ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity

Senior Analysts Reflect on the Field

Three senior analysts will share anecdotes from their illustrious careers. In describing their training, they will make recommendations for future psychoanalytic training. While looking back over their careers, they will comment on the changes that have come about in our…

How Did Psychoanalysts Respond to the Politics of Their Day?

This panel will illustrate a psychoanalytic response to the politics of the day. One panelist will describe how two immigrant analysts responded to political upheaval in America. A second will describe the response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980’s…

Neuroqueering the Psychoanalytic Lens

The Ralph Roughton Award is given to an unpublished manuscript that makes an original and outstanding contribution to the psychoanalytic understanding and or treatment of LGBTQ* people. This 2025 Roughton award winning paper brings into focus the similar ways in…

Beyond the Scale Personalized Care for Obesity in Adults & Adolescents

More effective treatment options for Missouri adults and youth with obesity are available than ever before. This training will familiarize healthcare professionals with intensive/family-based behavioral treatment and medication therapy for patients with obesity. The session will review health behavior changes…

Clinical Perspectives on the Pathophysiology of Facial Synkinesis – A Narrative Review

Importance  Facial synkinesis refers to pathologic cocontraction and baseline hypertonicity of muscles innervated by the facial nerve, commonly attributed to the aberrant regeneration of nerve fibers following injury. The pathomechanism and optimal treatment of facial synkinesis remain unclear. The goal of…

Pediatric Patient Referred for an Optic Nerve Mass

A 13-year-old male patient was referred for evaluation of an optic nerve mass with decreased central vision and occasional pain. Examination revealed an afferent pupillary defect, a few vitreous cells, and an optic nerve lesion associated with a small peripapillary…

Granulomatous Cheilitis in a Young Woman

This case report describes a young woman with a diffusely swollen lower lip, normal tongue, and no history of local trauma, irritants, or allergies.

Digital Health Technology Research Funded by the National Institutes of Health

Importance  Digital health in biomedical research and its expanding list of potential clinical applications are rapidly evolving. A combination of new digital health technologies (DHTs), novel uses of existing DHTs through artificial intelligence– and machine learning–based algorithms, and improved integration and…