Psych Congress 2020 highlights: Insights from pandemic, suicide risk assessment and more
Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of five major stories from the Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience conference.
Psychiatric insights gained from the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of devising a risk assessment plan for treating suicidal patients and substance use among older patients were among the presentation topics at the virtual meeting.
COVID-19 pandemic has provided mental health professionals with psychiatric insights
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided mental health care providers with opportunities to gain insights into patient psychiatry during a public health crisis, according to Christoph Correll, MD, professor of psychiatry and molecular medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. Read more.
Speaker: Devise risk assessment plan for treating suicidal patients
Working with suicidal individuals is inevitable for clinicians, thus making it essential to understand suicide and create a plan for its risk assessment, according to Doreen S. Marshall, PhD, vice president of programs at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Read more.
Older patients at increased risk for substance use, comorbid psychiatric disorders
Substance use is increasing among elderly patients, a population also presenting with increasing needs related to comorbid psychiatric disorders, according to Olivera Bogunovic, MD, medical director of ambulatory services at Harvard Medical School’s McLean Hospital. Read more.
Transgender individuals with mental illness benefit from modernized psychiatric care
Psychiatrists play an important role in the care of transgender individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders, according to Dan Karasic, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. Read more.
Expert outlines clinical considerations for psychotropic medications during pregnancy
Clinicians must make important considerations regarding the use of psychotropic medications and substances among pregnant women, according to Marlene P. Freeman, MD, associate director of the Center for Women’s Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital. Read more.