Substance Use Disorders at Psych Congress 2026
4 sessions on substance use disorders · September 15–19, 2026, New Orleans, LA. Compare substance use disorders at other meetings →
Tuesday, September 15
Symposium · Substance Use Disorders
Cannabis Use and Mental Illness: What We Now Know (and Don't)
Updates clinicians on cannabis-induced psychosis, mood effects, and dose-response data amid rising THC potency, with practical tapering strategies and treatment pathways for cannabis use disorder.
Wednesday, September 16
Lecture · ADHD
ADHD With Comorbidities: Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Autism, and Substance Use Disorders
Frameworks for diagnostic clarification and treatment sequencing when ADHD co-occurs with anxiety, mood disorders, autism, or substance use, balancing symptom control against misuse and destabilization risks.
ADHD · Anxiety Disorders · Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Symposium · Psychotic Disorders
Not All Delusions are Schizophrenia: Understanding Delusional Disorders and the Overlap with Substance Induced Psychosis
Uses a historic case to teach differential diagnosis of psychosis beyond schizophrenia — substance-induced, delusional, and medical causes — including temporal analysis, labs, and imaging.
Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis · Schizophrenia & Psychosis
Friday, September 18
Debate · Solving Clinical Challenges
Solving Clinical Challenges: Curbside Solutions for Complex Substance Use Disorder Cases
Arwen Podesta · Veronica Ridpath · Lydia Bartholow
Case-based panel dissecting complex opioid, stimulant, and withdrawal scenarios — including where system failures and clinical errors led to poor outcomes — with harm-reduction takeaways.
Other topics at this meeting
Depression 10Neuroscience & Mechanisms 10Schizophrenia & Psychosis 9Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis 8Drug Pipeline & Clinical Trials 7Sleep & Insomnia 7ADHD 6Bipolar Disorder 6Drug Interactions & Safety 6Lifestyle & Integrative Psychiatry 6Psychotherapy 6Antipsychotic Prescribing 5