Stella Logan graduated with her BSN from the University of Cincinnati.  After working as an ICU nurse, she went on to obtain her MSN with clinical specialty in psychiatric-mental health nursing from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio.  She worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, private and public facilities in Ohio, Indiana and Oregon, and served on the faculty at Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing.  She moved to Texas in 1991, and after working in school health joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing.  She obtained a post-masters certificate as a FPMHNP from the University of Texas at Arlington after which she was instrumental in the development of the UT Austin PMHNP program.  She continues to serve as an affiliate faculty at UT Austin School of Nursing, has a clinical practice focusing on people with serious mental illness and intellectual disabilities, and maintains involvement in various professional organizations at the local, state, and national levels.

Disclosure: Stella Logan has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Greg Fonzo, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.  He completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the San Diego State University/University of California-San Diego Joint Doctoral Program.  He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in bio-behavioral research at the Stanford University School of Medicine.  Dr. Fonzo’s research encompasses two main themes.  First, his laboratory utilizes non-invasive neuroscience tools such as neuroimaging and neuromodulatory probes to understand neurobiological mechanisms of stress-related mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and major depression.  Second, his laboratory is focused on designing novel neuroscience-informed interventions to alleviate mental health symptoms, with a particular focus on psychedelic-assisted therapies and neuromodulation. In his clinical practice, he specializes in the assessment and evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression.

Disclosure: Dr. Fonzo has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.

• Review the clinical features of bipolar disorder in youth.
• Discuss the evidence base for the pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
• Review the safety profile of medication for the treatment of bipolar disorder in youth.

Disclosure: Dr. Wagner has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Amanda J. Simonton, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at the Texas Child Study Center at Dell Children’s Medical Center. She has been a Registered Nurse since 2013 and previously worked in the Intermediate Care Unit at Seton Medical Center Austin and Psychiatric Emergency Department at University Medical Center Brackenridge. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she has primarily worked with adults with dual-diagnosed (substance use and mental health) disorders and with children and adolescents. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (’13), Master of Science in Nursing (’18), and Doctor of Philosophy (’20) through the School of Nursing at the University of Texas at Austin. She is active in presenting at the annual conferences for Texas Nurse Practitioners and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. She is currently on the Policy Council for Texas Nurse Practitioners and the President-Elect on the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Texas Chapter Board of Directors. Dr. Simonton is also a member of two steering committees, which focus on treatment of schizophrenia spectrum disorders and bipolar depression, for Medscape Inc. Her research and clinical interests are to improve the lives of individuals with substance use disorders and serious mental illness by utilizing evidence-based care and best-practices in the field of psychiatry and psychology.

Disclosure: Dr. Simonton has the following relevant financial relationships, potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose:

Dr. Saklad was born in Los Angeles, California in 1953, and graduated from Pacific Palisades High School in 1970. He received his baccalaureate degree cum laude in Bacteriology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1974. His Doctor of Pharmacy degree was earned at the University of Southern California in 1978. He had a National Institute of Mental Health training fellowship in Psychiatric Pharmacy supervised by Jim Wilson, Pharm.D., BCPP at the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute of the University of Nebraska Medical Center at Omaha in 1978-9. He then joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and the clinical staff at San Antonio State Hospital (SASH) in 1979. He was the first clinical pharmacist employed by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (now Texas Health and Human Services) when he began as Clinical Coordinator at SASH. He has lived in San Antonio, Texas since 1979. He is married and the father of triplet sons.

During his 38 years career, Dr. Saklad has provided clinical care, education, and research in a variety of settings and treatment roles at SASH. He team teaches didactic courses for second and third professional year pharmacy students. He is the course director for Advanced Pharmacotherapy Laboratory, a third professional year opportunity for students to develop their clinical presentation skills that is given across four campuses. He precepts and mentors third and fourth professional year pharmacy students (P3’s & P4’s) at SASH. He received the UT Austin College of Pharmacy’s Teaching Award from the Class of 2014. He authored and successfully discussed with members of the Texas Legislature the creation of a clinical research unit at SASH that was funded by the Texas Legislature and jointly governed by the UT Austin College of Pharmacy, UT Health Science Center San Antonio Department of Psychiatry and SASH.

Dr. Saklad initiated and developed the first websites for the UT Austin College of Pharmacy in 1994, the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) in 1997, and the CPNP Foundation in 2015. He helped to design, organize and was a founding member of CPNP when it incorporated in 1998 as well as the CPNP Foundation in 2012. In 2003, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the CPNP for a two-year term. He has served as a member or officer of the CPNP Communications Committee since the creation of CPNP from 1995 to 2011 and was the Founding Senior Editor of the Mental Health Clinician, CPNP’s Open Access journal, from 2011-13. Currently, Dr. Saklad is Treasurer of the CPNP Foundation a member of the CPNP Business Development Committee. He was on the task force that developed The Mental Health Pharmacy Directory to improve patient access. He is the Director of The University of Texas Psychiatric Pharmacy Program. In 1988, he helped to create and has chaired The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy’s Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy Update since 2007.

Dr. Saklad publishes articles and presents to many groups around the country on a variety of pharmacy and mental health-related topics. He edited Psychopharmacology Update newsletter from 1998-2002 and edited two editions of a compendium based upon this newsletter, Psychopharmacology Desktop Reference, published by Manisses Communications Group in 1999 and 2002. He provides updates on his Twitter feed on a variety of topics @pharmacopsych.

Dr. Saklad is a principal or co-investigator for several studies of the efficacy and adverse effects of Phase II, III, and IV psychotropic agents in schizophrenia, mood disorders, depression, and other serious and persistent mental illness, as well as their pharmacokinetics and interactions. He was the Director of UT Health Science Center San Antonio’s Advanced Pharmacotherapy Research with research facilities located at Laurel Ridge Treatment Center and President of Alamo Superior Research, LLC. He has been affiliated with the Behavioral Wellness (“Be Well”) Center, Department of Psychiatry, UT Health San Antonio since 2009.

Disclosure: Dr. Saklad has the following relevant financial relationships, potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose:

• Explore the complementary and integrative health (CIH) promising practices in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and the Whole Health model.
• Describe evidence-supported, government-approved CIH modalities.
• Discuss recommendations on integration of CIH modalities – tools for healthcare professionals and for patient/participant self-care.

Dr. Toups is a board-certified psychiatrist, and specialist in treatment resistant depression. After medical school, she completed psychiatric training, including a specialty fellowship focusing on the study of treatment outcomes for Major Depressive Disorder, at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas TX. As faculty at UT Southwestern and UT Austin Dell Medical school she studied the role of immunity in major depression, as well as served as an investigator in numerous clinical trials. She has taught evidence-based medicine to psychiatry residents, is the co-author of an award-winning journal club curriculum, and co-hosts a related podcast, the Yeah, No Journal Club. She now runs her own practice, Singularity Psychiatry and Mental Health, where she provides expert psychiatric care for patients with complex depression.

Disclosure: Dr. Toups has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Nicholas Ortiz, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist in UT Health Austin’s Mulva Clinic for the Neurosciences. Additionally, Dr. Ortiz is an assistant professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Psychiatry. He serves on the Medical Executive Council for Ascension Seton Shoal Creek and as the Clinical Director of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Ascension Seton Medical Center. Dr. Ortiz is also the clinical director of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for UT Health Austin. Dr. Ortiz completed a residency in psychiatry at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. He received his medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and earned his bachelor’s in science from Southwestern University. Dr. Ortiz’s clinical interests include Neurostimulation, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and inpatient psychiatry. He is a prolific instructor at Dell Med and also participates in research and publications.

Disclosure: Dr. Ortiz has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Dr. Mark Messer is a is a board-certified psychiatrist who has been practicing psychiatry for 24 years and has been dedicated to the community with extensive experience in public and private inpatient and outpatient settings, including, but not limited to, forensic, child and adolescent, clinical research, and at present three academic faculty appointments.  He is an experienced psychiatric director who continues to actively participate in the treatment of the seriously mentally ill and dually diagnosed patients. Dr. Messer is currently the CEO and Medical Director at Terrell State Hospital, a 305 bed inpatient psychiatric facility.

Disclosure: Dr. Messer does not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies (as defined by the Standards for Integrity and Independence).

Disclosure: Dr. Catanzano has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.

This optional session (NO CE CREDIT) provided the practitioner a document and process to contemplate how knowledge gained from the video sessions can be implemented in practice.

The worksheets here allow you to think through how any new content that could be useful in practice from these sessions will be implemented.  The questions in the sheets reflect research on why content from CE programs is not fully implemented in practice.  Use these for any session to help test yourself.  These are optional only with no CE credit.  You can help us understand how you process and plan for implementation by completing the evaluation, which includes a reflection of the questions asked on the sheet and below.

Facilitator: Glen Baumgart, PhD serves as Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Development at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.  He holds a doctorate in educational psychology and has extensive experience in managing education discussion sessions.  Disclosure: Dr. Baumgart has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.

This optional lunch CE session for in-person attendees includes guided table discussions about topic and treatment changes based on morning topics.  Participants may choose a table based on the topic where set questions will be asked and responses discussed focused on the treatment changes and new information learned from previous lectures.  Based on topic, case studies will be introduced for discussion.  At the close, participants will complete the online assessment asking to summarize what was gained for them through the discussion and to identify one change likely to be made in practice based on the lessons and discussion.

Topic discussions following CE lecture sessions have been shown to significantly increase learner understanding of the presented content and more likely to result in implementation of new practices in patient care. 

This is an optional CE program for in-person attendees.  In-person attendees may choose to skip the discussions and sit at alternate tables for a networking lunch.  Only participants at the designated discussion tables will be eligible for CE credit. 

Facilitator: Glen Baumgart, PhD serves as Director of the Center for Continuing Professional Development at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy.  He holds a doctorate in educational psychology and has extensive experience in managing education discussion sessions.  Disclosure: Dr. Baumgart has no financial relationship(s) to disclose.