Neurobiology and Neuropsychiatric Syndromes:
Bridging Brain, Mind, and Meaning Across the Lifespan

Neuro Grand Rounds
Virtual Live Interactive Lecture
with Dr. Inna Rozentsvit
6-13-25 (Friday, 12-2pm EDT)
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Continuing Education: 3.0 CE for APA, NYS Psychologists, NYS Social Workers

DESCRIPTION:

This comprehensive grand round lecture integrates neuroscience with psychodynamic understanding to explore fascinating neuropsychiatric syndromes across the developmental spectrum. Bridging neurology and psychiatry, we will examine rare conditions including prosopagnosia, Capgras and Fregoli syndromes, Cotard syndrome, alien hand syndrome, and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures through both neurobiological and psychoanalytic lenses.

Special emphasis will be placed on Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and related conditions, offering crucial insights for clinicians working with children and adolescents experiencing sudden-onset neuropsychiatric symptoms. The presentation explores the autoimmune and inflammatory mechanisms potentially underlying these disorders, their clinical manifestations, diagnostic challenges, and integrated treatment approaches.

Mental health professionals will gain valuable insights into the neurological underpinnings of these conditions while exploring their profound psychological implications, meaning, and treatment approaches across the lifespan. The presentation offers a unique opportunity to bridge disciplines, enhancing clinical formulations and therapeutic approaches through an integrated perspective that honors both the biological basis of these disorders and their psychodynamic significance.

This lecture is designed for psychologists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, pediatric specialists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, and other mental health professionals interested in the intersection of neuroscience and depth psychology across the developmental spectrum. The content is particularly relevant for clinicians working with complex cases presenting with unusual symptoms that span traditional diagnostic boundaries, both in adult and pediatric populations.

SEMINAR SCHEDULE:

Saturday, June 22nd, 2024

Morning Session:
10am — 12:30pm

Lunch
12:30pm — 1:00pm

Afternoon Session:
1:00pm — 4:00pm

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the neurobiological basis of rare neuropsychiatric syndromes and their relevance to everyday clinical practice with both adults and children
  2. Differentiate between PANS and PANDAS, including their proposed etiologies, clinical presentations, and evidence-based diagnostic approaches
  3. Recognize the clinical features of sudden-onset OCD, eating restrictions, and behavioral deterioration that characterize PANS in pediatric populations
  4. Integrate neurobiological understanding with psychodynamic formulations when working with complex cases across the developmental spectrum
  5. Articulate how disruptions in neural circuits manifest as disorders of self-experience, recognition, and reality testing
  6. Apply psychodynamic techniques informed by neuroscience to patients with neuropsychiatric presentations, adapting approaches for developmental considerations
  7. Identify countertransference reactions specific to working with patients experiencing disturbed self-experiences and reality testing
  8. Explain the emerging convergence between neuroscience, developmental psychopathology, and psychoanalysis in understanding disorders of self-experience

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Detailed exploration of rare and fascinating neuropsychiatric syndromes with vivid case presentations across the lifespan
  • In-depth coverage of PANS/PANDAS, including the latest research on autoimmune mechanisms, basal ganglia dysfunction, and clinical management strategies
  • Innovative integration of neurobiological mechanisms with psychodynamic formulations
  • Developmental perspectives on neuropsychiatric conditions from childhood through adulthood
  • Practical clinical applications for everyday mental health practice with both pediatric and adult populations
  • Interactive case discussions illustrating integrated approaches for complex presentations
  • Latest research on the neural correlates of conscious and unconscious processes
  • Techniques for working with split self-experiences and disturbed reality testing
  • Guidance on supporting families of children with PANS/PANDAS and addressing associated psychosocial challenges
  • Interdisciplinary treatment approaches that combine immunomodulatory interventions, antibiotics, psychotropic medications, and psychotherapy

BIOGRAPHY:

Inna Rozentsvit, M.D., PhD, MBA, MSciEd is a neurologist and neurorehabilitation specialist, trained in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, with extensive experience in brain trauma, autoimmune neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions.
Dr. Rozentsvit is a founder of the Neurorecovery Solutions, Inc. (neurorecoverysolutions.com), a non-profit organization which helps neurologically impaired and their caregivers in their often heart-breaking journey to well-being. She is also an educator who works with children and adults with learning and emotional disabilities, while applying knowledge from the fields of neurology, basic sciences, mental health, and pedagogy to solving puzzles of miscommunications and every-day interactions of these children and adults with their parents and significant others.

Dr. Rozentsvit is passionate about people and supporting the possibilities that all people are. This passion fueled her publishing endeavors, which realized into founding the ORI Academic Press (oriacademicpress.org), the MindMend Publishing Co., and the MindConsiliums (a trans-disciplinary journal with main focus on cross-pollination of knowledge and experience from various mental health, medicine, and science fields, mindconsiliums.org).

Dr. Rozentsvit is the scientific faculty member, programs director, and administrator of the Object Relations Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (ORI, www.orinyc.org) in NYC. Her course on Neurobiology for Psychoanalysts and Psychotherapists and the Parent-Child Development Program at the ORI include important for all mental health professionals topics: Neurobiology of Self; Neurochemistry of Emotions; Attachment Theory/ Love before First Sight; Neurological Disorders (Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and multiple sclerosis) through the Eyes of a Psychotherapist; Neurobiology of Psychosomatic Illness; Neuroscience of Anger and Violence; and others.

For more information, please visit https://innarozentsvit.com/

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis
2025 ORIPP Summer Training at ORI
June 7, 2025 – June 29, 2025

Live Online
Session 1: Drive in Contemporary Psychoanalysis Around the Globe: Enigmatic Concept ‘Translated’ And Explained – Eva D. Papiasvili, PhD (9.0 CE)

Session 2: Neurobiology and Neuropsychiatric Syndromes: Bridging Brain, Mind, and Meaning Across the Lifespan (Grand Round) – Inna Rozentsvit, M.D., PhD (3.0 CE)
Session 3: The Liberation of Psychoanalysis: Breaking Free from Intergenerational Blindness into Growth and Transformation – Jeffrey B. Rubin, PhD (5.0 CE)
Session 4: Working with Fairbairn’s Metaphors of the Human Mind in Mental Health Treatment Setting – David P. Celani, PhD (6.0 CE)

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis (ORIPP).  Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.

Professions in scope for this activity are listed below.

Psychologists

This course is co-sponsored by Amedco and Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis.  Amedco is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  Amedco maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  23.0 hours.

The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Psychologists/Counselors: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, IO, KS, MA (LEP ONLY), ME, MO, NC, ND, NH, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
The following state boards accept courses approved by any other state for Psychologists/Counselors: CO, MD
MI:
No CE requirements.
*OK: Accepts APA credit for live, in-person activities but not for ethics and/or online courses.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for MFTs:
AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OK*, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WDC, WI, WY
AL MFTs: Credits authorized by NBCC or any other state licensing agency will be accepted.
MA MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Addictions Professionals: AK, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY (held outside NY ONLY), OK*, OR, SC, UT, WA, WI, WY
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Social Workers:
AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, OR, PA, VT, WI, WY

New York Board for Social Workers (NY SW)

Amedco SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0115. 23.0 hours.

New York Board for Psychology (NY PSY)

Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0031. 23.0 hours.

To receive CE certificates for the actual hours attended – please request them at the time of registration or any time prior to beginning of the conference. CE certificate fee: $25 (in addition to the registration fees). No fees charged for PD (Professional Development) certificates from ORI.

REGISTRATION AND FEES:

This event is free to attend.

If the CEs are requested — there is a $25 fee to process the CE certificate.

2025 ORIPP Summer Training at ORI
June 7, 2025 – June 29, 2025

Drive in Contemporary Psychoanalysis Around the Globe:
Enigmatic Concept ‘Translated’ And Explained

with Eva D. Papiasvili, PhD, ABPP
6-7-25 & 6-28-25 (12-3:30pm EDT)
9.0 CE

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Neurobiology and Neuropsychiatric Syndromes:
Bridging Brain, Mind, and Meaning Across the Lifespan

with Dr. Inna Rozentsvit
6-13-25 (Friday, 12-2pm EDT)
3.0 CE

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The Liberation of Psychoanalysis:
Breaking Free from Intergenerational Blindness into Growth and Transformation

with Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin
6-22-25 (Sunday, 12-3:15pm EDT)
5.0 CE

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Working with Fairbairn’s Metaphors of the Human Mind
in Mental Health Treatment Setting

with Dr. David P. Celani
June 29, 2025 (Sunday), 11:30am-3:45pm EDT
6.0 CE

View full info →

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