Emergency & Acute Psychiatry: Conference Sessions

MGH 50th Annual Psychopharmacology Conference

October 16–18, 2026 · Boston, MA

• LectureDelirium: Differential Diagnosis, Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention

  Theodore A. Stern

  Covers how to distinguish, evaluate, treat and prevent delirium in medically ill patients.

  Medical Comorbidity & C-L Psychiatry

• SessionPharmacologic Approach to Psychiatric Urgent Care

  Meaghan Rudolph

  Evening seminar on medication strategies for urgent psychiatric presentations.

• SessionViolence Risk Assessment in Clinical Practice

  James Barrett · Frederick Cabral

  Evening seminar on practical assessment of violence risk in clinical settings.

  Forensic & Correctional

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

October 26–31, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• LectureBuilding a Culture of Measurement: A Two-Tiered Measurement-Based Care Model in Residential Psychiatry

  Alexis Briggie

  Presents a two-tiered measurement-based care model implemented in a residential psychiatric setting.

  Measurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• SessionElevating Residential Treatment: Integrating Innovation With Proven Therapeutic Practice

  Justine Larson · Yolanda Graham · Terry Git Lee · Kalyani Samudra · Heather Smith · Thomas Ricart · Stephen Mateka

  Explores how residential treatment programs for youth can incorporate new approaches while maintaining established therapeutic practices.

  Child & Adolescent

• LecturePartnership With Advanced Practice Providers on Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Units: Innovative Models and Lessons Learned

  Yasas Chandra Tanguturi

  Covers staffing models and lessons learned from partnering with advanced practice providers on child and adolescent inpatient units.

  Child & AdolescentPractice, Policy & Workforce

• LectureAdvanced Practice Providers in Emergency Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Care: Clinical Expectations and Physician Assistant Perspective

  Elizabeth A. Cook

  Discusses the role and clinical expectations of advanced practice providers, from a physician assistant viewpoint, in emergency child and adolescent psychiatry.

  Child & AdolescentPractice, Policy & Workforce

• SessionBest Practices for Integrating Advanced Practice Providers Into Higher Levels of Care: Understanding the Provider Perspective for Innovative Staffing Models

  Thomas Ricart · Todd Peters · Yasas Chandra Tanguturi · Joyce Chen · Mollie Quinn Gurley · Elizabeth A. Cook

  Discusses staffing models that integrate advanced practice providers into higher levels of psychiatric care, from the providers' perspective.

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

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APNA 40th Annual Conference

October 28–31, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• WorkshopBeyond the Code: Transforming Nursing Confidence in Behavioral Health Emergency Management

  Alirio Olmedo · Sonny Okundolor · Maria Capiral

  Deep dive on de-escalation training and behavioral emergency response team competencies to build nurse confidence in crisis situations and improve workplace safety.

  Education & Training

• WorkshopFrom Risk to Resilience: Findings and Recommendations From the APNA Restoring Workplace Safety Task Force

  Kristen Kichefski · Linda Beeber

  Panel from APNA's workplace safety task force presenting evidence-based recommendations for addressing violence against psychiatric nurses.

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

• CourseChild & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing Boot Camp – Part 1

  Jamie Zelazny · Jessica M. Gordon · Isabel Grace Buckingham · Michaela K. Hogan

  First half of a two-part intensive covering developmental foundations, psychiatric assessment, safety evaluation, and crisis management in youth.

  Child & AdolescentMeasurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• WorkshopRebuilding Safety Culture: Transforming Injury Reduction and BPPE Practices on a Neurobehavioral Unit

  Austin Corsmeier

  Multi-year safety overhaul of a pediatric neurobehavioral unit that cut staff injuries and restraint use.

  Child & AdolescentPractice, Policy & Workforce

• LectureEvaluating the Efficacy of a Standardized Buprenorphine Induction Protocol to Reduce Precipitated Withdrawal in Emergency Department Patients with Opioid Withdrawal

  Marcus Boutte

  Evidence for standardized ED buprenorphine induction protocols that lower precipitated-withdrawal risk and improve engagement.

  Opioid Use Disorder

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AAAP 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium

November 12–15, 2026 · Memphis, TN

• WorkshopCOMMITTED: A New PBS Series on Outpatient Commitment

  Kenneth Rosenberg · Alison Breaux · David Pool · Steven Foglesong · Laurence Westreich

  Screens and discusses a PBS documentary series on outpatient commitment, with perspectives from psychiatrists, judges, and law enforcement.

  Forensic & CorrectionalSerious Mental Illness

• WorkshopImproving Emergency Department Protocols of Care for Overdose Survivors Using Suicide Prevention Frameworks

  Joan Chen · Amira Athanasios · Jessica Sainz

  Adapts suicide prevention frameworks to strengthen emergency department care pathways for overdose survivors.

  Opioid Use DisorderSuicide & Self-Harm

• Oral abstractMedications for Opioid Use Disorder in VHA Acute Care Settings: A Quality Improvement Study

  Brian Fuehrlein

  Quality improvement study of MOUD delivery in VHA acute care settings.

  Opioid Use Disorder

• Oral abstractSubstance Use and Outcomes following Intramuscular Antipsychotic Treatment for Acute Pediatric Agitation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

  Angelo Chaia

  Retrospective study of outcomes after intramuscular antipsychotics for pediatric agitation, by substance use status.

  Antipsychotic PrescribingChild & AdolescentSubstance Use Disorders

• PosterImpact of Cannabis Legalization on Emergency Department Visits, Cannabis-Induced Psychosis, and Psychiatric Outcomes: A Community Hospital Analysis

  Jaskaran Singh

  Community hospital analysis of ED visits and psychosis after cannabis legalization.

  Cannabis & Cannabinoids

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NPA 32nd Annual Psychopharmacology Update 2027

February 10–13, 2027 · Las Vegas, NV

• LectureEmergency Psychopharmacology

  Kimberly Nordstrom

  Pharmacologic management of agitation and other psychiatric emergencies in acute settings.

  Antipsychotic Prescribing

Substance Use Disorders: A Comprehensive Review and Update 2027

February 15–17, 2027 · Lake Buena Vista, FL

• LectureInpatient & Outpatient Medically Managed Withdrawal

  Vinod Rao

  Reviews medically managed withdrawal in inpatient and outpatient settings.

  Alcohol Use Disorder

WCP 2026 — 26th World Congress of Psychiatry

September 23–26, 2026 · Stockholm, Sweden

• SymposiumManagement of Psychiatry Services in the Times of War: Practical Lessons from Ukraine

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

• SessionPresidential Panel: Coercion in Psychiatric Treatment

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

• PlenaryPlenary Session 06: The Role of Psychiatrists in Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies

  Gregory Keane

  How psychiatrists can contribute to mental health responses in conflict and disaster settings.

  PTSD & Trauma

Medical Psychiatry: Comprehensive Update Conference 2026

September 17–20, 2026 · Online

• LectureManagement of Agitation in the Medical Setting

  Naomi Schmelzer

  Approaches to de-escalating and pharmacologically managing agitated patients on medical units.

  Medical Comorbidity & C-L Psychiatry

• LecturePsychiatric Emergencies: Catatonia, NMS, Serotonin Syndrome

  Nathan Praschan

  Recognition and treatment of the major life-threatening neuropsychiatric syndromes seen in hospitalized patients.

  CatatoniaDrug Interactions & SafetyTardive Dyskinesia & Movement Disorders

• LectureAcute Psychiatric Management and ED Boarding

  Sejal Shah

  Caring for psychiatric patients boarding in emergency departments while awaiting inpatient placement.

• LectureManagement of Behavioral Outbursts in Developmentally Delayed Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in the Hospital Setting

  Usman Ghumman

  Strategies for managing behavioral crises in hospitalized patients with developmental disabilities across the pediatric-to-young-adult span.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersChild & Adolescent

Psych Congress 2026

September 15–19, 2026 · New Orleans, LA

• DebateSolving 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.

  Opioid Use DisorderSubstance Use Disorders