The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology

2009 - 2010

GRAND ROUNDS

 Sponsored by the UAB School of Medicine, Division of CME  
 "The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 hour in category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the activity."

Archived Grand Rounds Schedules
If you need to reference past schedules or presentations, the following schedules are archived for your convenience.  
2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

September 2009

Criminal Risk and Health Risk
Faye S. Taxman, Ph.D.
Professor
Administration of Justice
George Mason University

Objectives:  
To understand the linkage between a criminal justice status and health status
To identify the key characteristics of criminal risk
To identify how best to provide clinical care to this population

Sept. 29
11:00am

Molecular Imaging of the Depression-Dementia Continuum
Gwenn S. Smith, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Objectives: 
To learn about the neurobiology of geriatric depression and the relationship to cognitive decline; To learn about molecular brain imaging methods and applications to geriatric depression  

References:
Smith G, Gunning-Dixon F, Lotrich F, Taylor W, Evans J.  (2007) Translational Research in Late-Life Mood Disorders: Implications for Future Intervention and Prevention Research. Neuropsychopharmacology. 32(9):1857-75
 
Smith, G., Kramer, E., Hermann, C., Ma, Y., Dhawan, V., Chaly, T., Eidelberg, D.  (2009)  Serotonin Modulation of Cerebral Glucose Metabolism in Geriatric Depression. Biological Psychiatry, 1;66(3):259-66. 
 
Smith, G., Kramer, E., Hermann, C., Ma, Y., Dhawan, V., Chaly, T., Eidelberg, D. (2009) The functional neuroanatomy of geriatric depression. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 24: 798–808.  

No Psychiatry Grand Rounds due to the

UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
Bevill Neuroscience Symposium 2009 - Neuroimaging
Link to Registration Form
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Agenda

Oct. 13
11:00am

Ethical Issues in Clinical Psychiatry
Vivian Friedman, Ph.D. 
Professor 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham  

Objectives:
To review ethical issues relating to clinical practice via case studies and audience discussion
1.  out of the office contact with patients
2.  forensic issues of confidentiality
3.  endorsement of products
4.  non-custodial parent issues

Link to Power Point Slides

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning
Glenn H. Magargee, MA, S-LPC
Bryan E. Tweed, MA, ALC
Mustard Seed Society, Inc.
R.O.C. (Rescue Our Children)
Pell City, AL

Objectives:
To introduce and demonstrate the effectiveness of this short-term, adventure-based treatment modality.

Prescription Drug Abuse: REMS and other bad dreams
Sidney Schnoll, M.D., Ph.D. 
Vice President Pharmaceutical Risk Management, Pinney Associates, Inc. 
Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University 
Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky 
 
Objectives:  
1. Participants will know the current data on rates of prescription drug abuse  
2. Participants will know the historical highlights of prescription drug abuse  
3. Participants will know the FDA approaches to prescription drug abuse

References: 
Kim, S.S, Finch, M.D., Nash, D.B., McCarberg, B.H., Schnoll, S.H., & Seifeldin, R., A Systems Approach to Identifying Inappropriate Use of Controlled Substances:  The Need for Balance.  Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Pat ient Safety, 31, 167-72, 2005 
 
Grudzinskas, C, Balster, RL, Gorodetzky CW, Griffiths RR, Henningfield JE, Johanson CE, Mansbach RS,McCormick CG, Schnoll SH, Strain EC, Wright C, Impact of formulation on the abuse liability, safety and regulation of medications: The expert panel report. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 83 Supplement 1:S77-82, 2006 
 
Cicero, TJ, Dart, RC, Inciardi, JA, Woody, GE, Schnoll, SH, and Muňoz, A, The Development of a Comprehensive Risk-Management Program for Prescription Opioid Analgesics: Researched, Abuse, Diversion and Addiction-Related Surveillance (RADARS^® ), Pain Medicine, 8:157-70, 2007

Wright C 4th, Schnoll S, Bernstein D Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies for drugs with               abuse liability:  public interest, special interest, conflicts of interest and the industry perspective.        Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1141:284-303. 2008

November 2009

Assessment and Treatment of Animal Abuse
Kenneth Shapiro, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Animals & Society Institute
Ann Arbor, MI  

Objectives:
Introduction to
1.  the relationship between animal abuse and human violence and
2.  an approach to the assessment and treatment of animal abuse

References:
Ascione, F.  & Shapiro, K. People and animals, kindness and cruelty: Research directions and policy implications. Journal of Social Issues, 65, 3, 569-587.  http://www.animalsandsociety.org/assets/259_shapiroascione.pdf

Jory, B., & Randour,M. (1999). The AniCare model of treatment for animal abuse.Washington Grove,
MD: Animals and Society Institute.

Randour, M., Krinsk, S., & Wolf, J. (2002). AniCare child: An assessment and treatment approach for
childhood animal abuse. Washington Grove, MD: Animals and Society Institute.

Estrogen as a Protective Agent in Spinal Cord Injury  
Candace Floyd, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Objectives:
1. Overview/Review the pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injury 
2. Discuss the hypothesis that post-injury administration of 17b-estradiol confers cellular protection after spinal cord injury 
3. Discuss data from a rat model supporting this hypothesis

References:
Estrogen Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury Attenuates Calpain Activation and Apoptosis

Shared Decision Making in the Care of Adults with Severe Mental Illnesses
William C. Torrey, M.D.
Vice Chair for Clinical Services
Department of Psychiatry
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon, Hew Hampshire

Objectives:  
The talk will provide an overview of the growing literature on shared decision-making in healthcare, outline why shared decision-making is so important in supporting the recovery goals of adults with severe mental illnesses, and lay out a vision of how psychiatric practice can be redesigned to make meaningful shared decision-making practically possible. 

NO GRAND ROUNDS SCHEDULED
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

December 2009 

Neurobiological Mechanisms of Human Drug Abuse
Elliot A. Stein, Ph.D.
Chief, Neuroimaging Resource Branch
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) 
Intramural Research Program (IRP)

Objectives:  To discuss  
1. Applications of MRI to understand nicotine addiction 
2. MRI and cocaine dependence 
3. Resting state connectivity and drug abuse 

References:

Objectives:  
1.  Overview home made opiate injection drug use and related HIV epidemiology in Ukraine; 
2.  Describe technology transport of behavioral day treatment to Ukraine Regional Narcological Dispensary for injection drug users; 
3.  Present preliminary outcomes of efficacy study of behavioral day treatment as compared to usual medical care of opiate injection drug users on addiction and mental health outcomes.

References: 
Dumchev, K.V., Schumacher, J.E., Slobodyenyuk, P., Zhu, S., Richman, J.S. (2007). Assessing addiction treatment agreement for cross-national transport to Ukraine . Journal of Substance Use, 12(2), 83-94.   
 
Barcal, K, Schumacher, JE, Dumchev, K, Moroz, LV. (2005) A situational picture of HIV/AIDS and injection drug use in Vinnitsya , Ukraine . Harm Reduction Journal, 2(1), 16-20.  

Schumacher, J.E., Dumchev, K.V., Zezyulin, O., Slobodyanyuk, P., Chandler , S., Moroz, L., Wang, M. (2009). Preliminary outcomes of a behavioral treatment trial among opiate IDU in central Ukraine. College on Problems of Drug Dependence 71^st  Annual Scientific Meeting, Reno/Sparks, Nevada .  

Zezyulin, O., Schumacher, J., Dumchev, K., Chandler , S., Slobodyanyuk, Pl, and Moroz, L. (2009). Effect of mixed drug use on serostatus and life functioning in Ukrainian IDU. College on Problems of Drug Dependence 71^st  Annual Scientific Meeting, Reno/Sparks, Nevada . Abstract Book.

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2009/2010 GRAND ROUNDS
"The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 hour in category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the activity."

January 2010     February 2010     March 2010     April 2010      May 2010

January 2010

TBA
Lori Davis, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Chief of Research Service at the Tuscaloosa VA

Objectives:
 
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Non-Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) in Eating Disorders and Neurogenetic Syndromes

James C. Harris, MD

Director Developmental Neuropsychiatry 

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Pediatrics and Mental Hygiene, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Objectives:
1. Recognize the differences between non suicidal self injury (NSSI) and suicidal behavior
2. Describe the applicability of polyvagal theory to NSS 
3. Be familiar with the increased prevalence of NSSI in eating disorder and in neurogenetic syndromes
 
References: 
1. Jacobson CM, Gould M. The epidemiology and phenomenology of non-suicidal self-injurious behavior among adolescents: a critical review of the literature. Arch Suicide Res. 2007;11(2):129-47 
2. Muehlenkamp JJ, Engel SG, Wadeson A, Crosby RD, Wonderlich SA, Simonich H, Mitchell JE. Emotional states preceding and following acts of non-suicidal self-injury in bulimia nervosa patients. Behav Res Ther. 2009 Jan;47(1):83-7.  
3. Petty J, Oliver C. Self-injurious behaviour in individuals with intellectual disabilities. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;18(5):484-9. 
4. Harris, JC. Lesch-Nyhan Disease. In J.C. Harris, Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of Developmental Disorders. (pp.306-319). New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

TBA
Kira Fonbah, M.D.
First Year Child and Adolescent Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Objectives:
 
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The Diagnosis and 'Treatment' of Homosexuality: When Prejudice Masquerades as Science

William S. Meyer, MSW, BCD

Department of Social Work

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Ob/Gyn

Duke University Medical Center

Objectives:

1.  Describe how the diagnosis of homosexuality has evolved within psychiatry's official nomenclature.

2.  Understand how the scientific community joined forces with social activists to compel psychiatry to examine its reasoning and its methods.

3.  Appreciate how internalized prejudicial attitudes affect everyone, including those who come asking for help and those who provide treatment.

 February 2010

TBA
Eric Crowe, M.D.
PGY-4 Resident in Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Objectives:
 
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TBA
Martha R. Herbert, M.D.
TRANSCEND Reseach Program
Pediatric Neurology
Massachusetts General 

Objectives:
 
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Due to HIPPA policy, this Grand Rounds is closed to outside professionals.  Only UASOM Department of Psychiatry faculty, staff, residents, and medical students on rotation can attend.

Case Conference

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TBA
Steven L. Jaffe, M.D.
Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Emory University

Objectives:
 
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March 2010

TBA

Jennifer L. DeWolfe, D.O.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Director, UAB Neurology Sleep Services

Director Neurology Sleep Center

Birmingham VA Medical Center

Objectives:
 
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Due to HIPPA policy, this Grand Rounds is closed to outside professionals.  Only UASOM Department of Psychiatry faculty, staff, residents, and medical students on rotation can attend.

Case Conference

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Mar. 16
11:00am

Lying and Self-deception: A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Charles V. Ford, M.D., Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Lying and Self-deception: A Biopsychosocial Perspective
Charles V. Ford, M.D., Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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TBA
Theodore Morgan, M.D.
First Year Child and Adolescent Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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 April 2010

Risk Management
Linda R. Mittleman, J.D., ARM, CPCU
Director of Risk Management
Office of Risk Management and Insurance
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Objectives:
 
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Fourth Annual Research Symposium
Grand Rounds Series

The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Apr. 20
   8:30-
   12:00

Case Conference

Co-occurring Disorder and Criminal Justice System Involvement
M. Aminul Islam, MD, DrPH
PGY-4 Resident in Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Objectives:  
By the end of this presentation, the audience will have an understanding of the prevalence and implications of Co-occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System

May 2010

TBA
S. Arthur Hughes, M.D.
PGY-4 Resident in Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Update
Bates Redwine, M.D. 
Assistant Professor 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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May 18
11:00am

TBA
Mark Edward LaGory, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Fifteenth Annual Scholar's Bowl  
Moderated by Daniel C. Dahl, M.D.
Associate Professor, Vice Chairman for Education and Training & Clinical Affairs  
Residency Training Director 
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama School of Medicine

A rapid-pace, information-packed hour of questions in which a two teams of our residents and faculty will compete against each other for the title of Scholar's Bowl Champions of 2008.  Dr. Dahl will serve as moderator and will provide a series of challenging psychiatric as well as general knowledge questions.   You won't want to miss it! 

Objectives: 
To stimulate review of the Psychiatric literature and the Psychiatry Resident In-Training Examination (PRITE) material.

"The University of Alabama School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The University of Alabama School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 hour in category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the activity."

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