Clinical Advances in Mental Health Care
Hosted by the UNC Psychiatry Bashford Alumni Society

Please join us for a full day continuing education event highlighting clinical advances in mental health care. The featured topics will touch base on a wide range of psychiatric subjects including eating disorders, alcohol use disorders, mental health equity, PTSD, perinatal depression, and more.

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Time: 8:30-4:30 (doors open at 7:30 for registration)

Location:
The Friday Conference Center at UNC | 100 Friday Center Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Complementary parking is available at the conference center.


Featured Topics:

• Alcohol Use Disorder | Presented by: Christian Hendershot, PhD Director of the Clinical and Translational Addiction Research Program
• Autism Spectrum Disorder | Presented by: Joseph Piven, MD Director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health | Presented by: Danielle Roubinov, PhD Director of the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
• Eating Disorders | Presented by: Cynthia Bulik, PhD, FAED Founding Director, UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders
• Geropsychiatry, Dementia and Depression | Presented by: Julia Lunsford, MD Medical Director, Geropsychiatry Inpatient Unit
• Mental Health Equity | Presented by: Tyehimba Hunt-Harrison, MD, MPH Vice Chair of Mental Health Equity and Community Engagement
• Neuromodulation | Presented by: Flavio Frohlich, PhD, MSc, ETH Associate Vice Chair of Research, Director, Carolina Center for Neurostimulation
• Opioid Use Disorder | Presented by: Robyn Jordan, MD, PhD Director of UNC Addiction Medicine Program
• Perimenopause | Presented by: Crystal Schiller, PhD Associate Director of the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders
• Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders | Presented by: Riah Patterson, MD Director of Inpatient Psychiatry Services, Director of Perinatal Psychiatry & UNC Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Presented by: Samuel McLean, MD, MPH Director of the UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery
• Treatment of Psychotic Disorders | Presented by: Fred Jarskog, MD Research Director, North Carolina Psychiatric Research Center

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Support Our Residents | Robert A. Bashford Alumni Society
Alumni support is critical to the long-term health of the department and a wonderful opportunity to extend gratitude forward to the next generation of healthcare leaders who will study at UNC. Gifts to the Robert Bashford, MD Alumni Society as well as the Psychiatry Resident’s Annual Fund create a lasting legacy of support that empowers our faculty, staff and students. For more information on supporting the Department of Psychiatry through philanthropy, please contact Holli Gall, Senior Executive Director of Development and Communications at the UNC Health Foundation (holli_gall@med.unc.edu, 919.843.8443).

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Hotel Information:
A limited room block has been reserved for this event at the following hotel.

Courtyard by Marriott Chapel Hill
100 Marriott Way, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
The Courtyard by Marriott is about a five minute walk to the Friday Center.

Room rate: $169 per night (Queen standard)
Booking link:https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1702500863647&key=GRP&app=resvlink
Must book by March 27, 2024