The number of people 65 years and older (currently about 34.7 million) will double during the next 30 years. The number of Americans aged 80 and older is expected to rise from 9.2 million today to 31.6 million by the year 2050. As population becomes older, the number of elderly persons with mental illnesses will increase. Worldwide, elderly people lead the World Health Organization's list of new cases of mental illness: 236 elderly people per 100,000 suffer from mental illness. There is an urgent need among physicians to acquire medical knowledge in detecting and managing the different psychiatric conditions impacting this special population.
To close this educational gap, the Puerto Rico Psychiatric Society, District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association, in a joint sponsorship with Ponce School of Medicine has designed the 8 credits CME activity THIRD GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY CONGRESS. It will be held at the Ritz Carlton San Juan on Saturday, October 8, 2011.
This symposium, aimed at physicians, will provide them with up-to-date information to assure they will have adequate tools to deal with these patients. Topics will be presented by prestigious geriatric psychiatrists
For more information call: Roselyn Feliciano 787-955-4791
THIRD GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY CONGRESS
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Ritz Carlton San Juan
Program
8:00 – 8:30 AM REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST
8:30 – 8:45 AM Welcome and Overview... Michel Woodbury,MD/Ingrid Alicea, MD
8:45 – 9:00 AM CME Information and Pre-Test ....Amariliz Torres, CME Coordinator.
9:00 – 9:40 AM Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment, risk towards Dementia and Update
on Cognitive Disorders...William Julio, MD
9:40 – 10:20 AM Pharmacological Spectrum in Late Adulthood and Management of
Psychosis in Non Demented Elderlies...Mercedes Rodriguez, MD
10:20 – 10:35 AM BREAK
10:35 – 11:10 AM Controversies in identifying possible causes and treatment
behavior manifestations of Delirium...Michel Woodbury, MD
11:10 – 11:50 AM Management of Behavior Disturbances in Dementia...Francisco Parra,MD
11:50 – 12:00 M Q&A Session..........Ingrid Alicea, MD / Moderator
12:00 – 1:00 PM LUNCH
1:00 – 1:40 PM Complications of Prolonged Exposure to Substance Abuse in
the Elderly...Vilma McCarthy, MD
1:40 – 2:30 PM Sleep Changes with Age and Common Sleep Disorder...
Maria Sanchez-Bonilla, MD
2:30 – 3:20 PM Management of Mood Disorder and Psychosis in the Non Demented
Geriatric Population...Fernando Entenza, MD
3:20 – 3:35 PM BREAK
3:35 - 4:25 PM Does Dementia preclude ability in decision-making and predispose
to abuse...Ruben Bravo Valverde, MD
4:25 – 5:25 PM Panel Discussion.....Faculty and Moderator
5:25 - 5:45 PM Q & A Session...Ingrid Alicea MD / Moderator
5:45– 6:00 PM Closing Remarks and Post-Test...Ingrid Alicea MD / Moderator
