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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DateSpeakersTitleCategory
Sep. 10, 2025Drs Lauren Miller and Stephen Miller TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Sep. 17, 2025TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Sep. 24, 2025Dr. Alison Toron TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 1, 2025Dr. Laura Downing TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 8, 2025TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 15, 2025TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 22, 2025Dr. Sue Zinck TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 29, 2025TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 5, 2025TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 12, 2025Dr Frankovich TBDUniversity Rounds
Nov. 19, 2025Dr. Meagan MacNeil TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 26, 2025Dr. Sandra Meier TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Dec. 3, 2025Dr. Deb Parker TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Dec. 10, 2025Dr. David Gratzer The Top Ten Papers of 2025University Rounds
Dec. 17, 2025Drs L. Hazelton, J. Morrison, D. Veinot, J. Saunders You Should Read This 2025!Clinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 7, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 14, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 21, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 28, 2026Drs Louise Moodie, Kaylee Jabbour TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 4, 2026Drs Jasmyn Cunningham, Mitchel Mammel TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 11, 2026Drs Alexa Bagnell, Sabina Abidi, Sarah Fancy, and Kyle Godden TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 18, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 25, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 4, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 11, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 18, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 25, 2026Senator Stanley Kutcher TBDUniversity Rounds
Apr. 1, 2026Dr. Jill Chorney TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 8, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 15, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 22, 2026Drs Amy Gough and Mackenzie Armstrong TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 29, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
May. 6, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
May. 13, 2026Dr. Lori Wozney TBDClinical Academic Rounds
May. 20, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
May. 27, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 3, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 10, 2026TBDClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 17, 2026TBDClinical 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
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
DateSpeakersTitleCategory
Dec. 20, 2023Drs. Madeline Ferracuti, Nadine Najati, Lara Hazelton, and Jason Morrison You Should Read This!Clinical Academic Rounds
Dec. 13, 2023Dr. Bernadette Grosjean And if it was Autism? Adult Autism without Intellectual Disability: Key FactsUniversity Rounds
Dec. 6, 2023Drs. Laura Downing, Greg MacMullin, & Matt McAdam; When ' Full of it'- Assessment and Management of Clozapine Induced Gastrointestinal HypomotilityClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 29, 2023Dr Kara Dempster Treatment Resistance in Early Psychosis Patients: How to Recognize it and an Approach to ManagementClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 22, 2023Dr Matt McAdam and Dr Shaheem Abid Two Dalhousie antipsychotic studies: Local perceptions and international dosing consensusClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 15, 2023Dr. Maggie Hahn Metabolic comorbidity in severe mental illness: treating the brain and minding the bodyUniversity Rounds
Nov. 8, 2023Dr. Abraham Nunes Personalizing Management of Difficult-to-Treat DepressionClinical Academic Rounds
Nov. 1, 2023Drs. Jennifer Cumming and Normand Carrey The First 1000 days- A comparison of Edinburgh and Halifax Early Years Mental Health Intervention StrategiesClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 25, 2023Dr. Steve Kisely Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in Australia: A Complex Journey of Regulation and Uncertainty with Lessons for CanadaClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 18, 2023Drs. Pier Bryden and Tingting Yan Reciprocal Mentorship: Its Potential in Psychiatric EducationUniversity Rounds
Oct. 11, 2023Maria Nemer Emergency Preparedness EducationClinical Academic Rounds
Oct. 4, 2023Matias Gay The Narrative-Crisis Model: An Empirical Framework for the Assessment of SuicidalityClinical Academic Rounds
Sep. 27, 2023Dr. Emmanuel Aquino, Sonia Popat, Tara Harnish, Cathy Thompson, and Blair Kasouf Psychiatric Diagnosis on Trial!Clinical Academic Rounds
Sep. 20, 2023Dr. Daniel Gorman Tourette Syndrome and the Challenge of Treating Co-morbid Tics and ADHDUniversity Rounds
Sep. 13, 2023Dr. Aditya Nidumolu Scams: a primer for mental health cliniciansClinical Academic Rounds
Jun. 14, 2023Drs. Alison Toron, Mackenzie Armstrong, and LeAnne Revell Psychiatric JeopardyClinical Academic Rounds
May. 31, 2023RO Jones Memorial Lecture - Dr. Mary Cannon Hearing the voice: what do we know about psychotic experiences in young people?University Rounds
May. 24, 2023Dr. Allan Abbass; Issues in service delivery for complex/refractory patient groups: a commentary after 25 years of running a treatment refractory serviceClinical Academic Rounds
May. 17, 2023Dr. Ross Baldessarini Pharmacological Treatment of Bipolar DisorderUniversity Rounds
May. 3, 2023Dr. Sandra Meier The good, the bad, and the ugly- how biases can influence mental health?Clinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 26, 2023Dr. Emily Fraser The Portrayal of Psychosis in Entertainment Media: A Scoping review of its Impact on ViewersClinical Academic Rounds
Apr. 19, 2023Drs. Mark Rapaport and Gary Naglie Life Doesnt Stop: Using the Driving and Dementia Roadmap (DDR) to Support Driving CessationUniversity Rounds
Apr. 12, 2023Dr. Phil Tibbo, Haley Bernusky, and Isaiah Burton Cannabis and Psychosis: What we know and what we are working onClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 29, 2023Dr. Mahmoud Awara Clinical effectiveness of psychiatric rehabilitation services and the impact of this on post-rehab service utilizationClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 22, 2023Drs. Kathleen Howell, Ashley Crane, and Alexis Goth Advancements in Integrative Psychiatry- Centering Experience with Psychedelic MedicinesClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 15, 2023Dr. Lisa Barrett Three Lessons About EmotionUniversity Rounds
Mar. 8, 2023Dr. Meagan MacNeil Challenging Cases in Geriatric PsychiatryClinical Academic Rounds
Mar. 1, 2023 Dr. Leslie Anne Campbell Understanding Client Needs in Child and Adolescent Community Mental Health and Addictions Services: Insights from Acuity at Presentation?Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
Feb. 22, 2023Dr. Mark Bosma Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME): Triumph or Tragedy?Clinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 15, 2023Dr. Jillian Horton From Burnout to... What? Critical Frameworks for Understanding - and tackling - Our Burnout CrisisUniversity Rounds
Feb. 8, 2023Drs. Terry Chisholm, Grainne Neilson, Gord Gubitz, Selene Etches, Jason Morrison, Marika Warren, and David Martel Clinical Aspects of MAiD where a Mental Disorder is the Sole Underlying Medical Condition.Clinical Academic Rounds
Feb. 1, 2023 Dr. Jennifer Cumming A Case of MisdiagnosesChild And Adolescent Psychiatry
Jan. 25, 2023Dr. Tomas Hajek Obesity in serious mental illness: brain, cognitive and psychiatric outcomesClinical Academic Rounds
Jan. 18, 2023Dr. Jeanie Tse and Craig Bayer Community as the Missing Piece in Integrated Care: Lessons from Clubhouse and Assertive Community TreatmentUniversity Rounds
Jan. 11, 2023Drs. Jason Morrison and Alex Whynot Involuntary psychiatric treatment in the era of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesClinical Academic Rounds