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title: "Psych News Alert: Highlights From APA's 2012 Annual Meeting"
description: APA's 2012 annual meeting is taking place in Philadelphia. From now through the end of the meeting on May 9, you will receive highlights...
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# [Psych News Alert: Highlights From APA's 2012 Annual Meeting](https://alert.psychnews.org/2012/05/highlights-from-apa-2012-annual-meeting.html)

 Written by [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) | 5/6/12 4:00 AM

**APA's 2012 annual meeting is taking place in Philadelphia. From now through the end of the meeting on May 9, you will receive highlights of meeting events and scientific sessions.**

<https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GabbardSMALL-4.jpg> [Complexities of Therapeutic Process Raise Difficult Issues](http://www.psychnews.org/update/report1_AM1.html)  
When should transference work be used in psychodynamic psychotherapy? That was one of the questions addressed by Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., in a master course titled “Challenges in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy” at APA’s 2012 annual meeting in Philadelphia today. 

<https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/MaybergSmall-2.gif> [Findings on Deep Brain Stimulation Open Doors to Rethinking Depression Treatment](http://www.psychnews.org/update/report3_AM1.html)   
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may be an effective intervention for treatment-resistant depression, offering a way to reconceptualize depression and its treatment, said Helen Mayberg, M.D., at APA’s annual meeting today. She was one of the meeting’s “Frontiers in Science” lecturers.

[Holistic Approach to Youth With Psychosis, Substance Abuse Promotes Recovery ](http://www.psychnews.org/update/report4_AM1.html)   
A holistic approach to the treatment of young people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis and who also have co-occurring alcohol and substance abuse disorders may prevent years of disability. Robert Drake, M.D., Ph.D., expounded on that theme at APA's 2012 annual meeting.

[Get Expert Guidance on CBT](http://www.psychnews.org/update/report6_AM1.html)   
In this video, Jesse Wright, M.D., discusses his work in cognitive-behavior therapy and the books he has cowritten for American Psychiatric Publishing. To learn more, click on the headline and watch the video.

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