Depression and Anxiety
Co-Morbidities in Vulnerable Populations:
What We Practice - What We Teach - What Must We Investigate?

Program Schedule

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

3:00 PM - 5:00 Special Session Workshop
Treatments For Chronic Depression:
What Works, How and Why
John E. Carr, PhD

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Café ABSAME - Welcome Reception

Thursday, October 19, 2006

8:00 AM - 9:45 Concurrent Workshops
Intensive Training in Physician Patient Interaction: The Paired
Observation and Video Editing Model
Larry Mauksch, MEd

Worry: Hallmark of Anxiety Disorders &
Slippery Slope to Depression
Steve Shearer, PhD

10:00 AM - 11:45 Concurrent Workshops
Learning Occurs With A Connection To Someone’s World View, But The World Of Our Elders Is Gone
Alan Wolkenstein MSW, M Evan Wolkenstein MA
Karl Droese, MD

Complementary and Alternative Therapies for the Promotion of
Emotional and Physical Health
Barbara Moquin, PhD, APRN, BC-P

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ABSAME Business Meeting/Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:45 Plenary
The Unmet Mental Health Needs of Homeless Persons
Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH

3:00 PM - 5:00 Brief Papers
Depression and Anxiety: An Analysis of Diagnostic Trends in a Family Practice Residency
Albert Eaton, PhD
Michael Walsh, MD

Vulnerability to Depression and Anxiety
During the Residency Years
Cyril Worby, MD

Results of a Medical Student Career Plan Survey:
Implications for Counseling and Advising
Nicole Borges, PhD
R. Stephen Manuel, PhD
Dinah Fedyna, MD
Bonnie Jones, PhD

Patient Priorities in Behavioral Health Treatment
Robert Wolosin, PhD
Linda Paustian,,BLS
Kelly Diskin, BS

Depression, Anxiety and Distress Among Medical Students
Dennis Butler PhD

6:30 PM - 8:00 ABSAME Dinner

Friday, October 20, 2006

8:00 AM - 9:30 Plenary
Epilepsy as a Neurobiological Model for Examining Depression Co-morbidity in Chronic Disease: Implications for Medical Education and Practice
Orrin Devinsky, MD

9:45 AM - 11:45 PM Brief Papers
Association of CVD, Diabetes, and Lifestyle Behaviors with the SF-12 Mental and Physical Scores: Nashville REACH population.
Margaret Hargreaves, BSc
Ashar Ata MBBS, MPH
John Drake BS, MS
Jin mann Lin, PhD, & Linda McClellan, MPH

Multi-cultural Surveillance for Mental-Physical Co-morbidity: California 1991-2000
Jose Luis Calderon, MD
Deyu Pan, MS
Magda Shaheen, MD, PhD,
Kevin Heslin, PhD
Senait Teklehaime, MPH
Richard Baker, MD

The Need for a Mental-Physical Co-Morbidity Science
Jose Luis Calderon, MD
Patrick Hardgan, PhD
Jeff Kingsley, DO
Ollie Jane Sahler, MD
Mark Vogel, PhD

Implementing a Workshop on the Presentation of Eating Disorders in Primary Care Settings
Christine Senn, MA, MS

Mentoring the Health Professional Providing Family Planning
Information to Hispanic Immigrants
James Campbell, Ph.D.
Majorie Sable, PhD

12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Free time to enjoy Annapolis

4:00 PM - 6:30 Poster Session with Reception

Safety and Efficacy of SSRI Therapy in Patients with Comorbid Major Depression and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Jay Amsterdam MD
Nancy Rutherford MSN,
Justine Shults PhD

An ADHD Online Toolkit For Diagnosis And Management
Marla Dewitt
David Agerter MD
Norman Rasmussen Ed.D.
Nathan Jacobson DO

Family Medicine Residents Perception of Communication Skills
Uyi Osaseri MS
Kenneth Wolf PhD
Richard Lindstrom MA

The Impact of a Faculty Development Program in Patient-Centered Care on Best Practices in Chronic Disease Management and Mental Health
Kenneth Wolf PhD
Zakaria Boshra MD
Tony Kuo MD, MSHS

Designing a New Behavioral Science Curriculum for Medical Education
Elena Reyes Ph.D.

Health Care Management Introduction for Sophie Davis Medical Students
Joao Nunes MD
Peter Arencibia MBA

Increased Medical Student Confidence in Recognizing and
Responding to Acute Psychiatric Conditions in the Homeless
Yilmaz Yildirim MD
Kevin Scott Koehler MS3
Benjamin Gersh MD
Lesly T Mega MD

Using Art to Foster Empathy and Compassion
Mary Jo Fink MD

Safety and Efficacy of s-Citalopram Therapy in Patients with Co-Morbid Major Depression and Diabetes Melluitus
Jay Amsterdam MD
Nancy Rutherford MSN,
Justine Shults PhD
Stanley Schwartz MD

Differences in Physician Perception and Practice of Patient-Centered Care at Two Large Urban Low-Income Clinics in Los Angeles County
Tony Kuo MD, MSHS
Kenneth Wolf PhD
Zakaria Boshra MD

Emotional Intelligence of Pre-Clinical Medical Students
Nicole Borges PhD
Lura Pethtel MEd
John Engel PhD
Joseph Zarconi MD
Sally Missimi RN, MEd

Protecting Patients Through Management of Difficult Conversations and Confrontations
Pat Martin MA LPCC

Do Doctors Use Depression Screening Tools? A Five-Year Retrospective
Raymond Hornyak PhD

The Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Patients Sustaining Minor Traumatic Injury
Therese Richmond PhD
Vicente Gracias MD
Judd Hollander MD
Keith Robinson MD
Theimann Ackerson MSSW
Jay Amsterdam MD

Educating Physicians to Assess Older Problem Gamblers: The Problem Gambling Learning Unit for the Second Year Medical Student Curriculum
Dennis P. McNeilly PsyD

6:30 PM - 8:00 Dinner on Own

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Screening Room - "Despair"
Harriet Koskoff - Producer

Harriot Koskoff, producer and director, will screen her film “Despair” which is the first documentary about depression to consider the pervasive mood disorder from multicultural viewpoints. In personal portraits and interviews with experts from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, the documentary explores depressive illness from traditional and nontraditional perspectives.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Concurrent Workshops
Depression and Resilience in African American Mothers
Cynthia Ronzio, PhD

Recognizing and Clarifying Personal Biases Affecting Clinical Practice: A Group Workshop Experience
Cyril Worby, MD

10:15 AM - 12:00 Brief Papers

The Use of an Integrated Behavioral Science Curriculum to Address Mental-Physical Co-morbidity: Basic Science Years
Elena Reyes, PhD
Curtis Stine, MD

Use of a Case of the Month to Enhance Behavioral Science
Teaching in Two Family Medicine Residencies
Jeri O’Donnell, MA, LPCC
Pat Martin, MA, LPCC

Teaching Ethics: Separate Course versus Integrated Curriculum
Donnie Self, PhD
DeWitt Baldwin, MD

A Collaborative Model for Psychiatric Consultation Within Family Medicine Offices
Pat Martin, MA LPCC
Christopher Kovell, DO

Development Of Portfolio System For Documenting Resident Growth And Development In The Core Competencies Across Multiple Residency Programs
Mark Vogel, PhD
Richard Rankl, MD

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM ABSAME Awards Lunch

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Keynote Address
The Real Meaning of Psychiatric Co-morbidity:
An Evolutionary and Ethnomedical Interpretation
Horacio Fábrega Jr., MD

2:00 AM - 4:00 Roundtable Discussions