The Psychiatry Department promotes awareness through diverse events and activities. Diversity events and presentations have been designated among the items below. Look for *Diversity Presentation.
December 2024
December 18
- Evolutionary Psychiatry: a model of maladaptations
Presented by: Joshua McArthur, DO
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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November 2024
November 20
- Beyond Lithium: Clinical relevance of Rock and Metal music portrayals of psychiatry and mental health
Presented by: Rafa Nizam, MD
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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October 2024
October 30
- Ethical Issues in Psychiatry: Shared Understanding in Times of Moral Ambiguity
Presented by: Lea Brandt, PhD, OTD, MA
Director, MU Center for Health Ethics
Medical Director, MUHC Clinical Ethics Consultation Service
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Missouri
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October 23
- Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: An Introduction to a Novel Treatment for Behavioral Health Disorders
Presented by: Dani Adams, PhD, LMSW
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work | College of Health Sciences
University of Missouri
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October 16
- Workplace Violence
Presented by: Niels Beck, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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September 2024
September 18
- Lithium, the Misunderstood Mineral
Presented by: Jason Cafer, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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September 11
- Understanding alcohol and cannabis use in daily life
Presented by: Andrea Wycoff, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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May 2024
May 29
- Beyond Hot Flashes: A Deeper Dive into Menopause and Women’s Well-being
Presented by: Jessica Kahwaji, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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May 22
- Delving into Dissociative Disorders (and a lesson in alliteration)
Presented by: Elijah Wilder, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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May 15
- Beyond the DSM Criteria: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder, Differential Diagnoses, and the Perils of Polypharmacy
Presented by: Ahmed Abdulkadir, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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April 2024
April 24
- Improving our understanding and treatment of co-occurring bipolar and substance use disorders using a neuroscience-based approach
Presented by: James Prisciandaro, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
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April 10
- Currents of Healing and Controversy: Unmasking ECT
Presented by: Omotola Akinkunmi, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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March 2024
March 20
- In Memoriam: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Grief and Loss in a Post-Pandemic World
Presented by: Hung Nguyen, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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March 13
- The Promise and Peril of Social Media for Psychiatrists and Mental Health Leaders
Presented by: Howard Liu, MD, MBA
Department of Psychiatry Chair, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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February 2024
February 28
- Ketamine and esketamine for treatment-resistant depression: concise review and clinical update
Presented by: William Bobo, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Psychology at Mayo Florida
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February 14
- Time to Catch Some ZZZs - Treatment of Insomnia
Presented by: Priyanka Prabhu, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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January 2024
January 24
- Alternative Treatments for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Presented by: Matthew Stueve, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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January 17
- Management of Opioid Use Disorder and Use of Buprenorphine
Presented by: Lucas Buffaloe, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Missouri
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January 10
- Non-Medication Strategies for Managing ADHD
Presented by: Kalee Woody, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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December 2023
December 20
- Emergence of Autism in Infancy: Research Update and Implications for Practice
Presented by: Stephen J. Sheinkopf, PhD
Professor and Thompson Endowed Chair in Child Health
Executive Director, Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment
University of Missouri
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December 13
- Pharmacotherapy for Anxiety Disorders
Presented by: Austin Campbell, Pharm.D., BCPP
Clinical Assistant Professor
UMKC School of Pharmacy at MU
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November 2023
November 29
- Orexins and Emerging Indications for use in Psychiatry Beyond Insomnia
Presented by: Roger W. Sommi, Pharm. D., BCPP, FCCP
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy Practice and Psychiatry
UMKC School of Pharmacy
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November 8
- Violence Recognition and De-escalation Techniques
Presented by: Terry Reed
Security Investigator
University of Missouri
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October 2023
October 25
- Multidisciplinary care: Combining medication and psychotherapy in mental health treatment
Presented by: Shikha Gupta, PsyD, PMH-C and Steven Edwards, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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October 11
- Pediatric Psychiatric Community Outreach Program; Bridge, MO-CPAP and CTI
Presented by: Vicky Davolt, MSW, LCSW; Wendy Ell, OTR/L and Katie Werth, RN, BSN
Pediatric Psychiatric Community Outreach Team
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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May 2023
May 24
- Empathy
Presented by: Evan Buckmiller, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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May 10
- Folie a Deux
Presented by: Andy Tran, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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April 2023
April 26
- Bipolar Disorder in the Perinatal Period
Presented by: Joanna Chuang, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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April 19
- Lithium and Light Part 1
Presented by: Jason Cafer, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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March 2023
March 29
- Evaluating Cultural Variations in Personality Disorders *Diversity Presentation
Presented by: Emily Kimes, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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March 22
- Clinical Assessment of Malingering
Presented by: Leena Kurre, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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March 15
- CBT for Insomnia: What It Is and How Well It Works
Presented by: Mary Beth Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor, Health Intervention and Treatment Research Lab
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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March 8
- Body Talks: The Covert Language of Nonverbal Communication
Presented by: Crestin Andrews, DO
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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February 2023
February 22
- Telehealth - Progress & Prospects (Telepsychiatry in Focus)
Presented by: Ejike Nwokwor, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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February 15
- Meeting the Need: Early Child Mental Health, Trauma and Access to Child Psychiatry
Presented by: Pediatric Psychiatric Community Outreach Team
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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February 8
- Psilocybin Use in Psychiatric Disorders
Presented by: Mahmoud Ali, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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January 2023
January 25
- Designer Drugs: Implications of a Rising Trend
Presented by: Omar Taranissi, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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January 18
- The Origins of Borderline Personality Disorder: Finding Empathy through Understanding
Presented by: Carolyn Kundert, PA-C, CAQ-Psychiatry
Associate Director, APP Psychiatry Fellowship
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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January 11
- A deep dive into ADHD
Presented by: Alec Zimmer, MD
Resident Physician
Department of Psychiatry
University of Missouri
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