Psychiatric Nonadherence

Victor Fornari MDDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellIda Dancyger PhDDonald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellVictor Fornari, MD, is the director of the merged Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry of North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, including the Zucker Hillside Hospital and the Cohen Children’s Medical Center. He is also professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at at Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine.

• Personal Medical Neglect.- Nonadherence in Childhood disorders – Anxiety Disorders and ADHD.- Adolescents – Depression and Eating Disorders.- College age youth – first episodes and Bipolar disorders and Borderline PD.- Adults – Substance Abuse and Problem Drinking.- Older Adults – Depression and Dementia.- What contributes to a good doctor-patient relationship.- Do doctors know how to talk to their patients.- Empathy: How the patient recognizes whether the doctor cares. Professionalism:  Can it be taught.- Mentoring and Professionalism in Training (MAP-IT).- Enhancing Humanism in Medicine (Gold Foundation).- Narrative Medicine – Teaching the doctor to understand the story.- Does anything make a difference.- Motivational Interviewing to confront the behavior and attempt to have the individual take personal responsibility for themselves.- How technology is now incorporated into clinical care.- Where do we go from here?.