Psychiatric Society of Virginia Spring Meeting 2025

• Target Audience: psychiatrists, psychiatry residents
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• Information:

This year’s theme is “Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Future of Mental Health Care.” The meeting will explore how AI is transforming psychiatric practice—from diagnosis and treatment planning to education and administrative tasks. With the growing shortage of psychiatrists, the event will also highlight how technologies like telepsychiatry and virtual therapists can extend care beyond traditional one-on-one models.

The meeting includes:

Expert-led sessions on AI integration in mental health

Discussions on ethical and clinical implications

Networking opportunities with peers and thought leaders

The target audience for the Psychiatric Society of Virginia (PSV) Spring Meeting 2025 includes a broad spectrum of mental health professionals, particularly:

Psychiatrists and psychiatry residents

Psychologists and therapists

Medical students and trainees

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in behavioral health

Researchers and educators in psychiatry and neuroscience

Healthcare administrators interested in mental health innovation

Given the 2025 theme—“Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Future of Mental Health Care”—the meeting is especially relevant for clinicians and academics exploring how AI is reshaping psychiatric diagnosis, treatment, and education

• Topics:

*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

2025 PSV Spring Meeting – Printable Program.pdf

March 15, 2025.mp4

* Detail:

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Registration | Check In

Location: North Entry Foyer

Breakfast with Committee Meetings and Exhibits – Open to all attendees

Location: Crystal Ballroom

Welcome and Introductions

Location: Crystal Ballroom

Resident Mind Games

Location: Crystal Ballroom

Your Online Identity: Privacy and Professional Implications

John Luo, MD

Objectives:

With the vast amount of information on the Internet, it is not a surprise that there is content available about anyone regardless of whether uploaded or generated by that person. For psychiatrists, that information may prejudice potential employers from hiring or patients with regards to considering engaging in mental health services. It is important to canvas a variety of information sources to ascertain what impact this information has on one’s professional reputation. In addition, taking action to identify such information will ensure privacy and security of personal information online.

Location: Roanoke CD

Digital Addiction: The Impact on Mental Health

Sachinder Vasudeva, MD

Objectives:

1. Discuss effects of excessive use of digital media on the brain and discuss possible treatments.

Location: Roanoke CD

BREAK WITH EXHIBITS

Location: Crystal Ballroom

The Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in Differential Diagnosis in Psychiatry

Delmar Short, MD

Objectives:

Location: Roanoke CD

AI in Residency

Janie Lozovski, DO; Brian E. Wood, DO, DFAPA

Objectives:

2. Determine the role of personal statements and letters of recommendation in the residency application.

Location: Roanoke CD

LUNCH WITH EXHIBITS AND BUSINESS MEETING

Location: Crystal Ballroom

Headache: A Meeting Place

Gary Harpold, MD

Objectives:

1. Show the need for more Neurologists and Psychiatrists,

2. Discuss the impact of migraine in the general population and the links to mental illness

3. Update the audience on the current effective treatments available for migraine.

Location: Roanoke CD

Resident Breakout Session: Life After Residency – Starting a Practice and Insurance Considerations

Gloria Umali, RN BSN MS MPA CPHRM

Location: Roanoke GH

Mental Illness Patient Diversion to an Empath Unit

Peter Betz, MD

Objectives:

1. Empath provides early intervention and care for psychiatric patients in the ED

2. Empath reduces LOS of psychiatric patients in the ED

3. Empath allows a substantial majority of patients to return to the community rather than requiring inpatient hospitalization

Location: Roanoke CD

Techno Stress and Physician Well Being

Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS

Objectives:

1. Define technostress and appraise the creators of technostress

2. Identify common sources of technostress in healthcare settings

3. Discuss strategies to mitigate technostress and enhance physician well-being

Location: Roanoke CD

Panel Discussion: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry

Moderator: Karl W. Northwall, MD, DLFAPA

Peter Betz, MD; Gary Harpold, MD; Janie Lozovski, DO; John Luo, MD; Badr Ratnakaran, MBBS; Delmar Short, MD; Sachinder Vasudeva, MD; Brian E. Wood, DO, DFAPA

Location: Roanoke CD