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PSY Global Grand Rounds
Hosted by USU Department of Psychiatry in collaboration with SUSP

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Future PSY Global Grand Rounds: Hosted by USU Department of Psychiatry in collaboration with SUSP.

30SEP 2026: Psychedelics in Australasia with Dr. Gary Wynn. Registration coming soon.

27JAN 2027 - Topic to be announced

31MAR 2027 - Topic to be announced

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Past Event Library: Table of Contents

The Future of Psychiatry

Multidisciplinary Cognitive Performance Optimization for Mission-Critical Decision Makers

Understanding the Evolving Role of AI in Mental Health

Extreme Overvalued Beliefs: Identification, Management, and Mitigation

Not Just a Rash: Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions to Psychiatric Medications

Childhood Experiences & Life Lived: The Triumph of Good Over Evil?

DARPA: Novel Approaches to Detecting, Healing, and Preventing the Invisible Wounds of War

Evaluating Adults for ADHD/Autism: How to Screen and When to Refer

Building on the Fly by Design: How the Nation Prepares for an Uncertain Future

In collaboration with Society of Uniformed Services Psychiatrists

and American Psychiatric Association

15JULY26

The Future of Psychiatry

Speaker: Dr. Marketa Wills, APA CEO & Medical Director

Talk Objectives:

(1) Describe key trends shaping the future of psychiatry and how APA’s strategic priorities are positioned to respond to them;
(2) Identify opportunities to advance equitable, high quality, and patient-centered mental health care across diverse practice settings and communities.
(3) Discuss how leadership, innovation, and advocacy in organized psychiatry can strengthen the profession and improve outcomes for patients and families.

29APR26

Secure Firearm Storage and Suicide Prevention Among Service Members and Veterans

Talk Objectives:

(1) Describe the magnitude of the relationship between firearm access and suicide risk. ;
(2) Explain various methods for secure firearm storage.
(3) Understand how means safety functions as a suicide prevention tool.
(4) Describe the evidence for Project Safe Guard as a suicide prevention intervention for service members.

Speaker: Michael Anestis, PhD

Video recording coming soon.

28JAN26

Multidisciplinary Cognitive Performance Optimization for Mission-Critical Decision Makers

Talk Objectives:

(1) Identify lifestyle factors contributing to sub-optimal cognitive function, including sleep, physical exercise, toxic substances, stress management, and diet. ;
(2) Devise a diagnosis and treat cognitively impairing disorders when these conditions are present.
(3) Appraise the risks and benefits of stimulant use for optimization of fatigue, sustained attention and processing speed.
(4) Plan and prescribe personalized, specific interventions for cognitive performance optimization.

Speaker: David Brody, MD, PhD

05NOV25

Understanding the Evolving Role of AI in Mental Health

Talk Objectives:

(1) Describe the Basics of AI in Medicine: Define artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and large language models (LLMs) in clear, non-technical terms;
(2) Recognize Current and Emerging Uses of AI in Psychiatry Around AI in Mental Health Including the Scope of Wellness vs Clinical Applications;
(3) Identify Risks, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations Around AI in Mental Health and Understand How Benchmarking Can Guide Informed Decisions Around Use.

Speaker: John Torous, MD, MBI

Video recording available to SUSP Members upon request.

30JUL25

Extreme Overvalued Beliefs: Identification, Management, and Mitigation

Talk Objectives:

(1) Differentiate between Extreme Overvalued Beliefs (EOBs), conspiracy theories, and psychotic delusions;
(2) Recognize the progression of EOBs and their likely impact on functioning over timeline;
(3) Identify the risk EOBs represent to DoD from perspective of security, safety, and readiness; and
(4) Describe potential strategies for interventions to mitigate risk

Speaker: Mikel Matto, MD

30APR25

Not Just a Rash: Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions to Psychiatric Medications

Talk Objectives:

(1) Express awareness of various life-threatening Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (SCARs);
(2) Identify psychiatric medications that predispose one to develop a SCARs;
(3) Recognize cross reactivity between certain psychiatric and neurologic medications;
(4) Explain individual risk factors that predispose a patient to SCARs;
(5) Describe the psychological implications for survivors of SCARs.

Speaker: Helena Pasieka, MD, MS

Video recording not available from this event.

29JAN25

Childhood Experiences & Life Lived: The Triumph of Good Over Evil?

Talk Objectives:

(1) Know the literature and be able to recognize the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on adult health outcomes;
(2) Recognize the alignment of health disparity consistent with the geographic racial boundaries and the historical events that have driven these boundaries in many American cities, with Baltimore as an example;
(3) Define the potential impact of the growing field of epigenetics resulting from ACEs and its potential impact on subsequent generations;
(4) Identify Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) and their mitigating effects on ACEs; and
(5) Describe programs that have been specifically designed to mitigate ACEs in children and the benefits that may be associated with the military community to assist parents and children.

Speaker: Charles Callahan, D.O.

22NOV24

DARPA: Novel Approaches to Detecting, Healing, and Preventing the Invisible Wounds of War

Talk Objectives:

(1) Discuss how Event Related Potentials may be used to overcome the confusion and challenges associated with answering questions about mental health in general and suicidality in particular;
(2) Describe how combining generalized and targeted neuroplastic techniques could potentially be used to increase cognitive flexibility and emotional regulation to augment current therapies;
(3) Recognize how noninvasive neuromodulation may address REM sleep disorders associated with PTSD.

Speaker: Gregory Witkop, MD

Video recording not available from this event.

29MAY24

Evaluating Adults for ADHD/Autism: How to Screen and When to Refer

Talk Objectives:

(1) Recognize key historical factors that can help diagnose or rule out ADHD and ASD in adults;
(2) apply interviews and rating scales when screening adults for ADHD and ASD;
(3) discuss how individual and gender differences affect diagnoses of ADHD and ASD and the lack of research in this area overall; and
(4) identify common rule-out diagnoses

Speaker: Robert L. Mapou, PhD

24JAN24

Building on the Fly by Design: How the Nation Prepares for an Uncertain Future

Disasters are growing more frequent, severe, and unpredictable, yet our nation lacks a sustainable model for preparedness. This talk will address the advancement of science, medical practice, and education in the pursuit of a coordinated and scalable approach to preparing for catastrophic events.

PSY Global Grand Rounds Hosted by USU Department of Psychiatry in collaboration with SUSP

Past Event Library: Table of Contents

15JULY26

The Future of Psychiatry

Speaker: Dr. Marketa Wills, APA CEO & Medical Director

Talk Objectives:

29APR26

Secure Firearm Storage and Suicide Prevention Among Service Members and Veterans

Talk Objectives:

Speaker: Michael Anestis, PhD

28JAN26

Multidisciplinary Cognitive Performance Optimization for Mission-Critical Decision Makers

Talk Objectives:

Speaker: David Brody, MD, PhD

05NOV25

Understanding the Evolving Role of AI in Mental Health

Talk Objectives:

Speaker: John Torous, MD, MBI

30JUL25

Extreme Overvalued Beliefs: Identification, Management, and Mitigation

Talk Objectives:

Speaker: Mikel Matto, MD

30APR25

Not Just a Rash: Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions to Psychiatric Medications

Talk Objectives:

Speaker: Helena Pasieka, MD, MS

29JAN25

Childhood Experiences & Life Lived: The Triumph of Good Over Evil?

Talk Objectives:

Speaker: Charles Callahan, D.O.

22NOV24

DARPA: Novel Approaches to Detecting, Healing, and Preventing the Invisible Wounds of War

Talk Objectives:

Speaker: Gregory Witkop, MD

29MAY24

Evaluating Adults for ADHD/Autism: How to Screen and When to Refer

Talk Objectives:

Speaker: Robert L. Mapou, PhD

24JAN24

Building on the Fly by Design: How the Nation Prepares for an Uncertain Future

Disasters are growing more frequent, severe, and unpredictable, yet our nation lacks a sustainable model for preparedness. This talk will address the advancement of science, medical practice, and education in the pursuit of a coordinated and scalable approach to preparing for catastrophic events.

Speaker: Jeffrey D. Freeman, PhD, MPH

PSY Global Grand Rounds
Hosted by USU Department of Psychiatry in collaboration with SUSP