ADAA 30th Annual Conference * March 4-7, 2010 * Baltimore Marriott Waterfront

PROGRAM DETAILS

Choose from more than 100 sessions focusing on research and clinical care, including a preconference institute on anxiety disorders in children. The following invited sessions have been confirmed for the 30th Annual Conference:

GENERAL SESSIONS
Friday, March 5
How Science Informs Treatment
David Barlow, PhD, Boston University; Donald Klein, MD, Columbia University Medical Center; Thomas Insel, MD, National Institute of Mental Health

DSM V: Its Impact on Practice and Research
Jonathan Abramowitz, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Katharine Phillips, MD, Brown University, will be joined by a panel of DSM committee members and cllinicians to discuss proposed changes to the DSM. Don’t miss this lively discussion.

Saturday, March 6
Anxiety Across the Lifespan
Margaret Altemus, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College; Ron Rapee, PhD, Macquarie University; Melinda Stanley, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

WHAT CLINICIANS NEED TO KNOW
• Eating Disorders – Cynthia Bulik, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Antidepressants and Suicide – Kelly Posner, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center
• Bipolar Disorder in Children – Ellen Leibenluft, MD, National Institute of Mental Health
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Brian Sanderoff, PD, Private Practice

MASTER CLINICIAN WORKSHOPS
Thursday, March 4, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
• Implementing Prolonged Exposure for PTSD: Optimizing Outcomes – Edna Foa, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
• Discontinuation of Medication – Michael Otto, PhD, Boston University
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Treatment of Anxiety Disorders – Michael Twohig, PhD, Utah State University
• Complex Cases: When Things Go Wrong – Sally Winston, PsyD, Anxiety & Stress Disorders Institute of Maryland

THREE-HOUR WORKSHOPS
• Treating PTSD in Children – Judith Cohen, MD, Allegheny General Hospital

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
The Cost of War: Understanding the Science of PTSD
Friday, March 5, 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Co-chairs: Terry Keane, PhD, VA Boston Healthcare System/National Center for PTSD/Boston University School of Medicine, and Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD, Emory University
• Policy Implications of Basic Research on PTSD – Antonette Zeiss, PhD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Neural Circuitry Mediating Fear and Its Inhibition in Animals – Gregory Quirk, PhD, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
• Neural Circuitry Mediating Fear and Its Inhibition in Humans – Paul Whalen, PhD, Dartmouth College
• Functional Brain Abnormalities in PTSD: Results From Neuroimaging – Lisa Shin, PhD, Tufts University
• Genetics of PTSD: Fear Conditioning as a Model for Future Research – Karestan Koenen, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
• Recent Advances in Psychological Health Care and Programs in the Department of Defense – Sonja V. Batten, PhD, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury