2026 Risk Avoidance & Risk Management Conference is March 21st!  Register today!

The Massachusetts Psychiatric Society (MPS) will host its annual Risk Avoidance & Risk Management Conference on Saturday, March 21, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  

The MPS is pleased to announce its virtual annual risk management conference with its successful record spanning decades. The conference focuses on actual issues faced by practicing psychiatrists. The conference aims to increase the understanding of various roles of psychiatrists interfacing with the law and regulatory agencies and to foster appreciation of the challenges of psychiatrists in court. Each year experts review timely and relevant risk management issues. We utilize several didactic lectures with significant time for questions raised by conference attendees to foster learning.

This year, topics addressed will include: Dr. Thomas Gutheil reviewing major issues relevant to general risk management and fielding participant risk management questions; Dr. Nikhil Mathews will discuss violence risk assessment and management in the psychiatric patient; Dr. Rohn Friedman will discuss implications of the American Law Institute’s 2024 Restatement of Torts for medical malpractice and general psychiatric practice; President Jhilam Biswas will provide guidance on issues facing our field in 2026 due to regulatory, economic, and political circumstances; Dr. Matthew Lahaie will discuss privacy, privilege and HIPAA as it pertains to psychiatric practice; Dr. Christopher Myers will discuss the forensic and correction mental health system of the state and issues related to working with judicially and correctional system involved patients; Dr. Margarita Abi Zeid Daou will discuss vicarious trauma for clinicians and the importance of self-care; and Dr. Samia Osman will review an approach to collaborative safety planning for the suicidal and self-injurious patient; finally, Dr. Douglas Brennan will discuss practical firearm safety for the mental health professional. Please consider joining us for this tremendous line up of speakers while fulfilling your risk management credit requirement for licensure.

$175   MPS/APA/MMS members
$15   Residents/Fellows/Students
$225  Non-members
$0 Medical Students

Click Here to view the detailed program brochure and register now! If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Brennan at (781) 237-8100, ext. 2.

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For the first time, the 36th Annual Psychopharmacology Conference is now offered online!

The Massachusetts Psychiatric Society is pleased to offer the 36th Annual Psychopharmacology Update online giving you convenient access to the same trusted experts, evidence-based updates, and high-impact sessions you rely on each year.

Each year the psychopharmacology update course chair and co-chair review feedback from the previous year including suggestions for topics of interest.  Also, the organizers have extensive experience consulting with psychiatrists who have psychopharmacology questions and become aware of prescribing issues that are not well understood by practitioners.  From these sources a set of presentations was developed.

The program begins with an appraisal of new and newer drugs in psychopharmacology. A second speaker focuses on schizophrenia, understanding the role of muscarinic cholinergic system in its etiology and treatment.  This is followed by a speaker describing bipolar disorders across pregnancy and the postpartum. The program then continues with a discussion on the treatment of insomnia secondary to major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety in adults. There is also a discussion on integrating focal psychotherapy interventions into routine pharmacotherapy. The final lecture is on the topic of neuromodulation. The program ends with questions and answers on any topic in psychopharmacology with a panel of the day’s speakers. 



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Membership in the APA and the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society (MPS) continues to be an essential and invaluable tool of your professional life.  As you know, MPS provides exceptional assistance to nearly 1,600 psychiatric physicians in the Commonwealth by providing leadership in advocating for our patients and our profession, and in organizing and delivering the educational services and programs you really need.  You’ve already invested greatly in your career. Take the next step and join today, go to the American Psychiatric Association Application Page and select the appropriate application form.

Contact APA Membership Coordinator Sheneka Wilkins (202) 559-3066 with your questions about membership with APA/MPS.

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The Massachusetts Psychiatric Society (MPS) represents the majority of Psychiatrists in Massachusetts. MPS members are Physicians who are committed to providing outstanding medical/psychiatric care through accurate diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of mental health and emotional illnesses. We seek to achieve this goal by promoting public and professional education, legislation that addresses the needs and rights of the mentally and emotionally ill, and by advocating for the allocation of public and private resources for treatment, research, and education. We provide a supportive and informative professional community for our members.

The Massachusetts Psychiatric Society (MPS) is a District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Vision - We are the premier society for advancing the highest quality of psychiatric care on behalf of our patients, our members, and the profession.

Mission - To further the profession of psychiatry by advancing mental health, de-stigmatizing psychiatric conditions, and advocating for access to equitable care evidence-based practice.

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