Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters
6th Annual CME Training Course
Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Join us Friday, June 9, 2023, 09:00 to 12:30 EDT (World Local Time) for a FREE virtual event. Open to All Healthcare Professionals.
Learning Objectives:
After active engagement in this program, participants will be better able to:
- Increase awareness of individual and societal impacts of wars
- Enhance knowledge and skills treating mental health effects of trauma, and ways to promote resilience
- Become more familiar with principles and practice of disaster psychiatry
Schedule-at-a-Glance (Click on name for bio)
09:00 – 09:05
Introduction & Welcome
Frank G. Sommers, MD FRCPC DLFAPA DFCPA
Program Chair
Founding Chair, Section of Disaster Psychiatry, Canadian Psychiatric Association and Disaster Psychiatry Canada, University of Toronto
Benoit H. Mulsant, MD MS FRCPC DLFAPA
Professor and Labatt Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
09:05 – 10:35
Moderator: Janet Ellis
Janet Ellis, MB BChir MD FRCPC
Professor, Veteran Mental Health, Temerty Faculty of Medicine & Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Director, Psychosocial Care in Trauma, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Burden of War Trauma in Ukraine and Digital Solutions
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical, Neuro- and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam; Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Psychology, Psychosomatic Medicine & Psychotherapy, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine; Chair, Traumatic Stress Network, European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Frank G. Sommers, MD FRCPC DLFAPA DFCPA
Founding Chair, Section of Disaster Psychiatry, Canadian Psychiatric Association and Disaster Psychiatry Canada, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Trajectories of PTSD After War
Professor, Psychotrauma, Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands; Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry, New York University, School of Medicine
10:35 – 10:45
Break
10:45 – 12:25
Moderator: Benoit Mulsant
The Pandemic and Physician Well-being: From Self Efficacy to Systemic Actions
Director, Clinical Services, Physician Health Program, Ontario Medical Association
Caring for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Disaster Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai; Associate Director, Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth (CSRPG); Editor in Chief, Psychiatric Quarterly
Chair, APA Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster; Captain, US Public Health Service; Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda
12:25 – 12:30
Closing Remarks: Frank G. Sommers
Accreditation:
This event is an accredited group learning activity (section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA).
The specific opinions and content of this event are not necessarily those of the CPA, and are the responsibility of the organizer(s) alone.
Planning Committee: Frank Sommers, Benoit Mulsant, Heather Milliken, Janet Ellis, Ted Bober, Jennifer Csamer, Helen Lee
Supported by
Disaster Psychiatry Canada 