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.
GENERAL CONFERENCE SURVEY
- 22:00Registration/Information Desk
22:00 - 00:30, Alpine Gallery Main Lobby - 13:00Registration/Information Desk
13:00 - 22:00, Alpine Gallery Main Lobby
Hot Buffet Breakfast
13:30 - 15:00, Heritage Hall
Opening Remarks
13:50 - 14:00, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B14:00Keynote: Eco-Anxiety, Youth, and Wildfires in the Northwest Territories
14:00 - 15:00, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Carmen Logie15:00Keynote: Is it Major Depression or Bipolar Disorder?
15:00 - 16:00, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Diane McIntosh16:00Break
16:00 - 16:15, Heritage Hall
PFSP - Who We Are and What We Do
16:15 - 16:25, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B
Keynote: Redefining the Concept of Medicine as a Calling: A Path to Resilience and Wellbeing
16:25 - 17:25, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Sam Chang17:00Lunch Buffet
17:25 - 17:55, Heritage Hall
Panel Discussion: The Alberta Recovery Model - Leveraging Successes and Expanding Supports for Mental Health
17:55 - 19:10, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Nicholas Mitchell, Mr. Evan Romanow, Dr. Robert Tanguay, Dr. David Tano19:00Addressing the Risks of Problematic Internet Use Among Vulnerable Youth: Clinical Perspectives
19:15 - 20:15, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Anthony Rostain20:00Break
20:15 - 20:30, Heritage Hall
RESIDENT: Mapping the Family Experience in Early Psychosis: Insights from a Narrative Study on Family Carers
20:20 - 20:35, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Roxoliana Tsisar
Co-Author(s): Katherine Shettell, Kristen Zentner, Melanie Robles, Adam Abba-Aji
WORKSHOP: Intensive Outpatient Programs in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine
20:30 - 21:15, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Avi Aulakh, Dr. Lovneet Hayer, Dr. Mohit Singh
WORKSHOP: Reimagining Addiction Care: System-Level Innovations from Alberta's Recovery-Oriented Research Network
20:30 - 21:15, Beehive/Lakeshore - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Anees Bahji
SCAP Meet N' Greet
20:30 - 21:00, Pipestone
WORKSHOP: Poll the Profession - AI in Residency Training
20:30 - 21:15, Mount Temple Ballroom C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Nia Abdullayeva
RESIDENT: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Psychiatric Presentations: A Retrospective Population- Based Cohort Study in Alberta (2017-2022)
20:40 - 20:55, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Jacquelyn Paquet
Co-Author(s): Katharine Hibbard, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Pamela Brett-MacLean PhD21:00RESIDENT: Cannabis Use and Dementia Risk: A Scoping Review
21:00 - 21:15, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Harman Sidhu
Co-Author(s): Dr. Dallas Seitz, Thoman Hogan, Lynn Tan, Ti-Amo Richards
WORKSHOP: Functional Neurological Disorders Evolving Research and A Practical Guide for Psychiatrists
21:15 - 22:00, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Gabriela Gilmour, Dr. Megan Howlett, Dr. Kimberly Williams
WORKSHOP: Meeting Youth Where They Are: New Innovative Service Delivery to Underserved Areas
21:15 - 22:00, Beehive/Lakeshore - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Louise Rellis
WORKSHOP: Beyond the Screen Time - Addressing the Mental Impact of Digital Overuse by Children and Adolescents
21:15 - 22:00, Mount Temple Ballroom C - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Richard Rabeeh
RESIDENT: Real-Time Al Voice Simulation Platform for Psychiatric OSCE Training
21:20 - 21:35, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Abhinav Pillai
Co-Author(s): Rufina M.J. Kim, MSc; Tan Li; Benjamin Rosen, MD; Thomas Stark, MD; Martin Vetter, MD; Yanbo Zhang, MD, PhD
RESIDENT: Evaluation of Admission Medication Reconciliation Completed by Psychiatry Residents for Patients Admitted to Inpatient Psychiatric Units in Edmonton
21:40 - 21:55, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Katarina Ondrusova
Co-Author(s): Dr. Sudhakar Sivapalan, Dr. Heidi Chau23:00Family Fun Night
23:00 - 01:30, Lago - 03:00Residents' Reception
03:00 - 05:59, Fairview Bar13:00Registration/Information Desk
13:00 - 22:00, Alpine Gallery Main Lobby
Hot Buffet Breakfast
13:30 - 15:00, Heritage Hall14:00CPA Presidential Opening: Canadian Guidance for the “Grievous and Irremediable” Criterion and Suicide Risk in Persons with Mental Disorders who Request MAID
14:00 - 15:00, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Paul S. Links, Dr. Lilian U. Thorpe15:00Beyond First-Rank Symptoms: Navigating Complexity in Schizophrenia Care
15:00 - 16:00, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Valerie Primeau16:00Refreshment Break
16:00 - 16:10, Heritage Hall
Mental Health, Trauma & Healing
16:10 - 18:10, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh, Dr. Gabor Maté18:00Lunch Buffet
18:10 - 18:40, Heritage Hall
Presidential Welcome & AGM Updates
18:40 - 19:10, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B19:00RESIDENT: From Courtroom to Clinic: The Role of the Compassionate Intervention Act in Shaping Substance Use Treatment for Forensic Patients
19:15 - 19:30, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Nidhi Malhi, Kalina Pashniak
Co-Author(s): Dr. Maryana Kravtsenyuk
WORKSHOP: Pediatric Medical Psychiatry Unit - Lessons from the First Year
19:15 - 20:15, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Cristian Zeni
WORKSHOP: Pausing for Surprise: An Expressive Writing Workshop
19:15 - 20:15, Beehive/Lakeshore - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Janet De Groot, Dr. Elizabeth Wallace
RESIDENT: From Taarof to Table
19:35 - 19:50, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Adibba Adel, Dr. Yekta Sharafaddin-zadeh
RESIDENT: Investigating the Impact of Serotonergic Psychedelic Drugs, MDMA and Ketamine on Social Cognition in Psychiatric Disorders: A Scoping Review
19:55 - 20:10, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Nicholas Lik Hang Lee
Co-Author(s): Sarah Ann Smith, Haseeb Mohammad, Liz Dennett, Shaina Smith, Lisa Burback, Olga Winkler, Andrew Greenshaw, Rakesh Jetly, Sidney H Kennedy, Venkat Bhat, Jennifer Swainson, Eric Vermetten, Bo Cao, Xin- Min Li, Yanbo Zhang20:00RESIDENT: iTBS for the Treatment of Substance Use Disorder
20:15 - 20:30, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Raza Qadri
Co-Author(s): Gilmar Gutierrez and Yanbo Zhang
WORKSHOP: Communicating with Family Carers: Barriers and Bridges to Family-Integrated Care of Young Adults with Psychosis
20:20 - 21:20, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Melanie Robles, Katherine Shettell
Co-Author(s): Roxoliana Tsisar, Kristen Zentner, Adam Abba-Aji
WORKSHOP: Why Weight? Considerations for Obesity Management in Mental Health Care
20:20 - 21:20, Beehive/Lakeshore - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Atul Khullar, Dr. Jennifer Swainson
RESIDENT: The Missing Piece: A Case Report of Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID)
20:35 - 20:50, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Emma Hamid
Co-Author(s): Dr. Shamis Nabeel MD FRCPC
RESIDENT: Synergizing with Ketamine: Mechanistic and Translational Insights from Glutamatergic Adjunctive Agents
20:55 - 21:10, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Kalutota Samarasinghe
Co-Author(s): Jennifer Swainson21:00Break
21:20 - 21:30, Heritage Hall
WORKSHOP: What Makes Changing Our Minds So Hard - Active Inference, Free Energy, Computational Psychiatry and the Neuroscience of Behaviour
21:30 - 22:30, Mount Temple Ballroom A/B - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Richard Hibbard
WORKSHOP: The Hidden Curriculum - Making the Implicit (more) Explicit
21:30 - 22:30, Beehive/Lakeshore - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Monique Jericho
RESIDENT: Ketamine and Esketamine for Post-partum Depression: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis
21:35 - 21:50, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Gilmar Gutierrez
Co-Author(s): Isis Lunsky, Xena Wang, Andrea Zhuang, Jennifer Swainson
RESIDENT: Early Psychosis Intervention Programs: Clinical Impacts, Economic Value, and the Need for Urgent Provincial Expansion in Alberta
21:55 - 22:10, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Rees Kelly22:00RESIDENT: Participant Acceptability and Feedback Regarding a Community-Based Mental Health Workshop Designed for Black Communities in Canada
22:15 - 22:30, Saddleback/Glacier - Evaluate the session
Speaker(s): Dr. Deborah Adesegun
Co-Author(s): Brae Anne McArthur, Sydney Seidel, Tamara Williamson, Nikita Kalonji, Chelsea Moran, Chrystiana Wamana
Delegate Reception
22:30 - 23:30, Heritage Hall - 13:00Hot Buffet Breakfast
13:00 - 14:30, Heritage Hall16:00Refreshment Break
16:00 - 16:15, Heritage Hall