Medical Comorbidity & C-L Psychiatry at Medical Psychiatry: Comprehensive Update Conference 2026
26 sessions on medical comorbidity & c-l psychiatry · September 17–20, 2026, Online. Compare medical comorbidity & c-l psychiatry at other meetings →
Thursday, September 17
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Psychiatric Consultation in the Medical/Surgical Setting: The Art of the Consult
How to conduct effective psychiatric consultations on medical and surgical floors, covering the practical craft of the consult itself.
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Applying Psychosocial Formulation and Intervention in Complex Clinical Settings
Using psychosocial formulation to guide interventions for patients whose medical and psychological problems intersect in complicated ways.
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Difficult Capacity Assessments: Ethical and Legal Considerations
Navigating the ethics and law of decision-making capacity evaluations when the answer is not clear-cut.
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Management of Agitation in the Medical Setting
Approaches to de-escalating and pharmacologically managing agitated patients on medical units.
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Suicide Risk Assessment
A practical framework for evaluating suicide risk in medically ill patients.
Friday, September 18
Lecture
ECG Interpretation for the CL Psychiatrist
The essentials of reading electrocardiograms that consultation-liaison psychiatrists need for safe prescribing.
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Critical Care Psychiatry
Psychiatric assessment and management issues specific to patients in intensive care units.
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Delirium: Pathophysiology, Prevention and Treatment
What drives delirium biologically and how to prevent and treat it in hospitalized patients.
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Medically Unstable Eating Disorder
Managing the medical complications and inpatient care of patients with severe eating disorders.
Saturday, September 19
Lecture
Comprehensive Evaluation and Assessment of Transplant
How to conduct pre-transplant psychiatric and psychosocial evaluations of organ transplant candidates.
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Care of Complicated Burn and Trauma Patient
Psychiatric care of patients recovering from severe burns and traumatic injuries.
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Trauma-Informed Care in the Hospital Setting
Applying trauma-informed principles to reduce re-traumatization during inpatient medical care.
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Management of Substance Use Disorders in the Medical Setting
Initiating and managing addiction treatment for patients hospitalized on medical services.
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Psycho-Oncology Primer
Foundations of psychiatric care for patients with cancer.
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Management at the End of Life
Psychiatric contributions to care of patients approaching the end of life.
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Neurocognitive Effects from Chemotherapy
Understanding and addressing cognitive impairment associated with cancer treatment.
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Medical Aid in Dying
Clinical, ethical, and legal dimensions of medical aid in dying for the psychiatric consultant.
Sunday, September 20
Lecture
Psychiatric Disorders in Gastrointestinal Diseases
The interplay between GI illness and psychiatric symptoms, and how to manage both.
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Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders: A Medical Psychiatry Focus
Psychiatric presentations of endocrine and metabolic disease and their management.
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Inflammation, Autoimmune Disorders, and Psychiatric Illness
How inflammatory and autoimmune conditions produce neuropsychiatric symptoms and what to do about them.
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Neuropsychiatric Manifestations and Pharmacologic Considerations in HIV and Other Infectious Disorders
Psychiatric complications of HIV and other infections, including drug-drug interaction concerns.
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Neurocognitive Impairment and Dementia: Clinical Principles and Bedside Assessment
Practical bedside evaluation of cognitive impairment and dementia in the general hospital.
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Epilepsy and Stroke
Neuropsychiatric aspects of epilepsy and cerebrovascular disease.
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Neuropsychiatry of Movement Disorders
Psychiatric symptoms in Parkinson disease and other movement disorders and their treatment.
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Functional Neurologic and Somatoform Disorders: Assessment and Management
Diagnosing and treating functional neurological and somatic symptom disorders.
Schedule to be announced
Course
Interface of Pain and Addiction in CL
On-demand mini-course on managing patients where chronic pain and substance use disorders overlap.
Other topics at this meeting
Drug Interactions & Safety 5Emergency & Acute Psychiatry 4Substance Use Disorders 4Dementia & Cognitive Disorders 3Perinatal & Women's Mental Health 3Tardive Dyskinesia & Movement Disorders 2Practice, Policy & Workforce 2PTSD & Trauma 2Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders 1Cannabis & Cannabinoids 1Catatonia 1Child & Adolescent 1