Harvard Neuropsychiatry: A Comprehensive Update 2024

Overview

Harvard Neuropsychiatry: A Comprehensive Update 2024 is an on-demand digital course designed to advance understanding in the rapidly evolving field of neuropsychiatry. This course explores the complex brain-mind relationship and reviews primary psychiatric disorders, neurological conditions featuring cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, and relevant diagnostic and treatment approaches.

On-demand neurology education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Agenda

This comprehensive program provides detailed coverage of neuropsychiatric topics over multiple days, including lectures, panel discussions, and question-and-answer sessions, all originally scheduled in Eastern Time.

• Welcome & Introductory Remarks
• A Neuroanatomy Primer — Jeremy Schmahmann, MD
• Functional Neurocircuitry of Affective and Behavioral Processes and Neuropsychiatric Syndromes — David Silbersweig, MD
• Break
• Functional Neurocircuitry of Cognition and Cognitive Syndromes — Kirk Daffner, MD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Break
• The Neuropsychiatric Exam and Ancillary Tests — Sheldon Benjamin, MD
• Neuroimaging in Clinical Neuropsychiatry — Joshua Klein, MD, PhD
• Neuropsychological Evaluation in Neuropsychiatry — Deborah Green, PhD, ABPP
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Break
• Brain Stimulation Therapies in Neuropsychiatry — Michael Fox, MD, PhD
• Psychopharmacology: Neuropsychiatric Syndromes — Jane Erb, MD
• Psychopharmacology: Drugs That Affect Cognition — Isaiah Kletenik, MD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Break
• Psychosocial Interventions in Neuropsychiatry — Emma Weizenbaum, PhD; Abby Altman, PhD
• Forensic Neuropsychiatry — Jhilam Biswas, MD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Concluding Remarks
• Welcome & Introductory Remarks for Day 2
• Acute and Subacute Neurocognitive Impairment — Scott McGinnis, MD
• Neuropsychiatry of Alzheimer’s Disease — Nancy Donovan, MD
• Neuropsychiatry of Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders — Stanley Lyndon, MD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Break
• Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Pain — Ginger Polich, MD
• Neuropsychiatry of Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders — Jessica Harder, MD; Rishab Gupta, MBBS, MD
• Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Frontotemporal Dementia — Brad Dickerson, MD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Break
• Neuropsychiatry of Epilepsy — Daniel Weisholtz, MD
• Neuropsychiatry of Multiple Sclerosis — Laura T. Safar, MD
• Break
• Neuropsycho-oncology — Damien Miran, MD
• Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury — Thomas McAllister, MD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Break
• Pediatric Neuropsychiatry: Principles and Practice — Aaron Hauptman, MD
• Psychopharmacology of Autism Spectrum Disorders — Christopher Keary, MD
• Neuropsychiatry of Tourette Syndrome and Related Tic Disorders — Jeremiah Scharf, MD, PhD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Concluding Remarks
• Welcome & Introductory Remarks for Day 3
• Optimizing Brain Health: Lifestyle, Aging and Disease Risk Reduction — Seth Gale, MD
• Neuropsychiatry of Sleep — Salma Batool-Anwar, MBBS, MPH
• Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Addiction — Claudia Rodriguez, MD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Break
• Functional Neurological Disorder — Gaston Baslet, MD
• Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Vascular and Metabolic Disorders — Juan Carlos Urizar, MD
• Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Endocrine Disorders — Catherine Gonzalez, MD
• Holistic and Sustainable Management of Complex Neuropsychiatric Patients — Barry Fogel, MD
• Panel Discussion and Q&A
• Concluding Remarks

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Evaluate brain-behavior relationships as they pertain to neuropsychiatric manifestations.
• Generate clinically meaningful differential diagnoses.
• Provide an inter-professional team-based approach to the assessment and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.
• Utilize up-to-date diagnostic criteria and assessment methods to evaluate and monitor patients with neuropsychiatric disorders.
• Implement evidence-based treatment recommendations and monitor patient response.

Speakers

• Jeremy Schmahmann, MD
• David Silbersweig, MD
• Kirk Daffner, MD
• Sheldon Benjamin, MD
• Joshua Klein, MD, PhD
• Deborah Green, PhD, ABPP
• Michael Fox, MD, PhD
• Jane Erb, MD
• Isaiah Kletenik, MD
• Emma Weizenbaum, PhD
• Abby Altman, PhD
• Jhilam Biswas, MD
• Scott McGinnis, MD
• Nancy Donovan, MD
• Stanley Lyndon, MD
• Ginger Polich, MD
• Jessica Harder, MD
• Rishab Gupta, MBBS, MD
• Brad Dickerson, MD
• Daniel Weisholtz, MD
• Laura T. Safar, MD
• Damien Miran, MD
• Thomas McAllister, MD
• Aaron Hauptman, MD
• Christopher Keary, MD
• Jeremiah Scharf, MD, PhD
• Seth Gale, MD
• Salma Batool-Anwar, MBBS, MPH
• Claudia Rodriguez, MD
• Gaston Baslet, MD
• Juan Carlos Urizar, MD
• Catherine Gonzalez, MD
• Barry Fogel, MD

Target Audience

• Specialty Physicians
• Primary Care Physicians
• Psychologists
• Physician Assistants
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Social Workers
• Pharmacists

Why This Topic Matters

Harvard Neuropsychiatry: A Comprehensive Update 2024 addresses critical advances in neuropsychiatry, a specialty at the intersection of neurology and psychiatry that deepens understanding of complex brain-behavior relationships. For clinicians and healthcare professionals managing patients with neuropsychiatric conditions, this course provides essential insights into diagnosis and treatment grounded in the latest clinical research.

Hosted on MedHub Central, this update supports strengthening expertise and confidence in neuropsychiatry by delivering relevant knowledge on brain circuitry, diagnostic tools, and multidisciplinary treatment approaches applicable to a broad spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders.