Psychiatry Rounds

Department of Psychiatry Continuing Professional Development Activities

The Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Clinical Academic/University Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

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Wednesday, 8:30-9:30 am
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DateSpeakersTitleCategory
Feb. 11, 2026Drs Alexa Bagnell, Sabina Abidi, Sarah Fancy, and Kyle Godden Acute Onset Neuroimmune Inflammatory Conditions in PsychiatryClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 18, 2026Dr. Allen Power; " Re-thinking" Dementia: A Well-Being ApproachUniversity Rounds
Feb. 25, 2026Drs Lara Hazelton and Kü lli Põ der TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 4, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 11, 2026Dr. Joseph Sadek TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 18, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 25, 2026Dr. Jaswant Guzder TBDUniversity Rounds
Apr. 1, 2026Dr. Jill Chorney TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 8, 2026Drs Vincent Agyapong and Keri-Leigh Cassidy Serving and Engaging Society. Cultural Frameworks in PsychiatryClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 15, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 22, 2026Drs Amy Gough and Mackenzie Armstrong TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 29, 2026Dr. Abraham Nunes TBDClinical Academic Rounds
May. 6, 2026Dr. Niamh Campbell TBDClinical Academic Rounds
May. 13, 2026Dr. Lori Wozney TBDClinical Academic Rounds
May. 20, 2026Prof. David Cotter RO Jones Memorial Speaker - TBDUniversity Rounds
May. 27, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 3, 2026Dr. Anastasia McCarvill TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 10, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 17, 2026Drs Taylor Macatto and Natasha Glover Jeopardy!Clinical Academic Rounds

Evaluation links are available for seven days. Dalhousie Psychiatry Faculty Members evaluate rounds on the faculty data-base: https://dalpsychiatry.ca/education/cpd/attend

Evaluations for all others (non-Dalhousie faculty psychiatrists and non-psychiatrists) are linked to the archived sessions below. They are also open for evaluation for seven days.

Thank you in advance for your feedback!

RECORDINGS:

Presentation materials are not to be captured or recorded by attendees.

Presenters may choose whether the wish to be recorded or not. Recordings will be available to Department of Psychiatry faculty members only on the department’s internal faculty database. Recordings will be availble until the new rounds schedule begins, each September. Note to DOP Faculty: Viewing the recorded Rounds session does not qualify you for Section 1 MOC credit.

SLIDES:

Presentation slides will be linked to the archived session below when the presenter permits.

DateSpeakersTitleCategory
Feb. 4, 2026Drs Jasmyn Cunningham, Mitchel Mammel Developing Clinically Useful Applications of Network Analysis in Mood Disorders PsychiatryClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 28, 2026Drs Louise Moodie, Nicole Herschenhous Perinatal Psychiatry: Balancing Risk and Evidence in Medication ManagementClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 21, 2026Dr. Sheila Harms The education of a psychiatrist: Human encounters in the field of vulnerabilityUniversity Rounds
Jan. 14, 2026Dr. Maria Alexiadis and Kolten MacDonell Access To Primary CareClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 7, 2026Drs Vincent Agyapong and Keri-Leigh Cassidy Anti-Oppression in Clinical Practice: A Cultural Lens on Mental Health EquityClinical Academic Rounds
DateSpeakersTitleCategory
Dec. 17, 2025Drs L. Hazelton, J. Morrison, J. Saunders, J. Toulany You Should Read This 2025!Clinical Academic Rounds
Dec. 10, 2025Dr. David Gratzer The Top Ten Papers of 2025University Rounds
Dec. 3, 2025Drs Deb Parker & Mandy Hagen The Cost of Captured Attention: The Clinical Considerations of Problematic Smartphone UseClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 26, 2025Dr. Sandra Meier Sense and Sensibility: Understanding Youth Mental Health Through Technology.Clinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 19, 2025Drs Lauren Haslam and Meagan MacNeil The Old and the Restless - The Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of FTDClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 12, 2025Dr Frankovich Psychiatric Presentation of Rheumatologic ConditionsUniversity Rounds
Nov. 5, 2025Drs Kyle Godden and Colin Morrison Sad, Angry, and Isolated: Engaging Young Men Lost in the ManosphereClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 29, 2025Nancy Saunders and Cyndi Corbett; Consent and Information Sharing as it Relates to Caring for Individuals Who Live with Serious Mental Illness and Addictions; A Caregiver' s Perspective'.Clinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 22, 2025Dr. Sue Zinck Controversies in gender care: An overview of bias in case report systematic reviewsClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 15, 2025Dr. Nassir Ghaemi Manic Depressive Illness: A reconceptualization of mood disordersUniversity Rounds
Oct. 8, 2025Dr. Jackie Kinley Closing the Gap on Complex Trauma Together across Nova ScotiaClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 1, 2025Dr. Laura Downing Spill the (Safe) Tea- Reviewing clinical safety policies, incident reporting and touching on resident safety in Postgraduate Medical EducationClinical Academic Rounds
Sep. 24, 2025Dr. Alison Toron; Meaning Out of ' Madness': Representing Psychosis in the MemoirClinical Academic Rounds
Sep. 17, 2025Dr. Femi Oyebode; Psychopathology, Culture, & Society - Global mental health guest lecture seriesUniversity Rounds
Sep. 10, 2025Drs Lauren Miller and Stephen Miller Grace Under Pressure: Why the Clinical Learning Environment is KeyClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 18, 2025Drs Emma Hazelton, Lauren Miller and Natalie Chartrand Jeopardy!Clinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 11, 2025Drs Lara Hazelton, Qendresa Sahiti, Katharine Black, Eric Warmerdam Multilevel Teaching Techniques in PsychiatryClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 4, 2025Drs Kathleen Singh & Ian Mackay Catatonia in Older Adults - Challenging the DogmaClinical Academic Rounds
May. 21, 2025Dr. Olayinka Omigbodun; RO Jones talk: Building Child and Adolescent Mental Health Capacity in sub–Saharan Africa: Opportunities, Obstacles, and OptimismUniversity Rounds
May. 14, 2025Drs Greg MacMullin, Josh Green, LeAnne Revell CTOs and Patient Rights: A Fine Ethical LineClinical Academic Rounds
May. 7, 2025Drs Kate Stymiest and Sophie Church The Role of Al in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Promise, Pitfalls, and Ethical QuestionsClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 30, 2025Drs Brent Young and Alex Whynot Indigenous self-determination, anti-racism, and cultural safety: Considerations for psychiatric careClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 23, 2025Dr. Susan Abookire Nature as HealerUniversity Rounds
Apr. 16, 2025Drs Curt Peters and Jill Forbes; Recovery & Integration: Examining Simpson Landing as a model of inpatient psychosocial rehabilitationClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 9, 2025Drs Joseph Sadek and Jared Allman Collection of important literature on psychopharmacologyClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 2, 2025Lori Wozney The Digital Dilemma: Is Technology Helping or Harming Our Approach to Youth Mental Health?Clinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 26, 2025Dr Vicki LeBlanc Emotions in Health Professions Education: Friends or Foes to LearningUniversity Rounds
Mar. 19, 2025Drs Malgorzata Rajda and Matthew McAdam Fitness to drive-does a psychiatrists opinion matter?Clinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 5, 2025Dr. Jill Chorney From Data to Practice and Back Again: Practical Applications of the Learning Health SystemClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 26, 2025Dr Dallas Seitz; Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)University Rounds
Feb. 12, 2025Drs. David Gardner, Andrea Murphy and Alex Hosein; Leveraging pharmacists' roles for mental health care in Nova ScotiaClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 5, 2025Dr. Lukas Propper Pharmacotherapy of psychiatric comorbidities in children and adolescents with an autism spectrum disorderClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 29, 2025Drs Abraham Rudnick, Amjad Bin Faidh, Conor Ryan; Stress Reactions & Trauma-Related DisordersClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 22, 2025Dr. Ben Goldstein Heart-brain Connections in Relation to Bipolar Disorder: Is it Time to Take Clinical Action?University Rounds
Jan. 15, 2025Tomas Hajek Is Li a geroprotective agent?Clinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 8, 2025Dr Mark Bosma and Dr Cheryl Murphy Sound the Alarm: The Silent Epidemic of Elder AbuseClinical Academic Rounds
DateSpeakersTitleCategory
Dec. 18, 2024Dr Talia Bond, Dr Kara Yeung, Dr Lara Hazelton & Dr Jason Morrison You Should Read This 2024!Clinical Academic Rounds
Dec. 11, 2024Research Day Presenters: M. Ethier-Gagnon, B. Harri, L. Dietze various topicsClinical Academic Rounds
Dec. 4, 2024Dr. Kim Good and Sherry Stewart Smoking Cue Reactivity in Patients with Early Phase PsychosisClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 27, 2024Dr. Jackie Kinley Short Term Intensive Group Psychotherapy for Attachment-related Trauma disorders. Who? What? Why? When? How?Clinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 20, 2024Alex Myrick and Owen Connolly A Very Contemporary Historical Retrospective: Dalhousie Psychiatry at 75 (supported by the Medical Humanities program)Clinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 13, 2024Dr. David A Clark Course Correction: A Process-Oriented Approach to CBT for AnxietyUniversity Rounds
Nov. 6, 2024Dr. Cynthia Jordan ANS Service within IWK, MHAClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 30, 2024Dr. Abigale MacLellan, Dr. Olugbenga Williams, and Dr. Julie Munich Rigidity, perseveration, and magical thinking: A complex case studyClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 23, 2024Dr. Cameron Taylor Luxo the lamp and loony bins: Stigmatizing portrayals of mental illness in Pixar filmsClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 16, 2024Dr. Cheryl Forchuk Housing and Homelessness as a psychiatric-mental health concern: Problems and solutionsUniversity Rounds
Oct. 9, 2024Dr Ali Manning, Dr LeAnne Revell, Dr Ejemai Eboreime, Dr Mahmoud Awara, Racquel Dias, Cinera States Expanding the International Frontiers of the DoP and closing psychiatric treatment gaps through local and global partnerships, research and educational oClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 2, 2024Dr. Charlie Kelderhouse & Laura Callaghan Wayfaring Diagnoses: When Diagnosed Refugees and Immigrants ArriveClinical Academic Rounds
Sep. 25, 2024Drs Ngozi Ezeanozie, Monica Mackinnon, Medard Adu & Raquel Dias Rapid Access and Stabilization Program (RASP): 1 Year in ReviewClinical Academic Rounds
Sep. 18, 2024Dr. Michael Mak Psychiatry: What does Sleep Got to do With it?University Rounds
Sep. 11, 2024Dr Lara Hazelton & Owen Connolly Tell Me What You Really Think: Fostering a culture of feedback and growthClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 19, 2024Drs. Eileen Burns, Petra Rafuse and Dr. Sophie Church Psychiatry Jeopardy!Clinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 12, 2024Dr. Natasa Zatezalo Detecting Malingering in Psychotic Presentations - Assessment, Precautions and RecommendationsClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 5, 2024Dr. Stephanie Snow Measurement Based Care: State of the EvidenceClinical Academic Rounds
May. 29, 2024RO Jones Memorial Speaker: Dr. Declan McLoughlin Effects of Childhood Maltreatment and Personality Difficulties on ECT for DepressionClinical Academic Rounds
May. 22, 2024Dr. Aaron Keshen and Jessica Wournell Building a Provincial Service for Eating Disorders: Development, Implementation, and EvaluationClinical Academic Rounds
May. 15, 2024Dr. Mark Schechter Psychotherapy with Suicidal Patients: An Integrative Psychodynamic ApproachUniversity Rounds
May. 8, 2024Dr. Mackenzie Armstrong Mild behavioural impairment: more than just a bellwether for dementiaClinical Academic Rounds
May. 1, 2024Drs. Jason Morrison, Shiloh Gossen, Selene Etches & Terry Chisholm; Limitless optimism or death? Beyond MAiD: Expanding the continuum of care for psychiatric patients who don't get betterClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 24, 2024Drs. Mutiat Sulyman and Sanjana Sridharan; Welcome Home to Nova Scotia: An EDIA Lens on Acculturation, Inclusion & Wellbeing in the DoPClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 17, 2024Dr. Andrea Iaboni Facing Fear: Helping Older Adults Overcome AnxietyUniversity Rounds
Apr. 10, 2024Drs. Margaret Rajda and Susan Jerrott CBT-I and consumer sleep monitorsClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 27, 2024Dr. Michael Kiang Using event-related brain potentials to understand abnormal cognition and predict prognosis in patients at clinical high risk for psychosisUniversity Rounds
Mar. 20, 2024Drs. Olugbenga Williams and Lauren Haslam The Dilemma of Diagnosing Major Neurocognitive Disorders in People with Intellectual DisabilityClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 6, 2024Dr. Sandra Meier with Marcus Cormier, Andem Effiong, and Nick Murray The good and bad news about the social media usage of youth.Clinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 28, 2024Dr. Zenovia Ursuliak Nutrients and Botanicals in Psychiatric DisordersClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 21, 2024Dr. Diane Leblanc Work Conflict and CollegialityUniversity Rounds
Feb. 14, 2024Dr. George Robertson Preserving and enhancing mitochondrial function to protect and repair the neurovascular unit: Novel opportunities for nanoparticle-based drug deliveryClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 7, 2024Drs. Courtney Handford and Kate Stymiest Medical Education in Child And Adolescent Emergency Psychiatry: A ReviewClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 31, 2024Dr. Deborah Norris, Dani Alarie & Dr. Abraham Rudnick Family psychoeducation for military Veterans: A qualitative studyClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 17, 2024Dr. Alexander McGirr Neurostimulation induces synaptic plasticity: if we believe that this is the therapeutic mechanism it can be leveraged.University Rounds
Jan. 10, 2024Dr. Rudolf Uher Treating Major Depressive Disorder: CANMAT 2024 GuidelineClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 3, 2024Drs. Katie Lines and Pam Arenella Substance Use Disorders Review for PsychiatristsClinical Academic Rounds