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DESCRIPTION:Date and time:\nSeptember 22nd - 24th\, 2011\,\nThursday\, Sept
 . 22nd\, 7 to 9 pm\nFriday\, Sept. 23rd\, 8:15 am to 4 pm\nSaturday\, Sept
 . 24th\, 9 am to 12 pm\nDr. Carl Salzman is a very well known and\nappreci
 ated teacher of psychopharmacology. He is one of the\nprincipal teachers a
 nd organizers of the Harvard University\nCME program. His syllabus for the
  Montreal course will be\nsimilar to those CME programs in Boston\, Cape C
 od and\nMartha's Vineyard.\nDon't miss this chance for high level teaching
  from\na knowledgeable and humane teacher and professor!\nFees:\n$125.00 f
 or psychiatrists and physicians\n$25.00 for psychiatry residents & profess
 ionals.\nThis event is an accredited group learning activity as defined\nb
 y the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal\nCollege of Physic
 ians and Surgeons of Canada.\nFor further information : Cécile Francois\, 
 514-340-8222\,\nlocal 2236\nReservation : cfrancoi [at] jgh.mcgill.ca\nPle
 ase fill the coupon and mail it to:\nC. François\, ICFP\, 4333 Cote St. Ca
 therine\, Montreal\,\nQC\, H3T 1E4\, with a cheque made to the Department
 \nof Psychiatry\n \nThis course will be divided into 6 teaching modules.\n
 Module #1: Thursday\nevening.\nThe clinically important science of psychop
 harmacology\ntreatment:\nneurobiologic mechanisms of psychiatric disorders
  and the\npharmacologic mechanisms of their treatment. The 7 sins of\npsyc
 hopharmacology.\n\nBasic neurotransmission and neurotransmitters\nClinical
 ly important receptors and their dysfunction\nWhat is the role of genes in
  psychiatric disorders?\nWhat is the role of genes in the pharmacologic tr
 eatment\nof psychiatric disorders?\nWhat is epigenetics and why does it ma
 tter?\nThe neurobiology of attachment\, stress and separation\nThe neurobi
 ology of psychosis\, depression\, anxiety\n\n\nClinically important pharma
 cokinetics\nEnzymes and drug interactions\nImportant psychotropic drug blo
 od levels\nThe role of substance abuse in psychotropic drug effects\nIs th
 e blood brain barrier clinically important in\nprescribing?\nRational vs. 
 irrational polypharmacy\n\nModule #2: Friday morning.\nThe treatment of ps
 ychosis: schizophrenia and bipolar\ndisorder.\n\nUpdate on antipsychotic d
 rugs\, mood stabilizers and side\neffects\nNewer drugs\; comparison with s
 tandard drugs\nEmerging information on side effects\nThe re-emergence of l
 ithium\nAnticonvulsants and unusual effects and side effects\nDo antidepre
 ssants make bipolar disorder worse?\n\nModule #3: Friday afternoon.\nTreat
 ment of depression\n\nReview of basic antidepressant treatments\nPreventin
 g relapse and recurrence\nNewer drugs\; comparison with standard drugs\nAr
 e there therapeutic differences among antidepressants?\nSSRI\, and bupropi
 on enzyme interactions\nTo switch or augment? A treatment conundrum.\nAre 
 all augmenting drugs really effective?\nWhat about OTC augmenting substanc
 es?\nDo antidepressants increase suicidal risk?\nDo antidepressants increa
 se osteoporosis?\n\nModule #4: Friday afternoon.\nTreatment of anxiety\, a
 nd sleep and personality disorders\;\ngeriatric psychopharmacology.\n\nAre
  benzodiazepines good or bad?\nWho are antidepressants clinically really e
 ffective for?\nRemember MAO inhibitors for panic?\nPTSD: rational polyphar
 macy\nOCD: any good pharmacology treatments?\nApproaches to sleep disturba
 nce treatment\n\nModule #5: Saturday morning:\n\nTreatment of Personality 
 Disorder\nOverlapping target symptoms in personality disorder\nRational po
 lypharmacy for personality disorder?\n\nModule #6:\n\nGeriatric psychophar
 macology.\n5 categories for geriatric psychotropic drug treatment\nDosing 
 is important in the elderly! Don’t over or\nundermedicate\nDo antipsychoti
 cs kill the elderly?\nDepression vs. unhappiness\nMemory medications?\nWha
 t is a geriatric psychopharmacologist to do?\n\n
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110924
LOCATION:CA\, 4333 Cote St. Catherine Rd\,\, 4333 Cote St. Catherine Rd\, \
 , Amphitheatre Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry \, Montreal
SUMMARY:Psychopharmacology Course
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