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Conferences

American Psychiatric Association 2025 Annual Meeting

May 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM to May 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM Eastern
Riggs staff members Marina Bayeva, PhD, MD; Samar Habl, MD; David Mintz, MD; Eric Plakun, MD; Erin Seery, MD; and Jane Tillman, PhD, ABPP, will be presenting at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2025 Annual Meeting.
Riggs staff members Marina Bayeva, PhD, MD; Samar Habl, MD; David Mintz, MD; Eric Plakun, MD; Erin Seery, MD; and Jane Tillman, PhD, ABPP, will be presenting and the Austen Riggs Center will be exhibiting at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2025 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA.
In addition, Riggs Medical Director/CEO Edward R. Shapiro, MD; and Director of the Therapeutic Community Program Donna Elmendorf, PhD, will be in attendance.
Join Riggs clinical staff members for a Psychiatric Professionals' Mixer on Tuesday, May 20 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Hotel Figueroa (Lower La Casita). Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be served. RSVP here.
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Pacific) 
Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Using Practical Psychodynamics to Understand and Address Pharmacologic Treatment-Resistance

Director: David Mintz, MD
Faculty: Erin Seery, MD; Marina Bayeva, PhD, MD; Samar Habl, MD
Location: Room 153 B, Los Angeles Convention Center
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Pacific) 
The Role of Photography in Promoting Mental Health Through Lifestyle and Patient Therapy

Chair: Josepha Cheong, MD
Presenters: Carlyle Hung-Lun Chan, MD; Mara Pheister, MD; David Mintz, MD
Location: Room 402 A, Los Angeles Convention Center
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Time: 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. (Pacific)
Don’t Ask How - Ask Y! The Y model as an Integrated Framework for Teaching Psychotherapy Competencies

Chair: Matthew Robert Kelly, MD
Presenters: Alena Balasanova, MD, FAPA; Anne Ruble, MD, MPH; David Mintz, MD; Eric Plakun, MD
Location: Room 406 A, Los Angeles Convention Center
Monday, May 19, 2025
Time: 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. (Pacific)
Psychiatric Chronification: When the Patient’s Use of Medications Does not Promote Mental Health

Chair: David Mintz, MD
Presenter: Samar Habl, MD
Location: Room 409 AB, Los Angeles Convention Center
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. (Pacific)
Responding to the Impact of Suicide on Clinicians

Chair: Eric Plakun, MD
Presenter: Jane Tillman, PhD
Location: Room 403 B, Los Angeles Convention Center
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. (Pacific)
Psychopharmacology Master Class: The Art of Psychopharmacology

Chair: David Mintz, MD
Presenter: Carl Salzman, MD
Location: Room 502 A, Los Angeles Convention Center
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Time: 8:00-9:30 a.m. (Pacific)
Beyond the Impasse: A Psychodynamic Perspective on the "Difficult" Patient
Chairs: Dhruv R. Gupta, MD, MS; Eric Plakun, MD
Presenters: Samar Habl, MD; David Mintz, MD
Location: Room 515 A, Los Angeles Convention Center
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Time: 1:30- 3:00 p.m. (Pacific)
Dynamic Therapy with Self-Destructive Borderline Patients: An Alliance Based Intervention for Suicide

Chair: Eric Plakun, MD
Discussant: Samar Habl, MD
Location: Room 405, Los Angeles Convention Center
Visit the Austen Riggs Center (Booth #1000) during exhibit hall hours:
  • Saturday, May 17 - 11:45 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, May 18 - 9:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  • Monday, May 19 - 9:15 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, May 20 - 9:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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