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| APPA's room block at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort will close
on March 7... that's just two weeks away!
See details below on how to reserve a room.
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| Conference Spotlight: Beat Burnout with Mindfulness Meditation
Serena Nimityongskul, MD, and Irena Bukelis, MD
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Serena Nimityongskul, MD, is a first year fellow in the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of South Alabama. She earned her medical degree and completed an adult psychiatry residency at USA, where she received the Best Psychiatry Resident Award in 2016. Dr. Nimityongskul is a certified meditation coach from the Middle Way Meditation Institute, a certified mindfulness and meditation trainer from World Peace Initiative, a volunteer at the Meditation Center of Alabama, a co-founder/advisor/teacher at the University of South Alabama Meditation & Mindfulness Club, and a meditation teacher at the University of South Alabama recreation center.
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Irena Bukelis, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama - Birmingham. Dr. Bukelis’s clinical and teaching responsibilities are largely at Children's of Alabama. She is a graduate of Kaunas University of Medicine in Lithuania, and spent a number of years Johns Hopkins Medical Center as a center and research coordinator at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Drs. Nimityongskul and Bukelis will speak on Beat Burnout with Mindfulness Meditation on Saturday, April 6, at 8:00 a.m.
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| Accommodations
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort
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 | Sandestin - Village of Baytowne Wharf |
| Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort
9300 Emerald Coast Pkwy W
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
www.sandetin.com
APPA has reserved a block of rooms at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort. Room rates begin at $186 per night and apply for three days before and three days after our conference dates based on availability. Call Sandestin Group Reservations at (800) 320-8115 with group code 23M8OR or reserve a room online. Room block closes on March 7, 2019, but rooms are likely to sell out!
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Call for Abstracts
In conjunction with the Spring Conference, APPA will host a Resident/Medical Student Poster Contest. Residents and students who are interested in participating are asked to coordinate with a faculty member in preparing a poster for the meeting. The posters are assigned abstract numbers and are published on the APPA website so they count as “Published Abstracts” on your CV. This is a very easy way to build your academic portfolio!
The posters will be judged at the conference and awards given to the highest ranking posters.
Abstracts should be sent to Luke Engeriser, MD, by March 15 for consideration. ( Examples of abstracts)
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Look Who's Coming!
Patrick Bruce Atkins, MD, DFAPA, Alabama Department of Mental Health, Tuscaloosa
Roger A. Boshes, MD, PhD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Fall River, MA
Judith M. Bowen, MD, DFAPA, Drs. Bowen and Kowalski, LLP, Birmingham
William B. Brooks, MD, DFAPA, AltaPointe Health Systems, Mobile
Irena Bukelis, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Krystal Burch, LPC, New Directions Behavioral Health, Birmingham
Rachel Davis, MD, CU Anshutz/University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
Jennifer Dwyer, MD, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, CT
J. Luke Engeriser, MD, FAPA, AltaPointe Health Systems, Mobile
Katherin Freeman, MD, University of Alabama - Birmingham
Griffin Gibson, MD, USA Department of Psychiatry, Mobile
Tina Jackson, MD, University of South Alabama, Mobile
Martin P. Kafka, MD, Harvard Medical School, Newton, MA
F. Cleveland Kinney, PhD, MD, University of Alabama - Birmingham
Fernando Lopez, MD, SpectraCare, Dothan
Clinton Martin, MD, UAB, Huntsville
Daniel Mejer, MD, Private Practice, Pike Road
Manuel Morales, MD, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Overland Park, KS
Serena Nimityongskul, MD, University of South Alabama, Mobile
Janaki Nimmagadda, MD, University of Alabama - Birmingham, Huntsville
Godehard Oepen, MD, PhD, DFAPA, Grayson & Associates, Birmingham
Sandra Parker, MD, DFAPA, AltaPointe Health Systems, Mobile
Lindsey Stewart, MD, USA Department of Psychiatry, Mobile
Nancy Thomas, LPC, New Directions Behavioral Health, Birmingham
Pamela G. Tucker, MD, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Richard H. Weisler, MD, DFAPA, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine; Duke University Medical Center, Raleigh, NC
Amanda Williams, MD, Gardenia Cove, Montgomery
Tarak Vasavada, MD, DFAPA, Huntsville Hospital
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APPA depends on support from vendors to make our conference affordable for attendees. Please share our prospectus with companies who visit your facility and invite them to be an exhibitor. Contact Meghan Martin for details. APPA thanks the following companies for their support of our Spring 2019 Conference! Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Alkermes, Inc.
Allergan Pharmaceuticals
Behavioral Health Systems
Lundbeck
NeuroStar
New Directions Behavioral Health
Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Team Health
Wexford Health Resources
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| Continuing Medical Education
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Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama through the joint providership of the Medical Foundation of Alabama and the Alabama Psychiatric Physicians Association. The Medical Foundation of Alabama is accredited by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation Statement
The Medical Foundation of Alabama designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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| Learning Objectives - Recognize a widening of their conceptual and therapeutic framework regarding trauma and disasters on a large scale. Local rules and programs will be explored.
- Describe at least three different sexual disorders, their differential diagnosis and evidence-based treatments, and re-examine their own stand, concepts, and role in assessing and treating sexual addictions.
- Explain the indications and mechanism of subcortial deep brain stimulation in OCD.
- Identify the therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs, their risks, and their recent use in research and treatment of mental disorders (MDD, PTSD).
- List the 8 factors of the Bowen Family Systems Therapy, and practical ways to integrate these into their clinical practice.
- Explain the benefits and drawbacks of Intermittent Dosing in Schizophrenia, and how to choose the best treatment options for patients.
- Demonstrate social-contextual and molecular-biological factors in the causation and treatment of MDD in adults and Children & Adolescents, and explain the mechanism of Ketamine treatment.
- Acknowledge the powerful role of art in human life, in patients with mental illness, and their own life; they will be able to explain better assessments of patient’s skills, impairments or new creativity, and helpful ways to use art in treatment.
- Cite the main factors of mindfulness, and be able to instruct their patients how to use mindfulness meditation in different psychiatric conditions.
- Recognize at least 3 early signs of burn-out and compassion fatigue, and name two helpful countermeasures.
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