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Association for Psychoneurocutaneous
Medicine of North America

Program 2018

Registration 7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast 8:00 – 8:40

Speaker Topic Time
Mohammad Jafferany WELCOME 8:30 - 8:35
Katlein Franca Presidential Report 8:35 - 8:40

Session I

Chair: Richard Granstein

Co-Chair: Estela Malatesta

Speaker Topic Time
Eric Yang (CA) The Nervous System: A Key Player in Psoriasis?; 8:40 - 09:00
Kristen Beck (CA) Negative psychological and family dynamic effects of atopic dermatitis 9:00 - 09:20
John Koo (CA) The art of approaching delusional patients 9:20 – 09:40
Katlein Franca (FL) Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling disorder): What is new? 9:40 – 10:00
Rick Fried (PA) “Mindful vs Mindless” manipulation of the skin 10:00 - 10:20

Break & Networking : 10:20 - 10:50

Session II

Chair: Katlein Franca

Co-Chair: Torello Lotti

Speaker Topic Time
Mohammad Jafferany (MI) PHQ-2 in Dermatology: A New Tool in Psychodermatology 10:50 – 11:10
Torello Loti (ITALY) Psychoneuroendocrine Immune control of regional immunity: Neurogenic inflammation for the beginners 11:10 – 11:30
Pranaya Bagde (INDIA) Habit reversal therapy in management of itching in dermatology patients 11:30 - 11:50
Darlina Liu, Prag Batra Evan Rieder (NY) Introducing “SkinMinder”: A Behavioral-Therapy App for Itch, Skin-Picking, and Other Repetitive Habits 11:50 – 12:10
Ladan Mostaghimi(WI) DSM 5 equivalents of current Psychocutaneous diseases 12:10 – 12:30

Lunch : 12:30 - 01:30

Session III

Chair: Mohammad Jafferany

Co-Chair: Pranaya Bagde

Speaker Topic Time
Philip Shenefelt (FL) Noxious Nocebos in Dermatology 1:30 – 1:50
Dimitri Dimitrov (BULGARIA/UAE) Case report of sands-like dysesthetic syndrome 1:50 – 2:10
Kristina Gorbatenko (WI) Integrated Behavioral Healthcare in Dermatology? A Co-Located Care Pilot Research Study 2:10 – 2:30
Aleksandra Kobusiewicz, Mohammad Jafferany (POLAND/USA) Factitious disorders in Children: A clinical & therapeutic review 2:30 -- 2:50
Rachel M. Goldenhar Howard G Milstein (CA) 10 years of a clinical psychologist and a dermatologist working together. 2:50 – 3:10

Break & Networking : 03:10 - 03:30

Session IV

Chair: Ladan Mostaghimi

Co-Chair: Aleksandra Kobusiewicz

Speaker Topic Time
Vijaytha Muralidharan (UK) Psychodermatology: confidence in diagnosis and management among Dermatologists and Psychiatrists. 3:30 – 3:50
Lukasz Matusiak (POLAND) Clinical Characteristics of pain and pruritus in hidradenitis suppurativa patients 3:50 – 4:10
Aleksandra Gavryliuk(Ukraine) Quality of life in dermatology: validation of measurement. 4:10 – 4:30
Gabriela Andrade (PA) How to recognize and approach psychiatric and psychosocial impairments in the ped derm patient with a primary dermatologic disease 4:30 – 4:50
Richard Granstein (NY) Exposure of murine Langerhans cells (LCs) to IL-6 biases antigen presentation toward an IL-17A response. 4:50 –5:10