Neuroscience-Informed Behavioral Interventions: 

From Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Cognitive Training

ABCT Pre-Conference Institute

Thursday October 27th, 2016, 8:30am-5pm

New York Marriott Marquis, NYC

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8:30-8:35pm: Introduction and Welcome

Rebecca Price, NTTR SIG President & Pre-conference Institute Chair

 

8:35-10:00: Cognitive Science and Neuroscience in Treatment Development

8:35-9:05: Attention bias modification: Past, Present, and Future

Rebecca Price, University of Pittsburgh

 

9:05-9:35: [Novel developments in cognitive training and synergistic brain-focused intervention strategies]

Rudi De Raedt, Ghent University

 

9:35-9:55 Session 1 Discussion/Q & A led by Yair Bar-Haim, Tel Aviv University

 

10:00-10:30 Beverage Break

 

10:30-12:20 Neuroscience and CBT

10:30-11:00: Using neuroscience to inform prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD

 

Sheila Rauch, Emory University

 

11:00-11:30 Neural Mechanisms of Behavioral Interventions for Anxiety and Irritability in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Denis Sukhodolsky, Yale University

 

11:30-12:00 Toward precision treatments for Autism(s)

Kevin Pelphrey, Yale University

 

 

12:00-12:20 Session 2 Discussion/Q & A led by Kristen Ellard, Massachusetts General Hospital

 

12:20-1:15 LUNCH on your own

 

1:15-2:35 Neuroscience in Treatment Planning

1:15-1:45 How can Neuroscience make a difference for Psychiatry?

Martin Paulus, Laureate Institute

 

1:45-2:15 How can clincians use their patients' functional neuroimaging data in CBT?

Greg Siegle, University of Pittsburgh

 

2:15-2:35 Session 3 Discussion/Q & A led by Danny Pine, National Institute of Mental Health

 

2:35-3:00 Beverage Break & Demo Fair Set-up

 

3:00-3:30 Panel: De-Mystifying Neuroscience/Clinical Integration for Trainees, Clinicians, and Researchers

Discussion/Q & A led by Andrew Peckham & Elissa Hamlat

 

3:30-5:00 Neurocognitive/translational assessment & intervention demonstration fair 

 

5:00 Adjourn, head to the bar!

 

Special thanks to all members of the pre-conference institute planning committee:

Becca Price, Greg Siegle, Kristen Ellard, John Richey, Kean Hsu, Kate Nooner, Angela Fang, Andrew Peckham, Elissa Hamlat, Allison Waters, Bob Berchick, Peter Hitchcock

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The 3 winners of our SIG-sponsored student scholarships for attending the pre-conference institute -- Michele Bechor, Aileen Echiverri-Cohen, and Logan Cummings. 

Your SIG member dues in action!

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