This presentation was originally reviewed on October 21, 2024, and live streamed online on October 23, 2024, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET.

Most lectures on suicide assume an academic perspective by focusing exclusively on research related to suicide or clinical disorders associated with suicide. This presentation will take a different perspective by presenting information about evidence-based strategies for suicide prevention and then hearing from three survivors of suicide attempts about their experiences with some of these strategies. The participants will learn about the non-linear and unexpected path each survivor took to recover from their intense suicidality. What worked, what didn’t, and how unexpected interventions and social connection contributed to traditional treatments. The testimonies of the survivors will be honest in their appraisal of the behavioral health system, and the effort and commitment required to achieve recovery. The important takeaway of the presentation is that no single treatment for suicidality is effective for all patients, and each patient will experience periods of trial and error as they search for the treatment that is most effective for them. Ultimately, each person finds treatments that support their functionality realizing that treatments for suicidality are often not fully curative. Three persons will share their stories of resilience and recovery. 

This presentation explores the role of psychoanalytically-informed, hospital-based care in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatry’s most treatment-refractory patients. Object relations theory and Bion’s exposition of group psychological processes inform an understanding of transference-counter transference phenomena which endow the psychoanalytic hospital with its uniquely mutative potential.

Battles over the role of “race” in education and the structures that uphold racial privilege and inequity burst into the national spotlight in the 2020s. But the origins of the debate, and the politics that undergird it, track back decades, and play out in unexpected ways. In this thought-provoking talk, Dr. Metzl provides an analysis of how, within the sociopolitical context of the 1960s and 1970s, the intersection of race and mental health altered the way that mental illness was diagnosed, understood, and treated in the United States. Once considered a nonthreatening disease that primarily targeted white middle-class women, Metzl provides an historical exploration of how schizophrenia became associated with the perceived hostility, rebellion, mistrust, and violence of Black men during the Civil Rights movement.

Psychedelic therapy is quickly gaining recognition as a possible treatment for psychiatric illness across much of the diagnostic spectrum. This talk will focus on the early evidence for the safety and efficacy of psychedelic therapy within patients with particularly difficult to treat presentations of depression including bipolar type II depression, depression with chronic active suicidal ideation and severely treatment resistant depression. Insights will be shared from the experience of a master clinical researcher as he explored the use of psilocybin.

This presentation was originally reviewed on December 17, 2024, and live streamed online on December 18, 2024, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET.

For elite athletes, high achieving students and professionals, the pressure of school, sports, work, friends, family, including many other things out of our control can be incredibly overwhelming. Typical emotions include helplessness, hopelessness, discouragement, and demoralization. These experiences can mimic and even precipitate mental illness like Major Depression or Anxiety Disorders. Despite the chaos, we have the power to be happy and successful when we simplify and focus our attention on the things that remain in our control This presentation will discuss modern trends in competitive athletics, identify and address associated mental health vulnerabilities, and teach actionable takeaways focusing on effort, attitude and gratitude to successfully navigate challenges with competitive environments, learn from setbacks, build confidence and maximize enjoyment.

This presentation was originally reviewed on December 9, 2024, and in person and live streamed online on December 10, 2024, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on November 19, 2024, and in person and live streamed online on November 20, 2024, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET.

This presentation was originally reviewed on November 4, 2024, and in person and live streamed online on November 6, 2024, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET.