Product Theater Breakfast
7:00am – 8:30am Pacific
No Contact Hours Provided
An Established Therapy for Two Subsets of Challenging to Treat Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in Adults
Presenter: Linda Trinh, DNP, MPH, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Sponsored by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Keynote Presentation
9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
David R. Williams, MPH, PhD
How Racism, Socioeconomic Status, & Stress Affect Mental Health: And What We Can Do About It –RN, APRN
This presentation provides an overview of the ways in which multiple aspects of racism combine with socioeconomic status (SES) and psychosocial stressors to affect physical and mental health. It also describes the added burden caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic and racism in the larger society for the mental health of racial/ethnic minorities. It will highlight promising interventions, at the individual and community level, that can enhance mental health and reduce the negative effect of stressors on mental health.
Poster Presentations
10:00am-3:00pm Pacific
Earn up to 4 contact hours for time spent viewing and evaluating the poster presentations Thursday-Saturday!
Exhibit Hall Open
10:00am – 1:00pm Pacific
Get information from and engage with industry stakeholders in psychiatric-mental health and nursing.
Mini Concurrent Sessions
11:45AM – 12:30PM Pacific
1:45PM CT | 2:45PM ET
3011: Advanced Practice
11:45am – 12:30pm Pacific
How to Reduce the Risks Associated with the Patient-Provider Relationship – RN, APRN
With the increasing demand for mental health services, there also comes an increase in the potential for risks of litigation or complaints. It is important for health care providers to recognize the types of risks they are exposed to in behavioral health care and how to avoid these risks.
Presenter: Cara Staus, B.S., CPHRM
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Depressive Symptoms in an Urban Community College Population – RN, APRN
This presentation will report findings of a study looking at demographic characteristics (race, ethnicity, gender identification), childhood trauma and depressive symptoms in an urban community college population. Psychiatric nurses can play a significant role in leading screening and referral interventions to help mitigate to physiological and psychological outcomes of trauma.
Presenter: Laureen M. Tavolaro-Ryley, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC
3012: Substance Use
11:45am – 12:30pm Pacific
The PARQuit Smoking Cessation Intervention for Adults with Serious Mental Illness – RN, APRN
Research is needed to develop effective and accessible smoking cessation interventions for adults with serious mental illness (SMI). In our pilot 2-arm randomized controlled trial, we tested our 3-component Parks and Recreation Quit (PARQuit) smoking cessation intervention, that features game-based group physical activity (PA); nicotine replacement therapy (NRT); and counseling.
Presenter: Heather Leutwyler, RN, PhD, FNP-BC, CNS, FGSA
Understanding Relapse to Substance Use: A Focus Group Study – RN, APRN
Presentation discusses the perceptions of relapse experience in the recovery process among adults receiving medication for opioid use disorder.
Presenter: Seol Ju (Esther) Moon, MSN, RN
3013: Education
11:45am – 12:30pm Pacific
Closing the Opioid Treatment Gap through Advance Practice Nursing Activation – APRN
We present curricular design and measurable objectives for a course that prepares APRN students to deliver medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), especially for under-served populations.
Presenters: Matthew Tierney, MS, APRN, FAAN; Adam Leonard, MS, MPH, PNP; Elizabeth Castillo, MPH, MSN, FNP-BC
Novel Way to Increase MAT Certification through Micro-credentialing – APRN
This presentation will share findings from a 5-year-long completed project that impacted graduate nursing across multiple nurse specialty areas and transformed education training focused on Opioid Use Disorder. As a result, communities now benefit from an increased number of practitioners delivering high-quality evidence-based opioid misuse prevention and treatment.
Presenter: Derrick C. Glymph, DNAP, CRNA, APRN, FAANA, FAAN
3014: Child & Adolescent
11:45am – 12:30pm Pacific
Solving the Conundrum of Caring for Behavioral Health Needs in the Inpatient Medical Setting: Improving Staff Confidence and Competence to Reduce Fear, Anxiety, and Injury – RN
This session will profile how a children’s acute medical inpatient setting addressed bias and stigma of the mental health patient in the medical environment. Changing perceptions has helped our organization reduce staff injury, cost, and restraints while supporting trauma-informed principles. Staff confidence is also improved.
Presenters: Karen Webb, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NHDP-BC; Barbara Valerius, MSN, RN, FAONL, RN-BC; Erin Walker, MHA
Increasing Awareness of Sex Chromosome Trisomies (SCTs) Among Health Care Providers – RN, APRN
This presentation provides an overview of clinical features observed in children with sex chromosome trisomies. An overview of common medical and psychiatric illnesses, as well as interventions beneficial to these individuals, will be presented.
Presenter: Erin N. Torres, MSN, CRNP-PMH
3015: Practice
11:45am – 12:30pm Pacific
Identification and Evidence-Based Treatment of Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome – RN, APRN
This presentation will outline a synthesis of literature on the state of the science of PAWS, which is limited but growing. PAWS symptoms related to substances patients are typically medically detoxified from will be focused on – benzodiazepines, alcohol, and opioids. Symptom identification, treatment, and management will be explored.
Presenter: Brittany Haskell, DNP, MA, PMHNP-BC, CNE
A Clinical Practice Guideline for Monitoring Antidepressant Use Among Residents with Dementia – RN, APRN
This presentation discusses a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment of depression among institutionalized dementia patients. Participants will leave with the awareness of underdiagnoses and undertreatment of depression in the dementia population, the importance of using CPG in this population, and steps to developing an evidence-based site-specific CPG.
Presenter: Oluchi Ayichi, CRNP, FNP
3016: Research
11:45am – 12:30pm Pacific
Potential Impact of a Multisensory Room on an Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Unit – RN
This presentation introduces a discussion on the potential use of a Multisensory Room as an intervention to aid in autonomy and coping skills for symptoms of agitation and anxiety on the inpatient psychiatric unit. The participant will leave with a foundational understanding of the intervention and its potential benefits.
Presenter: Kateleen C. Collins, BSN, RN
Developing a Blended Social Support and Behavior Management Intervention for Parents with Children in Residential Treatment – RN, APRN
The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the development of a blended social support and behavior management intervention for parents with children in residential treatment. This presentation will discuss methods for engaging vulnerable populations for intervention development and discuss preliminary feasibility and acceptability results of the intervention.
Presenter: Kayla Herbell, PhD, RN
3017: Safety
11:45am – 12:30pm Pacific
Decreasing Duration of Restraint Episodes by Increasing Registered Nurse Presence – RN, APRN
Mechanical restraint is a dangerous emergency measure used to manage crises, yet surveillance of restrained individuals is often delegated to unlicensed staff. When a nurse-led change in practice provided psychiatric intensive care during restraint, with a registered nurse continuously at the bedside, the mean duration of restraint episodes decreased 30%.
Presenter: Diane E. Allen, DNP, PMHRN-BC, FACHE(R)
Increasing Staff Perception of Safety by Implementing an Agitation Management Protocol – RN, APRN
This presentation provides the opportunity to describe and discuss an agitation management protocol that is utilized in an inpatient Clinical Decision Admission unit. The participant will gain an understanding of a violence risk assessment scale, along with a corresponding medication protocol intervention designed to proactively intervene to prevent violent acts.
Presenter: Wren B. Hand, PhD, RN; Lesli D. Lewellyn, MSN, PMHNP-BC; Wesley K. Harbin, MSN, RN
Product Theater Lunch
12:45pm – 2:15pm Pacific
No Contact Hours Provided
Deplin® as Adjunctive Therapy in Major Depressive Disorder
Presenter: Michele Novella, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, APRN
Sponsored by Alfasigma USA, Inc.