Friday, October 2, 2026
12:30 PM – 6:30 PM	Registration Location: Kanawha Prefunction Foyer
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM	History of Mental Illness Marketa Wills, MD Location: Kanawha
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM	Current Situation on Serious Mental Illness Marvin Figueroa, Secretary of Health Location: Kanawha
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM	Reception with Area Legislators and Exhibitors Location: James River

Saturday, October 3, 2026
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM	Registration Location: Kanawha Prefunction Foyer
7:30 AM – 8:20 AM	Committee Breakfast Meeting | Visit Exhibits - Open to all attendees Location: James River
8:20 AM – 8:30 AM	Welcome and Introductions Moderator: Shariff Tanious, MD, FAPA Alexis Aplasca, MD, FAAP, FAPA Location: Kanawha
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM	Embedding Suicide Services Across Psychiatric Settings at UVA Health Stephen O'Connor, PhD Objectives: 1. Describe the psychiatric and clinical epidemiology for suicide prevention in health systems 2. Outline strategies to enhance evidence-base suicide care in psychiatric settings across UVA Health 3.Identify areas for continued growth in health system suicide prevention strategies Location: Kanawha
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM	State Hospital Psychiatrist Perspective Shariff Tanious, MD, FAPA Location: Kanawha
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Break | Visit Exhibits Location: James River
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM	Resident Mind Games Location: James River
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Poster Presentations Moderators: Jose E. Nieves, MD, DLFAPA; Kathleen M. Stack, MD, DFAPA; Kenneth W. Waller, MD; Susan J. Waller, MD, DFAPA Location: Kanawha Prefunction/Kanawha Ballroom
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM	CAP Talk - When Childhood Trauma Looks Like Everything Else: Diagnostic and Management Challenges Within Systems of Care Feyza Basoglu, MD Objectives: 1) Recognize diverse developmental presentations of childhood trauma and distinguish from other conditions 2) Recognize barriers to evidence-based trauma care and identify ways to provide meaningful, coordinated, preventative care despite limited resources 3) Recognize vicarious trauma and emotional impact of caring for children affected by trauma, while sustaining empathy and compassion Location: Rockett's Landing
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM	Lunch | Business Meeting | Visit Exhibitors Location: James River
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM	Panel Discussion: Hospitals Without Walls: Interdisciplinary, Team-Based Models for Complex Care Shane Carrillo, MD; Bill J. Forte, MD; Shriti B. Patel, MD; Maninder Singh, MD, DFAPA Objectives: Recognize how team-based models, such as Community Services Boards, Assertive Care Teams, and Mental Health Intensive Case Management Programs, can enable successful psychiatric crisis stabilization, medical management, and social recovery outside traditional hospital settings. Reflect on interdisciplinary workflows between physicians, case managers, and allied health professionals, detailing how communication and shared decision-making drive individualized care plans for high-needs patients. Discuss benefits and challenges that community psychiatrists and collaborating providers may experience in caring for patients who struggle with serious mental illness. Consider the impact of team-based community models, specifically regarding reductions in emergency department visits, overall hospital readmission rates, and long-term healthcare costs. Location: Kanawha
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM	Resident/Medical Student Breakout Session: Psychiatry Training & Child Psychiatry Fellowship Panel and Networking Moderator: Alexis Aplasca, MD, FAAP, FAPA Katherine V. Liebesny, MD; Mariam Rahmani, MD, DFAACAP; Dimal Shah, MD, FAPA Objectives: 1. Participants will be able to describe different pathways to becoming a pediatric psychiatrist. 2. Participants will be able to identify free resources to help them prepare for residency/fellowship applications and interviews. Location: Rockett's Landing
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM	Psychopharmacology and Serious Mental Illness Katie Smithwick, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS Objectives: 1. Evaluate newer and emerging antipsychotic therapies 2. Discuss evidence for non-dopaminergic approaches to treatment of psychosis 3. Assess the future landscape in treatment of psychosis Location: Kanawha
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM	CAP TALK: Educational and Legal Barriers in Child and Adolescent Community Mental Health Jerita Dubash, DO Objectives: 1. Recognize common educational challenges that CAP patients/families encounter and be aware of resources/procedures to address these. 2. Recognize unique legal challenges in community mental health in the CAP population. Location: Rockett's Landing
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM	A NAMI Perspective Dylan Mcauley, JD Location: Kanawha
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM	When AI Becomes a Relationship: Artificial Empathy and Attachment in Children and Adolescents Tracie Rivera, MD, ABPN Objectives: At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to: 1. Define artificial empathy and describe how AI systems can simulate emotionally responsive interactions that may contribute to attachment formation in children and adolescents. 2. Identify developmental and psychological factors that may increase a child’s or adolescent’s vulnerability to forming significant emotional attachments to AI systems. 3. Recognize potential clinical risks associated with human-AI attachment and apply practical strategies for assessing AI use and relationships in child and adolescent psychiatric practice. Location: Kanawha
4:30 PM	Closing Remarks