The Digital Future of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care
13September
Event Info
Category Date and Time- Wednesday, September 13, 2023
- 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
- The Digital Future of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care
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Niranjan Karnik MD PhD
- Visiting Professor of Psychiatry
- Director, Institute for Juvenile Research
- Co-Director, Digital Mental Health Program
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- In-person
- Molecular Biology Research Building (MBRB)
- 900 S. Ashland
- Chicago IL 60607
- Conference Room
- Auditorium, Rm 1017
- Department of Psychiatry Education Team
- psych-education [at] uic.edu
Event Details
Dr. Karnik is Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Institute for Juvenile Research, Co-Director of the Institute for Research on Addictions, Co-Director of the CCTS KL2 Career Development Program, and Interim Director of the Center for Health Equity using Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He serves as Director of the Great Lakes Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. His research focuses on data science, technology and community-based interventions for vulnerable populations with psychiatric and substance use disorders. In the past, he has worked with refugee children on the Pakistan-Afghan border, street children in India, foster youth in Central Illinois, and incarcerated youth in California. He worked at a youth homeless shelter in San Francisco and is continuing work with homeless youth in Chicago. He is presently a PI or Co-PI on grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Audience: |
Psychiatrists, Neurologists, and other affiliated professionals interested in mental health |
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Purpose: |
To provide current information on research, treatment, and policy issues relating to psychiatry and its adjunct fields |
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Instructional level: |
Advanced |
Objectives:
- Understand new technologies and their ability to assess psychiatric phenomena
- Demonstrate how technologies are being incorporated into clinical practice workflows
- Better anticipate how to begin to shift practices to allow for use of these technologies
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1credit AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Education Units (1) will be available for Social Workers and affiliated reciprocal agencies. Illinois Board License number 159-000112.
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This event is 1 credit hour continuing education.
No member of the planning committee for this activity have reported a relevant relationship with a commercial interest. There is no conflict of interest and nothing to disclose.
Niranjan Karnik, MD, PhD has no relevant financial relationship with commercial interests related to this CME activity.