PsychSummit always covers the most cutting edge and interesting topics involving psychiatry, including rapid responses to COVID-19, climate change, mass shootings, border mental health, and more! To explore our past events, click on the links below:
Psychiatry in an Evolving World
Event Description: Psychiatrists from across the country will come together for a three-session event on psychiatry in 2020. We will begin with an exploration of technology and psychiatry through a discussion on the use of apps and other emerging tools like digital tracking for medication adherence. Turning to psychiatry’s intersection with current events, Border Mental Health will focus on the mental health challenges faced by migrants in detention and the impacts of family separation on children. Our final session will address the biggest events of 2020 head on with a live panel conversation tackling the challenges of COVID-19 and structural racism.
Panels: Technology: Apps and Beyond, Border Mental Health: Migrants in Detention and Family Separation, 2020: Covid-19 and Structural Racism
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PsychSummit:COVID-19 Edition
Event Description: Share ideas, experiences, and solutions. On Sunday, April 19th, join us for a special edition of PsychSummit focused on COVID-19. This virtual, interactive conference will allow psychiatrists from across the country to convene and share ideas and solutions relating to the pandemic. A portion of the event will contain presentations from NYC psychiatrists, including APA President Bruce J. Schwartz, MD, on their experiences on the ground and lessons learned. Attendees will also come together in dedicated rooms to discuss issues facing doctors in private practice, administration, palliative COVID care, and more.
Discussion Rooms: hospital-based, private practice, correctional care, child and adolescent psychiatry, community mental health
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PsychSummit: 2020
Event Description: Psychiatry as a profession is on the cusp of change and it comes with many implications. What does it mean to be a psychiatrist of the future? What challenges can we anticipate? How is the health-care industry being disrupted? How can we design a future that works for us and our patients?
Panels: Mass Shootings, Climate Change, What Is the Next Opioid Crisis?, Thought Leaders
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Climate Change & Mental Health
Event Description: A set of live virtual co-creation events. Psychiatrists have been discussing their role in mitigating adverse mental health effects stemming from climate change. But what are the main concerns for our patients and how can psychiatrists help? Join our panel to discuss clinical examples, current research and where we still need to go, the role psychiatrists should play in advocacy and preparedness, and the ways psychiatrists can best educate their patients and the public about the effects of climate change on mental health. Share your thoughts on whether psychiatry as a profession should include climate change as an issue in our purview.
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How to Change the World and Get Paid
Event Description: An interactive virtual event for psychiatry residents, fellows, and early career psychiatrists. So you’ve found your calling in psychiatry. Now what are your options? Is it possible to create an ideal career path tailored to your interests and strengths in psychiatry? How will you decide whether to start a fellowship or go directly into practice? What fellowships are available anyway?