Lifestyle Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
- A Live, Virtual Event
- Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET
- 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Join us for the Virtual Immersive: Lifestyle Psychiatry in Clinical Practice and unlock the key pillars to enhancing mental well-being. This dynamic live event will guide you through the crucial elements of Lifestyle Psychiatry—Toxic Exposures, Nutrition, Stress, Sleep, Exercise, and Connectedness—and show you how to apply them in clinical practice to help your patients thrive.
Our expert speakers will dive deep into evidence-based strategies to address stress management, nutritional psychiatry, the neurobiology of sleep, and the impact of exercise and connectedness on mental health. You’ll leave equipped with practical, patient-centered tools to integrate these lifestyle factors into your care approach.
This immersive experience offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of mental health that addresses clinical practice and whole-person care. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge for a more integrated, effective approach to psychiatry.
| Tuesday, March 18 | |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Introduction to Lifestyle Psychiatry with Gia Merlo, M.D., M.B.A., MEd, DFAPA, dipABLM |
| 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Promoting Positive Neuroplastic Changes with Lifestyle Medicine Interventions for Substance Use Recovery with Steve Sugden, M.D., MPH |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. | Feed Your Mental Health with Drew Ramsey, M.D. and Uma Naidoo, M.D. |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Stress: The Good, the Bad...and "the Managed" with April Hirschberg, M.D., dipABLM |
| 12:45 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Sleep & Psychiatry: Not to Miss the Wake-up Call with Kamalika Roy, M.D., M.C.R. |
| 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | The Role of Exercise in Lifestyle Psychiatry with David Baron, MSEd, D.O., DLFAPA |
| 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:45 – 4:45 p.m. | Connectedness: Our Connection to Self, Community, and the World at Large with Gia Merlo, M.D., M.B.A., MEd, DFAPA, dipABLM |
| 4:45 – 5:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks with Gia Merlo, M.D., M.B.A., MEd, DFAPA, dipABLM |