Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Psychiatry.

Speaker: Chris Aiken, MD, Psych Partners
Title: Difficult to Treat Depression: From Bipolar to Unipolar
Date: September 11, 2026
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Webex
Webex Link: https://uchc.webex.com/meet/GR (or by phone: +1-415-655-0003 US Toll) //Access code: 800 945 224)

Session Attendance Code: PEXTOR

Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
1.  Identify ineffective strategies for treatment resistant and bipolar depression
2.  Describe diagnostic instruments to identify bipolarity
3.  Identify the risks and benefits of pharmacologic and neuromodulation augmentation for bipolar and treatment-resistant depression
 

Speaker Disclosure Statement: Dr. Aiken in the role as speaker for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.  
 

Speaker Off-label Statement: Dr. Aiken will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device. 
 

Speaker AI Statement: Dr. Aiken has not used AI tools in the preparation of this session.
 

Target Audience: UConn Health faculty, residents, medical students, and other mental health professionals.


Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.


Activity Directors & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: 

  • Dr. Gregory C. Barron as the activity director for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for this individual to be mitigated.

  • Drs. Linda Durst, Feier Liu, Cassandra Holinka, Jessica Meyer, Surita Rao, Andrew Winokur, Kristina Zdanys, and Sharon Freeman as members of the planning committee, for this educational event, have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.

  • Dr. Beth Springate has a financial interest/arrangement with Medtronic that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of his/her role as a member of the planning committee. The following mitigated safeguard(s) have been put into place: the Activity Director determined that the financial relationship of the planner is outside the content of the program.  All the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.


Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.


Session date: 
09/11/2026 - 11:00am to 12:00pm EDT
Location: 
UConn Health
Farmington, CT 06030
United States
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 1.00 Participation
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