Events

The Department of Psychiatry will host a Clinical Grand Rounds focusing on communication and goals of care in palliative care settings to help psychiatrists working with patients in those settings. Dr. Pierre Azzam will be joined by his colleagues, Dr. Robert Arnold, Chief of the Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics and Medical Director of the UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute, and Dr. Lisa Podgurski, Medical Director of the Magee-Women's Hospital Palliative Care Service.

In this presentation, Dr. Levenson will review the nature of adolescent sleep, adolescent media use, and their association. She will also discuss some potential mechanisms underlying the association between sleep and media use. We will review findings from recent work conducted here at the University of Pittsburgh on the association of sleep and media use among young adults, and we will explore clinical recommendations for limiting media use among youth. We will end by discussing novel applications for our findings, as well as potential next steps in research.

Dr. Tina Goldstein s a licensed psychologist and Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine/Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, where she also serves as Director of the NIMH-funded postdoctoral training program for clinical psychologists, Co-Director of the Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Internship Program, and Director of Psychotherapy Training in Pediatric Mood Disorders.

Dr. James Tew will provide a brief history of the use of behavioral health intensive care units (BHICUs) serving individuals with high clinical acuity. A brief literature review will provide attendees with more insight into the characteristics of BHICUs, their patient population, and the ethical considerations in high-acuity care settings. Dr. Tew will also discuss specific assessment tools that clinicians use for monitoring patient acuity and the management strategies employed in intensive care settings.