All presentations are held in the Hartford Room from 12pm-1:15pm unless otherwise noted. The schedule below will include abstracts, learning objectives, and recommended readings for each presentation when available.
Upcoming Presentations (2021-22) Past Presentations (2021-22) Past Grand Rounds
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Due to an abundance of caution regarding COVID-19, presentations will be live streamed ONLY - no live attendance is being offered at this time.
This professional education activity supports the Institute's goal of clinical excellence and presents clinically relevant information from a variety of mental health disciplines. Areas of focus include new research and treatments, evidence-based practices, applied psychopharmacology and research on brain structure, and function, and current issues and controversies. In addition, several dates during the year are devoted to The Institute of Living Annual Treatment Update Series.
Grand Rounds is open to the community except on the Thursdays designated as "Case Conferences". These conferences may be held several times throughout the year and will be limited to clinicians employed by The Institute of Living and Hartford Hospital and active and consulting Department of Psychiatry medical staff.
Note: CMEs and Contact Hours will only be available to the Hartford HealthCare (HHC) community and credentialed community providers seeking AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM for an educational activity. This refers to HHC employed staff, HHC contracted staff and providers with HHC privileges. CMEs and Contact Hours are only available to those who participated in the live seminar.
2021-22 Grand Rounds Schedule
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Oct. 21, 2021
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 Topic: Improving Mental Health through Technology: Clinical case studies from the patients’ perspective”
Presented by: Luis R. Sandoval, Ph.D., licensed clinician and research staff in the Public Psychiatry Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
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Nov. 4, 2021
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 Topic: The Very Important Patient and Health Care: VIPs, Behavioral Health Equity and Preferential Treatment
Presented by: Brianna Pollock, PhD
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Past Presentations (2021-22)
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Oct. 7, 2021
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Topic: The Recovery Support Specialist: Changing the Landscape of Behavioral Health
Presented by: Karen Kangas, Ed.D; William Dantzler, RSS; Juan Torres, RSS; Tonya Cutler, RSS
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| Sept. 2, 2021 |
 Topic: Mental Health in the Public Domain: Using Technology to Scale Our Impact
Presented by: Matthew Peters, MD, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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| Sep. 16, 2021 |
 Topic: The Interface of Medical and Psychiatric Disorders: Focus on Cancer and Heart Disease
Presented by: Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhD, chair and professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Watch: https://youtu.be/8bRFL5wLVaI
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| Sep. 23, 2021 |
 Topic: Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy for Major Depressive Disorder: Current Evidence and Key Clinical Considerations
Presented by: Natalie Gukasyan, MD, psychiatrist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Watch: https://youtu.be/00w2z4Q7hl4
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| Sept. 30, 2021 |
 Topic: Structural Stigma and Coercive Mental Healthcare
Presented by: James Livingston, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Watch: https://youtu.be/nG6tODkI0dI
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Past Presentations (2020-21)
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