Medical Comorbidity & C-L Psychiatry: Conference Sessions

MGH 50th Annual Psychopharmacology Conference

October 16–18, 2026 · Boston, MA

• WorkshopMedical Issues in Psychiatry

  Theodore A. Stern · Christopher M. Celano · Amy Newhouse

  Ticketed evening session on managing medical comorbidity in psychiatric patients.

• LecturePsychopharmacology of Obesity with Comorbid Eating Disorders

  Esther Dechant

  Medication approaches for patients who have obesity together with an eating disorder.

  Eating DisordersGLP-1 & Metabolic Psychiatry

• LectureCannabis & Pain

  Julia Arnsten

  Reviews the role and evidence for cannabis in treating pain.

  Cannabis & Cannabinoids

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

  Theodore A. Stern

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

  Emergency & Acute Psychiatry

• LectureSeizure Disorders and Non-Epileptic Seizures

  Amy Newhouse

  Discusses seizure disorders and non-epileptic seizures from a psychiatric perspective.

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MasterPsych Psychiatry Conference 2026

October 19–22, 2026 · Newport Beach, CA

• LectureBipolar Disorder with Multiple Comorbidities and Special Populations

  Mark A. Frye

  Tailoring bipolar treatment when comorbid conditions or special populations complicate care.

  Bipolar Disorder

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

October 26–31, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• LectureWraparound Model for Families of Kids With Diabetes

  Amy G. Nevin

  Describes a wraparound family support model for children with diabetes.

  Child & AdolescentCollaborative & Integrated Care

• SessionMy Sister’s Keeper : Savior Siblings and the Underexplored Role of Siblings in Patient’s Lives and in Psychotherapy

  Gabrielle H. Silver · Catherine Fuchs · Julia A. Kearney · Tasia York

  A film-based session using My Sister's Keeper to examine savior siblings and the role of siblings in development, medical ethics and psychopathology, followed by facilitated discussion of clinical interventions.

  Child & AdolescentPsychotherapy

• LectureWhen to Worry: Managing Medical and Nutritional Concerns in Youth With Eating Disorders

  Jennifer L. Derenne

  Covers how to recognize and manage medical and nutritional complications in young patients with eating disorders.

  Child & AdolescentEating Disorders

• SessionFrontline Psychiatry: Emerging Treatments for Regression, Aggression, Cerebral Palsy, and the Care of Medically Fragile Youth With Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  Pankhuree Vandana · Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele · Kathleen A. Koth · Ernest Pedapati · Lisa C. Yeh · Tasia York

  Reviews emerging treatments for regression and aggression and care of medically fragile youth with neurodevelopmental disorders.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersChild & Adolescent

• LectureApproaches to Mental Health and Intellectual Developmental Disability Management in Pediatric Cerebral Palsy

  Lisa C. Yeh

  Discusses managing mental health and intellectual/developmental disability concerns in children with cerebral palsy.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersChild & Adolescent

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APNA 40th Annual Conference

October 28–31, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• LecturePsychogastroenterology: How PMHNPs are Treating Symptoms of Gastrointestinal Disease

  Kelsey Kent

  How psychiatric treatment strategies can improve symptoms of gastrointestinal disease in PMHNP practice.

• LectureThe Role of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in Psycho-Oncology: Bridging Mental Health and Cancer Care

  Jennifer Tustison

  Introduces psycho-oncology for psychiatric nurses, including cancer-specific psychiatric presentations and psychopharmacology considerations. Pharmacology-eligible.

• LectureWhen Gynecological Pain Becomes a Mental Pain: Treating Mental Health in Patients with Endometriosis

  Kristin Demmert

  Examines the interplay between endometriosis and mental illness with tailored psychiatric treatment approaches.

  Perinatal & Women's Mental Health

AAAP 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium

November 12–15, 2026 · Memphis, TN

• SessionAn ICD for Harm Reduction: Methadone-Associated Torsades de Pointes in a Patient With Opioid Use Disorder

  Michelle Williamson

  Case of a man with opioid use disorder who developed torsades de pointes on methadone and other QT-prolonging exposures. Discusses withdrawal management, methadone retitration, and the decision to place a subcutaneous ICD as a harm reduction measure.

  Drug Interactions & SafetyOpioid Use Disorder

• PosterBone Health Outcomes Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: Buprenorphine vs. Methadone Across Two Complementary Analyses

  Claire Drotman

  Compares bone health outcomes with buprenorphine versus methadone.

  Opioid Use Disorder

• PosterHidden in Plain Sight: Cocaine Induced Midline Destructive Lesions Misdiagnosed as Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis in a High Functioning Patient with 40 Years of Concealed Cocaine Use

  Angelica DiLorenzo

  Case of cocaine-induced midline lesions misdiagnosed as a vasculitis.

  Substance Use Disorders

• PosterWhen Psychiatry Changes the Stroke Workup: Nitrous Oxide Associated Mixed Arterial and Venous Thrombosis Presenting as Recurrent Stroke and Central Auditory Dysfunction

  Mashal Jamil

  Case of nitrous oxide use linked to arterial and venous thrombosis presenting as recurrent stroke.

  Substance Use Disorders

• PosterPsychosis or Encephalopathy? Addiction Psychiatry Challenges in Co-Occurring Schizophrenia, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Decompensated Liver Disease

  Fnu Shashi Kant

  Case distinguishing psychosis from hepatic encephalopathy in schizophrenia with AUD.

  Alcohol Use DisorderSchizophrenia & Psychosis

NPA 32nd Annual Psychopharmacology Update 2027

February 10–13, 2027 · Las Vegas, NV

• LectureDelirium

  Jose Maldonado

  Recognition, workup, and management of delirium, including when and how to use antipsychotics.

  Antipsychotic PrescribingDementia & Cognitive Disorders

• LecturePsychiatric Treatment of Cardiac Patients

  Christopher M. Celano

  Safe psychotropic prescribing in cardiac disease, including QTc and drug-interaction considerations.

  Drug Interactions & Safety

39th ECNP Congress

October 10–13, 2026 · Munich, Germany

• LectureE04 – Chronic pain in mental health disorders – what do we know and where are we going?

  Ben Seymour · Thomas Nevian

  Composite pain biomarkers and the neurobiology linking chronic pain with psychiatric comorbidity.

  Neuroscience & Mechanisms

• SymposiumMS04 – EAN Mini Symposium – Rethinking the psychiatric approach in neurology conditions: in case of movement disorders

  Anna Rita Bentivoglio · Jaime Kulisevsky

  Joint neurology session on psychiatric management in Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease psychosis.

  Tardive Dyskinesia & Movement DisordersSchizophrenia & Psychosis

• SymposiumS22 – Excess mortality in people with mental health problems – influence of comorbidity

  Elias Wagner · Ana Jiménez Peinado · Toby Pillinger · J. John Mann

  Evidence on premature mortality in anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, and the role of physical comorbidity and inflammation.

  Inflammation & ImmunopsychiatrySchizophrenia & PsychosisSerious Mental Illness

WCP 2026 — 26th World Congress of Psychiatry

September 23–26, 2026 · Stockholm, Sweden

• CourseCourse 09: Inflammatory Signatures and Somatic Comorbidity in Psychiatry: Foundations for Precision Immunopsychiatry

  Angelo Halaris · Janet Cunningham

  Course on inflammation-based markers and somatic comorbidity as a basis for precision immunopsychiatry.

  Inflammation & ImmunopsychiatryPharmacogenomics & Precision Psychiatry

• SymposiumPresidential Symposium: Modern Approaches to Comorbidity in Somatic and Mental Health Disorders and Vice Versa

Medical Psychiatry: Comprehensive Update Conference 2026

September 17–20, 2026 · Online

• CourseInterface of Pain and Addiction in CL

  Claire Twark

  On-demand mini-course on managing patients where chronic pain and substance use disorders overlap.

  Substance Use Disorders

• LecturePsychiatric Consultation in the Medical/Surgical Setting: The Art of the Consult

  Felicia Smith

  How to conduct effective psychiatric consultations on medical and surgical floors, covering the practical craft of the consult itself.

• LectureApplying Psychosocial Formulation and Intervention in Complex Clinical Settings

  Michelle Jacobo

  Using psychosocial formulation to guide interventions for patients whose medical and psychological problems intersect in complicated ways.

  Psychotherapy

• LectureDifficult Capacity Assessments: Ethical and Legal Considerations

  Jhilam Biswas

  Navigating the ethics and law of decision-making capacity evaluations when the answer is not clear-cut.

  Forensic & CorrectionalPractice, Policy & Workforce

• LectureManagement of Agitation in the Medical Setting

  Naomi Schmelzer

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

  Emergency & Acute Psychiatry

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