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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9th
Day 1: Child and Adolescent Depression
Day 1 Keynote:
Understanding, Treating and Preventing Depression: How Can Neuroscience Help?
9:00 – 9:50am
Presenter:
Huda Akil, PhD (University of Michigan)
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Session moderator:
J. John Mann, MD (Columbia University)
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Break
9:50 – 10am
Session 1: Depression in Children and Adolescents
10:00 – 11:15am
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Social Isolation, Movement and Depression—Biological Insights From Mice
Amir Levine, MD (Columbia University)
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From Neuroimaging to Real-Time Monitoring: Clarifying Interpersonal Markers for Depression and Suicide in Adolescents
Randy P. Auerbach, PhD, ABPP (Columbia University)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depressed Adolescents: Impact on Interpersonal Factors
Laura Mufson, PhD (Columbia University)
Session moderator:
Myrna Weissman, PhD (Columbia University)
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Break
11:15 – 11:30am
Session 2: On-line diagnosis and therapeutics of mood disorders: reinventing psychiatry
11:30 – 12:30pm
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The Future of Mental Health Measurement
Robert Gibbons, PhD (University of Chicago)
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Digital Approaches for the Assessment and Treatment of Depression
David C. Mohr, PhD (Northwestern University)
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Session Moderator:
Ravi Shah, MD (Columbia University)
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16th
Day 2: Mid-Life Depression
Day 2 Keynote:
Getting Closer to Developing New Treatments for Mood Disorders Using Neural Risk Markers from Infancy to Adulthood
9:00 – 9:50am
Presenter:
Mary Phillips, MD (University of Pittsburgh)
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Moderator:
Jonathan Posner, MD (Columbia University)
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Break
9:50 – 10am
Session 3: Depression in Mid-Life
10:00 – 11:15am
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How Animal Models Can Explain the Biology of Depression and the Action of Antidepressants Like Ketamine
Christine Denny, PhD (Columbia University)
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How Brain Imaging Explains Major Depression and Leads to New Treatment Approaches
J. John Mann, MD (Columbia University)
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How to Improve the Outcome for Treatment Resistant Depression
Steven Roose, MD (Columbia University)
Moderator:
Lourival Baptista-Neto, MD (Columbia University)
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Break
11:15 – 11:30am
Session 4: Psychedelics and old new-age treatment for mood disorders
11:30 – 12:30pm
The Promise and Perils of Psychedelic Treatments
David Hellerstein, MD (Columbia University)
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Defeating Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorder with Ketamine
Elias Dakwar, MD (Columbia University)
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Moderator:
Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD (Columbia University)
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23rd
Day 3: Depression, Suicide, and Resilience
Day 3 Keynote:
New faster-acting antidepressants: Finding Options Beyond Ketamine
9:00 – 9:50am
Presenter:
Carlos Zarate Jr, MD (National Institute of Mental Health)
Moderator:
David Hellerstein, MD (Columbia University)
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Break
9:50 – 10am
Session 5: Causes and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior
10:00 – 11:15am
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Neurobiology of Suicide
Maura Boldrini, MD (Columbia University)
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Lipid Biomarkers of Suicide Risk
M. Elizabeth Sublette, MD, PhD (Columbia University)
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Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Understand Suicidal Ideation
Barbara H. Stanley, PhD (Columbia University)
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Moderator:
Helen Blair Simpson, MD, PhD (Columbia University)
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Break
11:15 – 11:30am
Session 6: Resilience Research into Practice
11:30 – 12:30pm
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The Neuroscience of Building Resilience
Golnaz Tabibnia, PhD (University of California – Irvine)
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Risk & Resilience in UK Emergency Responders
Jennifer Wild, PhD (University of Oxford)
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Evidence-Based Resilience for Frontline Workers
Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Moderator:
Jeff Thompson, PhD (Columbia University)
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