Frank J. MacDonell Lectureship & Addiction Psychiatry Update

Thursday, October 18, 2007
Rachel Upjohn Building
Depression Center and Ambulatory Psychiatry
Auditorium and Conference Room (Garden Level)

Program of Events

Thursday, October 18, 2007

7:45 – 8:15 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
8:15 – 8:30 a.m.

Opening Welcome

Robert A. Zucker, Ph.D.
Director, Substance Abuse Section and Addiction Research Center
U-M Department of Psychiatry

Gregory W. Dalack, M.D.
Interim Chair, U-M Department of Psychiatry

Phil O'Dwyer, Ed.D.
Clinical Director, Brookfield Clinics & Adjunct Professor of Counseling, Oakland University Frank MacDonell and the MacDonell Lectureship: Some remembrances

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

Evaluation and Treatment of Alcohol Dependent Patients with Sleep Disturbances

Deirdre A. Conroy, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, U-M Department of Psychiatry

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Suicidality, impulsivity, serotonin-related genes and treatment of outcomes in alcohol dependencies

Marcin Wojnar, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow, U-M Addiction Research Center Associate Professor, Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Psychiatry

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 – noon

Medications to Reduce Drinking: What’s New?

Photo: Henry R. Kranzler, M.D.Henry R. Kranzler, M.D.
MacDonell Lecturer Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center
Associate Scientific Director, University of Connecticut Alcohol Research Center

noon1:15 p.m.

Lunch on your own

1:15 - 2:30 p.m.

Workshop #1

(Track A) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Substance Use Disorders
Garden Level Conference Room 1742B

(Track B) Integrating Treatment Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
Rachel Upjohn Building Auditorium

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 - 4:00 p.m.

Workshop #2 Attendance at alternate workshop

(Track A) Integrating Treatment for Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
Rachel Upjohn Building Auditorium

(Track B) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Substance Use Disorders
Garden Level Conference Room 1742B

4:00 p.m.
Meeting ends
   
   
   

RSVP to Carol Skala carolska@umich.edu by October 8th. Please indicate:

  • Name
  • Organization
  • If you are requesting CME, CAC or Social Work credits
  • Which workshop(s) you are attending

Cost: None

Directions:

Depression Center and Ambulatory Psychiatry
Rachel Upjohn Building

Audience:

Meeting suitable for: Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, and Substance Abuse Treatment Providers

Learning Objectives:

  1. Become familiar with FDA-approved medications to treat alcohol dependence
  2. Learn about new pharmacologic strategies and new medications to reduce drinking behavior
  3. Learn about empirically-based behavioral treatments for substance abuse
  4. Learn about new brief intervention technologies

Continuing Education Credits:

5.75 CME Credits - University of Michigan Medical School:

The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Michigan Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

5.75 CAC Credits - Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals

3.0 Social Work CE Credits – Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative

 

Disclosures:

This event is funded in whole by the Frank J. MacDonell Endowment to the University of Michigan and includes no commercial support from outside sources.

Dr. Kirk J. Brower discloses a consultant relationship with Pfizer, specifically Chantix and will control educational content about the products of the commercial interest.

 

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