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Forward15th Annual Behavioral Health and Aging Conference
ATTENTION UPMC AND WESTERN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL STAFF: If your department is paying your tuition, please have them complete the department transfer form first HERE Then come back to the registration page and use the code they give you.
This year we celebrate the 15th year for this community-based conference focusing on the behavioral health needs of our older population. This year we will discuss three broad themes. Our first theme is populations with particularly challenging needs, including older adults with personality disorders, such narcissistic personality disorder, as well as continuing our discussion on addressing substance abuse in late life. The second theme focuses on cognition, specifically defining what is “normal cognitive aging" and identifying what can be early cognitive changes that suggest underlying disease. In addition, we will discuss medications, and specifically psychiatric medications, that can negatively impact cognition. Our third theme reflects the need for newer and better tools to treat late life depression; to that end, we will have a presentation on a newly developed evidenced-based brief psychotherapy for depression in late life.
Target Audience
Providers working with older adults including physicians, nurses, front-line staff, case managers/service coordinators, therapists, and clinicians. Family and caregivers are welcome to attend.
Learning Objectives
Identify models which explain maladaptive personality traits in later life.
Describe the motivation-behavior pathways in narcissistic personality disorder and other prominent personality disorders.
Describe social isolation’s impact on clinical work with depressed patients.
Discuss the impact of aging, cognitive and mood-related factors in psychotherapy for depression in later life.
Describe trends in substance use in older adults.
Identify the preferred treatment modalities for substance use in older adults.
Define what is considered normal cognitive changes in later life.
Differentiate between mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Describe the risks versus benefits of psychotropic use in the elderly.
Identify best practices for use of psychotropic medication in the elderly.
8:15 - 8:30 AM | Zoom Log In |
8:30 - 8:40 AM | WELCOME Ellen M. Whyte, MD |
8:40 - 10:10 AM | WHEN PERSONALITY GETS IN THE WAY OF CARE: WORKING WITH OLDER ADULTS WITH NARCISSISTIC OR OTHER PERSONALITY DISORDERS Anna Szücs, MD, PhD
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10:10 - 10:25 AM | BREAK
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10:25 - 11:40 AM | ENGAGE & CONNECT: A NEUROSCIENCE-INFORMED PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION Nili Solomonov, PhD
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11:40 - 12:20 PM | LUNCH
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12:20 – 12:25 PM | ANNOUNCEMENTS Candace Fraser, DO |
12:25 – 1:40 PM | SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND THE ELDERLY Antoine Douaihy, MD and Dennis C. Daley, PhD
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1:40 - 2:55 PM | NORMAL AGING VS PATHOLOGICAL COGNITIVE DECLINE IN LATE-LIFE Kelley M Bellia, DO and Chantale El Alam, MD
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2: 55 - 3:05 PM | BREAK
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3:05 – 4:20PM | COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AS A POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECT OF COMMON PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION Kavya Achyutuni, PharmD
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4:20 – 4:30 PM | WRAP UP AND ADJOURN Ellen M. Whyte, MD |
COURSE DIRECTORS
Candace M Fraser, DO
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Ellen M Whyte, MD
Service Chief & Medical Director, Geriatric Psychiatry
Medical Director, Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
STEERING COMMITTEE
Christopher Fullerton, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC
Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Programs
UPMC Western Behavioral Health
Pittsburgh, PA
Sarah Goldberg, LCSW
Lead Therapist
Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Programs
UPMC Western Behavioral Health
Pittsburgh, PA
Holly Rearick, PA-C
Geriatric Psychiatry Outpatient Programs
UPMC Western Behavioral Health
Pittsburgh, PA
Andrea Weinstein, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
PRESENTERS
Anna Szücs, MD PhD
Research Fellow
Division of Family Medicine
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
Nili Solomonov, PhD
Assistant Attending Psychologist
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry
Antoine Douaihy, MD
Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Dennis C. Daley, PhD
Former Chief of Drug and Alcohol Services
UPMC Western Behavioral Health
Former Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Kelley M Bellia DO
Geriatric Medicine Fellow
Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Chantale El Alam, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Kavya Achyutuni, PharmD
Pharmacy Resident II
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT/CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDITS
Physicians
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Psychologists
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer psychology continuing education by the American Psychological Association. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Psychologists completing this course receive 6.0 continuing education credits.
Counselors
Education and Consultative Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5059. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Education and Consultative Services of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Licensed/Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists: LSW/LCSW/LPC/LMFT
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 6.0 continuing education credits.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Nurses and other health care professionals are awarded a maximum of .60 Continuing Education Units (CEU's). One CEU is equal to 10 contact hours. Nurses: For attending this program you will receive a Certificate of Attendance confirming a maximum of 6.0 hours of continuing education. These hours may be considered eligible for completing the 30 hours of continuing education required for biannual nursing re-licensure in Pennsylvania.
Available Credit
- 6.50 AAPA Category I CME
- 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 6.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 6.50 APA
- 6.00 ASWB
- 6.50 Attendance