Here are some talks that I can do.
The feedback I have received is that these talks were very clear and clinically useful. To invite me to give one of these talks at your institution or to request a talk on a different topic, email me at mago@simpleandpractical.com.
Note: These talks are not necessarily listed in the order of importance or my preference.
Side effects of psychotropic medications
– Practical Management of Common Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications (Covers sexual dysfunction, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, orthostatic hypotension, etc)
– Practical management of common side effects of medications used to treat ADHD
– Pharmacogenomic Testing to Predict and Reduce Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications
– Evaluation and Management of Antidepressant-Induced Sexual Dysfunction
– Helping the Head without Harming the Heart: Treating Depression in Patients with Heart Disease
– Help Me to Stop! Practical Strategies for Preventing and Managing Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome
– The Mouth: Managing Medication-Induced Dry Mouth, Excessive Saliva, and Teeth-Grinding
– Salt: Diagnosing and Managing Medication-Induced HYPOnatremia and HYPERnatremia
– To Pee or Not to Pee: Managing Medication-Induced Urinary Hesitancy, Retention, and Incontinence
– Medically Serious Adverse Effects of Antidepressant Medications (Covers bleeding, hyponatremia, seizures, QT prolongation, etc)
– Adverse effects of mood stabilizers and their effect on nonadherence
Bipolar disorders
– Getting It to Budge: Advanced strategies for difficult-to-treat bipolar depression
– Stopping the Roller Coaster: Advanced strategies for treating bipolar disorder
Other
– Psychopharmythology: Some beliefs widely held by psychopharmacologists that are actually not true
– Life Depends on the Liver: A Practical Guide to Ordering and Interpreting Liver Function Tests
– A Practical Guide to Ordering and Interpreting Thyroid Function Tests
– Controversies in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
– The Mimics: Common Medical Conditions that Present with Psychiatric Symptoms but are Commonly Missed by Us (This covers Sleep Apnea, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and Others)
– Understanding and evaluating executive dysfunction—the central problem in adults with ADHD
– It’s not really insomnia! Understanding and managing Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder
– Career guidance workshop: I have worked in a variety of settings — inpatient unit (4 years), consultation-liaison psychiatry (3 years), academics/ clinical trials (13 years), and private practice (3 years).
– Overview of Non-stimulant Pharmacotherapy of ADHD (This covers atomoxetine, guanfacine, clonidine, bupropion, modafinil, TCAs, etc)
– Using Rating Scales to Enhance Clinical Practice
– A Practical Guide to Clinically-Important Drug Interactions
– Clinicians’ Guide to Reading and Applying Clinical Trial Results (A simple guide for those without a research background who want to be able to empowered to understand the basics when they come across a clinical trial.)
– The Internet as a Tool in Clinical Practice (A series of websites are amazingly useful yet unknown to most clinicians. This talk is simple but extremely useful for clinicians and – trust me–has been very much appreciated by the audience.)
– Adult ADHD: Diagnosis and Assessment
– Adult ADHD: Pages from Clinical Experience(Especially suited for an audience that is not yet convinced that it is extremely important that we diagnose and treat ADHD. Includes case vignettes and covers key principles of assessment.)
– Different Sources of Evidence: When, Where, and How(Covers when and how to find and use practice guidelines vs. systematic reviews/ meta-analyses vs. clinical trials.)
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