Events & Exhibits on the PRMS Blog

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to feature Dr. Halimah Y. Oral, PGY-3 in Psychiatry at Indiana University and member of the Indiana Psychiatric Society, as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Oral reflects on her first experience attending the 2021 IPS Region ...

After the COVID-19 pandemic altered the shape of events and educational experiences changed to virtual events in 2020, PRMS decided to launch its first virtual event series, Psych-cess, led by experts in the field and geared specifically towards residents, fellows, and early career psychiatrists. Each webinar in the series is designed to provide attendees with insight, mentors ...

*This piece is edited from an original article published in the Spring 2021 IPS Mind Matters publication. In an effort to support mental health and initiatives led by the psychiatric community, PRMS is pleased to feature the following edited piece by Dr. Lala Park, Editor of the Illinois Psychiatric Society Mind Matters publication. Dr. Park highlights the work two psychiatric ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we are pleased to feature Dr. Samuel Adeyemo, third-year psychiatry resident at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and an Honors Scholar with the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, as a featured guest blogger this month. Dr. Adeyemo shares why he chose the field of geriatric psychiatry and refle ...

After the COVID-19 pandemic altered the shape of events and educational experiences changed to virtual events in 2020, PRMS decided to launch its own first virtual event series, Psych-cess, led by experts in the field and geared specifically towards residents, fellows, and early career psychiatrists to provide them with insight, mentorship, and tips for success in their own ca ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we invited Janet Bryan, Executive Director of the Southern Psychiatric Association, to share more about Southern Psychiatric Association’s upcoming Annual Meeting this fall. The Southern Psychiatric Association was established in 1935 to ...

After more than a year of experiencing new ways of living due to the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring working from home, telehealth appointments, cancelled in-person events and meetings, and the nearly exclusive use of virtual platforms, PRMS decided that a virtual reception in 2021 would be the perfect way to bring together colleagues, clients, and friends, most of whom we have no ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Doctor William Silver, PGY-III Psychiatry Resident at the University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, to be featured as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Silver reflects on his experience attending the first virtual Spring Meeting co-hosted by the Louisiana Psychiatric M ...

As a part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Anna Weaver-Hayes, MA, CAE, Executive Director of the Colorado Psychiatric Society and the Colorado Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society, to share her insights as our featured guest blogger this month. 28 STATES (and 3 countries!) 16 SPEAKERS 14,406 WORDS EXCHANGED IN THE CHAT The inaugural PsychSummit ...

As a psychiatrist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, Dr. Sonal Harneja, MD, often worked with people having their first psychotic episode. Much of her work involved reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness and educating patients and their families about the causes, symptoms, prognosis and potential treatments. “It can be incredibly scary for them and their familie ...