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Caleb Thomas, a third-year medical student, was awarded first place for the poster he presented. |
Third-year medical students and psychiatry residents recently presented research at the Alabama Psychiatric Physicians Association (APPA) Spring Conference in Gulf Shores.
The APPA is a district branch of the American Psychiatric Association.
Caleb Thomas, a third-year medical student at the Whiddon College of Medicine, and second-year resident Robert Hays Osborne, M.D., won first place for the poster presentation “A Child in Pause: Recognizing and Managing Pediatric Catatonia.”
The poster detailed the management of a 3-year-old patient with catatonia, a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by abnormal movements, behaviors, and withdrawal.
“We found this case to be especially interesting because our patient was found to be one of the youngest patients diagnosed with non-drug-induced catatonia,” said Thomas, who presented the poster. “During hospitalization, the patient was also found to have a form of autoimmune encephalitis called MOG-ADEM, which coincidentally had a similar presentation to the previous youngest documented case of catatonia.”
Thomas said the patient’s condition improved with treatment.
Fourth-year resident John T. Olsen, D.O., presented “Psychotherapy as Monotherapy: A Patient with Severe Illness Anxiety Disorder” during a series of presentations on integrating therapy into a psychiatry practice.
J. Luke Engeriser, M.D., DFAPA, DFASAM, director of the psychiatry residency program, the addiction medicine fellowship, and an associate professor of psychiatry at the Whiddon College of Medicine, presented “Gas Station Pharmacology,” outlining common substances, available at gas stations, that are potentially addictive, have no FDA oversight and whose legality is unclear.
Other presenters at the conference included:
Third-year resident Shyla Hossain, M.D., presented “Admitting Criminal Guilt in Clinical Settings: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas of Documentation.”
Evan Chavers, M.D., a third-year resident, and Ginger Llivina, a third-year medical student, presented “Seeing the Difference: Comparing HPPD and Psychotic Hallucinations.” Marianne Saitz, D.O., MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Whiddon College of Medicine, was an additional author on the research.
J. Morgan Malone, M.D., a fourth-year resident, and Miranda Crowell, M.D., a third-year resident, presented “Treatment of ADHD with Concurrent Cannabis Use Disorder.”
