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Date and time:
September 22nd - 24th, 2011,
Thursday, Sept. 22nd, 7 to 9 pm
Friday, Sept. 23rd, 8:15 am to 4 pm
Saturday, Sept. 24th, 9 am to 12 pm

Dr. Carl Salzman is a very well known and appreciated听teacher of psychopharmacology. He is one of the principal听teachers and organizers of the Harvard University CME听program. His syllabus for the Montreal course will be similar听to those CME programs in Boston, Cape Cod and Martha's听Vineyard.

Don't miss this chance for high level teaching from a听knowledgeable and humane teacher and professor!

Fees:

$125.00 for psychiatrists and physicians

$25.00 for psychiatry residents &听professionals.

This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the听Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians听and Surgeons of Canada.

For further information :听C茅cile Francois, 514-340-8222, local 2236
Reservation : cfrancoi [at] jgh.mcgill.ca

Please fill the coupon and mail it to:
C. Fran莽ois, ICFP, 4333 Cote St. Catherine, Montreal,
QC, H3T 1E4, with a cheque made to the Department of听Psychiatry

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This course will be divided into 6 teaching modules.

Module #1: Thursday evening.

The clinically important science of psychopharmacology treatment:

neurobiologic mechanisms of psychiatric disorders and the pharmacologic听mechanisms of their treatment. The 7 sins of psychopharmacology.

• Basic neurotransmission and neurotransmitters
• Clinically important receptors and their dysfunction
• What is the role of genes in psychiatric disorders?
• What is the role of genes in the pharmacologic treatment of听psychiatric disorders?
• What is epigenetics and why does it matter?
• The neurobiology of attachment, stress and separation
• The neurobiology of psychosis, depression, anxiety

• Clinically important pharmacokinetics
• Enzymes and drug interactions
• Important psychotropic drug blood levels
• The role of substance abuse in psychotropic drug effects
• Is the blood brain barrier clinically important in prescribing?
• Rational vs. irrational polypharmacy

Module #2: Friday morning.

The treatment of psychosis: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

• Update on antipsychotic drugs, mood stabilizers and side effects
• Newer drugs; comparison with standard drugs
• Emerging information on side effects
• The re-emergence of lithium
• Anticonvulsants and unusual effects and side effects
• Do antidepressants make bipolar disorder worse?

Module #3: Friday afternoon.

Treatment of depression

• Review of basic antidepressant treatments
• Preventing relapse and recurrence
• Newer drugs; comparison with standard drugs
• Are there therapeutic differences among antidepressants?
• SSRI, and bupropion enzyme interactions
• To switch or augment? A treatment conundrum.
• Are all augmenting drugs really effective?
• What about OTC augmenting substances?
• Do antidepressants increase suicidal risk?
• Do antidepressants increase osteoporosis?

Module #4: Friday afternoon.

Treatment of anxiety, and sleep and personality disorders; geriatric听psychopharmacology.

• Are benzodiazepines good or bad?
• Who are antidepressants clinically really effective for?
• Remember MAO inhibitors for panic?
• PTSD: rational polypharmacy
• OCD: any good pharmacology treatments?
• Approaches to sleep disturbance treatment

Module #5: Saturday morning:

• Treatment of Personality Disorder
• Overlapping target symptoms in personality disorder
• Rational polypharmacy for personality disorder?

Module #6:

• Geriatric psychopharmacology.
• 5 categories for geriatric psychotropic drug treatment
• Dosing is important in the elderly! Don鈥檛 over or undermedicate
• Do antipsychotics kill the elderly?
• Depression vs. unhappiness
• Memory medications?
• What is a geriatric psychopharmacologist to do?