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Association for Psychoneurocutaneous
Medicine of North America

Program 2014

Registration 8:00 - 8:15

Breakfast : 08:15 - 08:45

Speaker Topic Duration
Mohammad Jafferany - Chair Welcome/Introduction 8:45 - 8:50
R. Shama Tareen (MI) Psychodermatology in acute medical hospital setting 8:50 - 9:10
Eva Wang (CA) Chronic cutaneous dysesthesia syndrome and management options 9:10 - 9:25
Mona Malakouti (CA) Intimacy and skin disease 9:25 – 9:40
Eric Sorenson (CA) Patient satisfaction 9:40 – 10:00
Argentina Leon (CA) The quality of life in Psoriasis. 10:00 – 10:15

Break : 10:15 - 10:45

Speaker Topic Time
Gabrielle E. Brown (CA) The spectrum and evolution of Delusional Parasitosis 10:45 – 11:00
Anthony Bewley (UK) What’s new in the diagnosis and management of Delusional Parasitosis 11:00 – 11:20
Vera Leibovici (Israel) The prevalence of skin picking in Israeli students 11:20 – 11:40
Jacek Szepietowski (Poland) Itch and Psychosocial aspects 11:40 - 12:00

Lunch : 12:00 - 01:15

Speaker Topic Time
Lynn Cunningham (WA) Trichotillomania: A virtual world of one’s own 1:15 – 1:30
Kristina Gorbatenko-Roth (WI) Alopecia Areata: Patients’ perspectives on coping, physician support and treatment discontinuation 1:30 – 1:45
Lynda Spellman (Australia) The guidelines for monitoring/managing depression in patients on Isotretinoin 11:45 – 2:00
Makoto Hashiro (Japan) Chronic Urticaria and sedatives 2:00 – 2:15
Scott Davis (NC) Practical Implications of behavioral economics for dermatology practice 2:15 – 2:30
Julia Warnock (OK) Psychiatry and the Skin: Unique Issues 2:30- 2:50

Break : 02:50 - 03:15

Speaker Topic Time
Katlein Franca (FL) Acne: A problem beyond skin 3:15 – 3:35
Jason Reichenberg (TX) Integration of a Psychosomatic Fellowship with a Psychodermatology Clinic 3:35 – 3:55
Rick Fried (PA) Trust, Reputation, and Competence: An inextricable triad under fire. 3:55 – 4:15
Richard Granstein (NY) Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide and Norepinephrine Regulate the Differentiation of T Helper Cell Subsets in Response to Antigen Presentation Through Actions on Endothelial Cells. 4:15 – 4:45
Robert Norman (FL) The blue man and other stories of the skin 4:45 – 5:00
FUTURE OF PSYCHODERMATOLOGY OPEN FORUM 5:00 - 5:30

Dinner : 07:00 PM