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ForwardPsychiatry Clinical Updates 2026 plus Psychiatry in Medical Settings
Psychiatry Clinical Updates March 2-5, 2026 and Psychiatry in Medical Settings March 6, 2026 (optional add on)
This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options
Psychiatry Clinical Updates March 2-5, 2026 and Psychiatry in Medical Settings March 6, 2026 - Fairmont Orchid - Kohala Coast, Big Island, Hawaii
Mayo Clinic Psychiatry’s flagship course, Psychiatry Clinical Updates, is aimed at providing clinically relevant updates for the management of psychiatric problems and their comorbidities across the lifespan. This year’s topics include updates and clinical pearls on mood and disruptive behavior disorders, OCD, ADHD, eating disorders, and perinatal psychiatry, as well as evidence-based psychotherapy and emerging pharmacotherapies.
POST-COURSE SESSION (optional - additional charge)
Join us on March 6, 2026 for a bonus day of content! Psychiatry in Medical Settings covers the special challenges of diagnosing and treating psychiatric and psychological problems in patients with major medical and surgical illnesses. For 2026, our Featured Topics will include Weight Management in the GLP-1 era (including novel psychiatric uses for these medications) and pre- and post-hospital management of patients with behavioral complications from intensive medical-surgical interventions.
Target Audience
This multidisciplinary course is intended for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, therapists, and other clinicians who see patients with mental health conditions. Multiple specialties, including psychiatry, psychology, family medicine, neurology, and primary care, will benefit from attending this course.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Analyze treatment strategies for major depression
- Describe evidence-based options for the treatment of bipolar disorder
- Identify behavioral and biologic strategies for difficult-to-treat obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Identify the risks and benefits of psychiatric medications during pregnancy and lactation
- Name individual and family-based interventions for eating disorders
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Psychiatry Clinical Updates 2026 | ||||
Fairmont Orchid - Big Island, HI | ||||
March 2-5, 2026 | ||||
All times listed are HST (Hawaii Standard Time) | ||||
Day 1 | Monday, March 2, 2026 | |||
6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast | ||
7:00 AM | 7:15 AM | Introduction, Announcements, Schedule Review | ||
7:15 AM | 7:50 AM | Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents | ||
7:50 AM | 8:25 AM | Psychological and Behavioral Strategies for Disruptive Behavior in Children | ||
8:25 AM | 8:35 AM | Q & A (Shekunov & Sim) | ||
8:35 AM | 9:10 AM | Perinatal Bipolar Disorder and Psychosis with Q & A | ||
9:10 AM | 9:45 AM | Managing Acute Agitation in the Hospital Setting with Q & A | ||
9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Refreshment Break | ||
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Addressing Treatment Non-Adherence | ||
10:30 AM | 11:05 AM | Management of Behavioral and Psychologic Symptoms in Dementia | ||
11:05 AM | 11:15 AM | Q & A (Vickers & Gentry) | ||
11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Move to Breakout Sessions | ||
11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Breakout 1: Perinatal Psychiatry: Cases Discussed (Betcher & Moore) | Breakout 2: | Breakout 3: Geriatric Mood Disorders |
12:30 PM | 12:30 PM | Adjourn | ||
Day 2 | Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | |||
6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | Breakfast and Registration | ||
6:30 AM | 7:00 AM | Breakfast Roundtable Discussions with the Professors: Betcher & Moore (Perinatal Psychiatry) Morgan (Hospital Psychiatry) Vickers (ADHD) | ||
7:00 AM | 7:25 AM | MAO Inhibitors | ||
7:25 AM | 7:50 AM | Lithium and Thyroid Revisited | ||
7:50 AM | 8:25 AM | Chronotherapy for Depression | ||
8:25 AM | 8:55 AM | Pharmacotherapy to Reduce Suicidality | ||
8:55 AM | 9:15 AM | Q & A (Gitlin, Frye, & Singh) | ||
9:15 AM | 9:50 AM | Applied AI in Psychopharmacology with Q & A | ||
9:50 AM | 10:05 AM | Refreshment Break | ||
10:05 AM | 10:40 AM | Childhood Depression with Q & A | ||
10:40 AM | 11:15 AM | Revisiting Dopamine in Bipolar Depression | ||
11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Move to Breakout Sessions | ||
11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Breakout 1: AI and Psychogenomics (Athreya & Frye) | Breakout 2: Ketamine (Singh & Vande Voort) | Breakout 3: Depression - Your Cases Discussed (Gitlin & Sawchuk) |
Day 3 | Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | |||
6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | Breakfast | ||
6:30 AM | 7:00 AM | Breakfast Roundtable Discussions with the Professors | ||
7:00 AM | 7:30 AM | Behavioral Treatment of Eating Disorders | ||
7:30 AM | 8:00 AM | Medical and Pharmacologic Management of Eating Disorders | ||
8:00 AM | 8:10 AM | Q & A (Matthews & Derenne) | ||
8:10 AM | 9:10 AM | Difficult to Treat OCD with Q & A | ||
9:10 AM | 9:45 AM | Eating Disorders in Older Adults with Q & A | ||
9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Refreshment Break | ||
10:00 AM | 10:35 AM | TMS: Beyond Depression -- TMS for OCD and Other Indications with Q & A | ||
10:35 AM | 11:15 AM | Hoarding Disorder: Its Not About the Stuff! with Q & A | ||
11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Move to Breakout Sessions | ||
11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Breakout 1: Social Media and Mental Health (Matthews & Derenne) | Breakout 2: Neuromodulation (Croarkin) | Breakout 3: Community Psychiatry (Taylor-Desir) |
12:30 PM | 12:30 PM | Adjourn | ||
Day 4 | Thursday, March 5, 2026 | |||
6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | Breakfast | ||
6:30 AM | 7:00 AM | Breakfast Roundtable Discussions with the Professors | ||
7:00 AM | 7:35 AM | Updates in Sleep Pharmacology with Q & A | ||
7:35 AM | 8:10 AM | ADHD and Neurodiversity with Q & A | ||
8:10 AM | 8:40 AM | Clozapine Updates with Q & A | ||
8:40 AM | 9:10 AM | QT prolongation with Q & A | ||
9:10 AM | 9:45 AM | Most Important Articles of 2025 with Q & A | ||
9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Refreshment Break | ||
10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Mental Health Advocacy | ||
10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Managing Health Behaviors in Patients with Mood Disorders | ||
11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Q & A (Taylor-Desir & Clark) | ||
11:15 AM | 11:30 AM | Course Closing Comments | ||
11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Breakout 1: Somatoform Disorders (Suarez) | Break out 2: Preventing Burnout (Clark) | Breakout 3: Sleep Disorders: Your Cases Discussed (Kolla & Leung) |
12:30 PM | 12:30 PM | Adjourn | ||
Day 5 | Friday, March 6, 2026 | |
6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | Breakfast |
7:00 AM | 7:10 AM | Introductions |
7:10 AM | 7:50 AM | Real World Outcomes of Treatment of Obesity with GLP-1 Agonists |
7:50 AM | 8:30 AM | Behavioral Interventions – Still Needed? |
8:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Question and Answer |
8:45 AM | 9:25 AM | Case Based Discussion |
9:25 AM | 9:45 AM | Refreshment Break |
9:45 AM | 10:25 AM | Predicting and Preventing Agitation and Aggression in Patients with Delirium |
10:25 AM | 11:05 AM | Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) |
11:05 AM | 11:20 AM | Question and Answer |
11:20 AM | 12:00 PM | Case Based Discussion |
12:00 PM | 12:10 PM | Wrap-up, Adjourn |
Guest rooms have been reserved for attendees with special course rates at the Fairmont Orchid. In order to receive the special rates, reservations must be made before the room block fills or before the cut-off date of January 29, 2026, whichever comes first. After January 29, 2026, reservations will be taken on space and rate availability. Each attendee is limited to two hotel rooms.
The resort fee has been discounted to $35 (plus tax) per room, per night.
Click here to make your reservation online. You may also call 1-808-885-2000 to make your reservation. Please identify yourself as an attendee of the Mayo Clinic Psychiatry Clinical Updates conference when making your reservation.
All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 26.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this activity for a maximum of 26.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
APA
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity is approved for a maximum of 26.50 credits. Credit is awarded only for actual instructional time.
ASWB
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AAPA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 26.50 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations.
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Available Credit
- 26.50 AAPA Category 1
- 26.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 26.50 ANCC
- 26.50 APA
- 26.50 ASWB
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