cuts”: Managing Moral Injury in Twenty-First Century Psychiatry
14:05 - 15:05, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Jennifer Gale Hibbard, Dr. Monique Jericho
RESIDENT: Integrating Spirituality into Mental Health Practice (U of C)
14:20 - 14:35, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Nia Abdullayeva
RESIDENT: Pharmacological Interventions for Aggressive and Agitative Behaviors in Youth with Developmental Disorders: A Literature Review (U of A)
14:40 - 14:55, Hawthorn C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Usama Malik
Co-Author(s): Dr. Daniel Moreno De Luca15:00Break
15:05 - 15:10, Wildrose Prefunction Area
WORKSHOP: Enhancing PTSD Recovery with Multi-Modal Motion-Assisted Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR) Therapy: From Research to Implementation
15:10 - 16:10, Wildrose Salon A/B/C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Lisa Burback, Dr. Olga Winkler
WORKSHOP: What Role can Replacement Sex Hormones play in Women's Health?
15:10 - 16:10, Hawthorn A - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Roger C. Rampling
WORKSHOP: Update on Mainport and PPIP
15:10 - 15:40, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Thomas Joseph Raedler
WORKSHOP: Diagnosing and Treating Mental Health Disorders in Patients with Intellectual Disability
15:45 - 16:15, Hawthorn B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Jennifer Gale Hibbard16:00Delegate Reception
16:00 - 17:30, Wildrose Prefunction Area - 07:00Hot Breakfast
07:00 - 08:30, Wildrose Prefunction Area10:00Refreshment Break
10:00 - 10:15, Wildrose Prefunction Area
Billing Session
10:15 - 11:15, Wildrose Salon A/B/C