Appropriate Lectures for Vernon Neppe

Vernon M Neppe MD, PhD, FFPsych(SA), FRCPC

Formal Presentations

1. Clinical Implications of Serotonin 1A Neuromodulation.
2. Serotonin Specificity, Neuromodulation and Combination Serotonin Therapy.
3. Pharmacologic Management of Aggression and Irritability.
4. Pharmacologic Management of Tardive Dyskinesia.
5. Innovations in the Management of Anxiety.
6. Innovations in the Management of Anxiety and Irritability.
7. Geriatric Psychiatry: Serotonin Specificity as a New Approach in Anxiety and Depression.
8. The Pharmacotherapy of Anxiety and Irritability in the Medically Ill / Geriatric Patient.
9. Management of the Refractory Psychotic.
10. Attention Deficit Disorder, Irritability and Serotonin 1 A Neuromodulation.
11. Combination Serotonin Antidepressant Therapy.
12. Antidepressants, Serotonin Specificity and Neuromodulation.
13. Modern Frameworks for the Management of Depression: the New Antidepressants.
14. Innovations in the Management of Anxiety and Depression in the Female Patient.
15. Antidepressants Choosing, Resistance, Switching, Combinations: the Rest of the Picture.
16. Insomnia, Psychiatric Disturbance and Antidepressants.
17. Antidepressants and Sexual Problems.
18. Hepatopsychiatry and Antidepressants: P 450 and Beyond.
19. Serotonin Neurotransmission: Implications for Depression, Anxiety and Irritability.
20. The New Antidepressants: a Perspective.
21. Pharmacologic Management of Anxiety with Depression.
22. Geropsychiatry: Serotonin Specificity in Anxiety, Depression, Irritability and Dyskinesia.
23. Future of Psychopharmacology and Innovative Psychopharmacotherapy.
24. Perspectives to the Depressed Medically Ill / Geriatric Patient With Depression.

A and B are very similar topics with G and K being variants.

E and F are very similar topics with H being a variant.

Psychiatry / neurology academic grand rounds are most suited by topics L, A, C, D , I, R

Length of Lectures

Generally one hour when restricted in time.

Necessity may require abbreviating to 45 or even 30 minutes. Topics such as C, D, E, I and J can more easily be abbreviated.

Evening talks can be much longer, usually 1.5 hours, and I strongly suggest presenting during the dinner.

Other Formats for Presentations

• Informal case discussions, Informal discussions with residents.
• Round-table discussions. Small group discussions over meals
• Subspecialist groups to address with suggested topic titles.

The lectures may be applicable more to certain groups. The following perspective is suggested. The broad lectures above can be adapted to subspecialties.

Family practice, general practice, osteopaths

E, F, G, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, T

Internal medicine

A, B, C, E, F, G, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, T

Neurology

A, B, D, E, F, H, J

Psychiatry

A, B, C, D, H, L, O, P, R, S, Q, T, U, W

Psychiatry residents

E, F plus psychiatrist topics

Cardiology, endocrinology

E, F, G, L

Geriatrics

F, G, L, M, V, X

Pediatrics

J

Gynecologists

N

Non-medical groups such as nursing

C, E, F, G, L, M

Pharmacologists

D, I, J, L, R, W

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