Speaker #1: Blake M. Novy, M.D.
Title: Video Games and Mental Health: The Good, the Bad, and the Data

Introduction:
It is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Blake Novy, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellow here at Mayo Clinic, who will be presenting at today's Grand Rounds on the topic of video games and mental health. Dr. Novy was born in Austin, Texas, and earned his undergraduate degree in neurobiology from the University of Texas at Austin before attending medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He then completed his adult psychiatry residency here at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and is now nearing the completion of his child psychiatry fellowship here. During his training, he served as the senior media editor for the American Journal of Psychiatry Residents’ Journal, in addition to producing and hosting  for their podcast. Outside of his academic and clinical achievements, Dr. Novy has been an avid video game enthusiast for much of his life, although, as a father to a 17-month-old toddler, he finds himself with less time to play these days. He has previously presented on this topic at the AACAP annual conference in 2023. After finishing his fellowship, Dr. Novy is preparing to work as an outpatient child and adolescent psychiatrist in the community, with particular interests in transitional age youth, LGBTQ+ mental health, and child bipolar disorder. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Blake Novy. 

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe at least 2 ways that video games can help mental health. 

• Identify at least 2 ways that video games can be problematic for mental health. 

• Define therapeutic gaming and identify an evidence-based example for psychiatry and psychology. 

Speaker #2: Kierstin S. Utter, M.D.
Title: Psychiatric and Obstetric Outcomes Among Pregnant Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Single-Institution Study

Introduction: Dr. Utter is a fourth-year psychiatry resident at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN with interest in general adult and reproductive psychiatry. She has participated in research throughout residency, ultimately taking part in the Research Track as a third-year resident. During this time, she studied contraceptive use amongst psychiatrically hospitalized patients and pregnancy-related outcomes amongst patients with bipolar disorder. She has presented her reproductive psychiatry research at the Marce of North America and International Marce Society for Perinatal Mental Health conferences. Clinically, she has spent two years learning from Drs. Betcher and Moore in the Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Clinic and is receiving special certification through the National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry. She will enter practice after graduation as an adult and reproductive psychiatrist for Nystrom & Associates in Lakeville, MN.   

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Recall pregnancy-related complications for which patients with bipolar disorder are at increased risk.  

• Discuss aims and design of the present study. 

• Identify one significant finding from the present study and its clinical relevance. 

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