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Suicide: Connections to Insomnia

Launch Date
09/11/2020
Credit Amount
0.00 Expired
Credit Expires
09/11/2021

Faculty

W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS
Case Distinguished University Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior
Executive Vice Dean Medical College of Georgia
Augusta University Augusta, GA
W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS
Case Distinguished University Chair

Dr. McCall has been the Case Distinguished University Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University since 2012. He also serves as Executive Vice Dean of MCG. He completed his medical degree and post-graduate psychiatric training at Duke University. He completed a Masters degree in Epidemiology from Wake Forest University. He is board certified in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and sleep medicine. His research interests include depression, electroconvulsive therapy, quality of life, insomnia, and suicide. He received 22 years of research support from the National Institute of Mental Health, and he has 500 citations, including more than 210 peer-reviewed journal articles, with an H-index of 40. He is Editor of the Journal of ECT, Past Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, and on the Editorial Board of Sleep. He has been the Past President of the Association for Convulsive Therapy, and a prior Director of the Board of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He previously was the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine from 2001-2012.

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Statement of Need

This video is a replay of a plenary session from the 12th Annual Chair Summit Master Class for Neuroscience Professional Development held in Las Vegas, NV from February 27 – 29, 2020.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to analyze the relationship between suicide and insomnia.

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This activity is supported by CME Outfitters.

Target Audience

Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals with an interest in psychiatry, neurology, and the neurosciences.

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Dr. McCall reports that he receives research support from MECTA Corporation; Merck & Co., Inc.; and VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. He serves on the advisory committee for Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and Sage Therapeutics, Inc. He receives other financial or material support in the form of royalties from Wolters Kluwer Publishing.

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Suicide: Connections to Insomnia
Event Date: 09/11/2020