Maryland Psychiatric Society

Thank you to our meeting supporters: American Professional Agency, Inc. Catholic Charities of Baltimore Eating Recovery Centers & Pathlight Behavioral Health Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry Professional Risk Management Services MPS Members Register Here! The Maryland Psychiatric Society presents: Psychiatry and Legal Interventions A virtual CME meeting Agenda: 7:00-7:30 Arka Deb, MD Utilizing EPs, ERPO and MCT during a mental health crisis 7:30-8:00 Cynthia Lewis, MD Legal issues in the care of psychiatric patients in the emergency department 8:00-8:30 Ronald Means, MD Behavioral Health Crises…

Our next book is  – “Killers of the Flower Moon:  The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann.

Please email mfloyd@mdpsych.org for meeting information/link.

The Maryland Insurance Administration is hosting a virtual event in the month of December to help providers better understand the credentialing process. This webinar will review the pertinent provisions of the laws, provide an overview of the application process, explain the particular time frames that providers can expect when going through the process, prohibited and permitted reasons for denials or terminations, and the role of the Maryland Insurance Administration in this process. We promise you’ll learn something. We hope to…

Maryland Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities announced that this year’s annual health equity conference – Mental Health Equity in a Post-Pandemic Maryland – will take place virtually on Thursday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will cover topics including equity in the diagnosis and treatment of depression, the role of health literacy in mental health equity, adverse childhood experiences, inequities in opioid use disorders and more. “The full impact this pandemic is having on mental…

The Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence presents “Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivor Advocacy in the Medical Setting: Guidance on Providing Survivor-centered Care” a seminar built for​ domestic violence and sexual assault victim advocates in hospital-based response programs and advocates from community-based service providers who conduct interventions in hospitals and clinics. Register to examine common challenges faced in the medical setting and strategies to overcome each. Each participant will walk away with concrete tools which offer person-centered key points…

The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard. Please email mps@mdpsych.org for additional meeting information.