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Future Conferences

2025 - Las Vegas, Nevada
April 3- 6, 2025 - Navigating the Youth Mental Health Crisis: From Science to Solutions
The Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino 

Conference Co-Chairs: Kate Fitzgerald, MD and Erika Forbes, PhD

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2026 - Chicago, Illinois - April 9-12, 2026

Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk


Past Conferences

 

2024 - Boston, MA
April 11 - April 14, 2024 - Sex and Gender: Navigating the Biological and Social Constructs in Depression and Anxiety Disorders

Westin Boston Waterfront

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Conference Co-Chairs: D. Jeffrey Newport, MD and C. Neill Epperson, MD
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Keynote Speakers:

  • Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH : Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse People
  • Tracy Bale, PhD: Tails from a Mouse Whisperer: A Translational Journey to Identify Novel Markers of Stress & Trauma Important for Brain Health Across the Lifespan and Between Generations

    Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • Jill Goldstein, MPH, PhD: Depression and Comorbidity with General Medicine: Discoveries and Treatment Viewed through a Sex Differences Lens

2023 - Washington, DC-  From Science and Technology to Evidence-Based Practice: Enhancing Access through Integration
April 13 - April 16, 2023
Renaissance Washington, Downtown DC

Conference Co-Chairs: Jonathan Alpert, MD, PhD and Simon Rego, PsyD, ABPP, ACT
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Keynote Speakers:

  • Luci Baines Johnson: Addressing Mental Health: A Time That's Come
  • Helen Mayberg, MD: Recovery is Not Linear:  Insights from Studies of DBS for Depression

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • David M. Clark, DPhil CBE FBA FMedSci FAcSS HonFBPs: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT): Science, Practice, Economics, and Politics

2022 - Denver, CO - Common Psychopathology: What Can the Past Tell Us About the Future?
March 17-March 20, 2022
Conference Chairs: Chadi G. Abdallah, MD and Lynnette Averill, PhD
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Keynote Speakers:

  • Patrice A. Harris, MD, Leadership in Times of Crisis and Beyond
  • Daniel Weinberger, MD, Some Thoughts on the Genetic Tsunami in Psychiatry

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • David Nutt, FMedSci, Do Psychedelics Have a Role in the Treatment in Depression?

2021 - Virtual Conference - Resilience and Recovery: From Research to Practice
Conference Chairs: Cindy J. Aaronson, MSW, PhD and Adriana Feder, MD
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Keynote Speakers:

  • Ann Masten, PhD, Resilience in Science and Practice: Pathways to the Future 
  • Gene Howard Brody, PhD, Resilience to Adversity and the Origins of Disease
  • Noelle Hurd, PhD, Centering a Resilience Perspective in Work with Marginalized Groups

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2020 - San Antonio, TX - Resilience: From Research to Practice
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Conference Chairs: Cindy J. Aaronson, MSW, PhD and Adriana Feder, MD
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Keynote Speaker: 

  • Ann Masten, PhD, Resilience in Science and Practice: Pathways to the Future 

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • Joan Kaufman, PhD, The State of the Art of Toxic Stress and Resilience Research

2019 - Chicago, IL - Transcending Cultural, Racial and Socioeconomic Barriers
Conference Chair: Ned H. Kalin, MD 
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If Elephants Could Talk - 2019 Conference Blog Post by Beth Salcedo, MD

Keynote Speaker:

  • Alan Schatzberg, MD, Potential Drugs of Abuse as Antidepressants and Anxiolytics:  Pluses and Minuses

Jerilyn Ross Lecture: Ketamine and Mind-Altering Drugs in Treating Anxiety and Depression: Potential Roles and Pitfalls - A Panel Discussion

  • Adriana Feder, MD
  • Roland Griffiths, PhD
  • Kenneth T. Norris, Jr.
  • Carlos A Zarate, MD

2018 - Washington, DC - Treatment-Resistant Anxiety and Depression: Challenges and Opportunities 
Conference Chair: Sanjay Mathew, MD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker:

  • Joshua Gordon, MD, PhD, Update from the NIH

Jerilyn Ross Lecture: 

  • Maurizio Fava, MD, Pharmacological Strategies in the Treatment of Resistant Depression (TRD): The Past, The Present, and The Future

2017 - San Francisco, CA - On the Cutting Edge of Wellness: Behavioral Medicine and its Application to Anxiety and Depressive Disorders
Conference Chair: Gordon Asmundson, PhD R.D. Psych FRSC

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker:

  • Steven C. Hayes, PhD, The Power of Turning Toward: Why Psychological Flexibility Matters for Clients and Practitioners Alike

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • Giovanni A. Fava, MD, Well Being Therapy

2016 - Philadelphia, PA - Integrating Research, Practice, and Community
Conference Chair: Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker:

  • Matthew Nock, PhD, Why Do People Harm Themselves? Recent Advances in the Understanding and Prediction of Suicidal Behavior

Jerilyn Ross Lecture: Does Psychotherapy Have a Future? A Moderated Panel Discussion

  • Myrna Weissman, PhD
  • Pim Cuijpers, PhD
  • Philip Wang, MD, Dr.PH

2015 - Miami, FL - Translating Research, Innovating Practice
Conference Chairs: Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD and Tanja Jovanovic, PhD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker

  • Helen Mayberg, MD, What Has DBS Taught Us About the Neurocircuitry of Depression? 

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • David H. Barlow, PhD, Should We Be Treating Neuroticism Instead of Anxiety and Depression

2014 - Chicago, IL - Anxiety and Depression: Personalized Treatments for Anxiety and Mood Disorders
Conference Chair: Mark Pollack, MD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker:

  • Jordan Smoller, MD, Will Genetic Research Help Us Find Better Treatments?

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • Zindel Segal, MD, What is the Role of Mindfulness Meditation in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders? Indicators, Caveats, and Empirical Status

2013 - La Jolla, CA - Technology and New Media in Practice and Research
Conference Chair: Luana Marques, PhD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.


Keynote Speaker:

  • James Fowler, PhD, Happiness, Depression, and the Power of Social Networking

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • Richard Davidson, PhD, Order and Disorder in the Emotional Brain

2012 - Crystal City, VA - Integrating Mind-Body Connections: Advancing Science, Informing Practice for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Conference Chair: Darin Dougherty, MD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker: 

  • David Spiegel, MD, Transforming Mind and Body

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • Joseph LeDoux, PhD, The Anxious Brain

2011 - New Orleans, LA - Anxiety and Related Disorders: Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Dissemination
Conference Chair: Terry Keane, PhD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker: 

  • Edna Foa, PhD, Disseminating Evidence-Based Treatments Within Systems and Across Countries: Lessons Learned From Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD

Jerilyn Ross Lecture:

  • Herbert Benson, MD, The Relaxation Revolution

2010 - Baltimore, MD - Anxiety Across the Lifespan: Practice Integration of Basic and Clinical Approaches
Conference Chair: Daniel S. Pine, MD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker: 

  • Trisha Meili, I am the Central Park Jogger

2009 - Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico - Anxiety and Health: Translating Research Into Practice
Conference Chair: Risa Weisberg, PhD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.

Keynote Speaker: 

  • Richard Lane, MD, PhD, Neural Substrates of Implicit and Explicit Emotional Processes: Implications for Health

2008 - Savannah, Georgia - Anxiety and Comorbid Disorders: Understanding Risk, Optimizing Outcomes
Conference Chairs: Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP and R. Bruce Lydiard, PhD, MD

Please contact [email protected] for a copy of the Program.Keynote Speaker:

  • Ronald Kessler, MD, Comorbidity of Anxiety Disorders with Other Physical and Mental Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication