psycgrandrounds * HYBRID – IN PERSON @ 713 Harrison St. (TU3 2nd Floor) *- Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Dr. Katherine Warden- "The Mask and the Mirror: Untangling Autism and Personality Disorders in Adults" 10/15/26

[Pamela Le]

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Our next Grand Rounds at the Department of Psychiatry SUNY Upstate will take place on:

Thursday, October 15th, from 12:30 pm until 2:00 pm via Zoom.
   TITLE: The Mask and the Mirror: Untangling Autism and Personality Disorders in Adults
SPEAKER:  Katherine Warden, PhD, MSCP, Licensed Psychologist, Mohawk Valley Health Systems

*APPROVED Psychologist, Social Work & LMHC CEUs*
Please fill out the attached evaluation forms and return to Pamela Le@ LeP at upstate.edu within 30 days of the presentation

To receive continuing education credits(CME, Psychologist, LMHC, or Social Work), you must register using the following link: https://www.upstate.edu/cme/online-register.php .
Registration opens at 10:00 a.m. on the day of Grand Rounds and remains open through the following Monday.
Kindly be advised that failure to register within this timeframe will result in an inability to issue credits or certificates.
DESCRIPTION: Adult autism and character pathology can share similar clinical features, creating a challenge for diagnostic clarification. As we receive more and more requests for adult ADHD and Autism evaluations, psychiatry needs to be prepared with a clear path of exploration. This presentation will explore how developmental history, social communication patterns, emotional regulation, interpersonal functioning, masking, and underlying motivations can help clinicians distinguish between these presentations. Through a practical clinical framework, we will explore assessment strategies, common diagnostic pitfalls and treatment approaches that move beyond diagnostic labels and towards an understanding of the individual patient.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Following this activity, the participants should be able to:
1.  Identify overlapping and distinguishing clinical features of ASD and personality disorders in adults with particular attention to social communication, interpersonal functioning, emotional regulation, and behavioral patterns.
2. Apply a developmentally informed diagnostic approach to differentiate autism from personality pathology, incorporating developmental history, masking/camouflaging, clinical presentation, and appropriate assessment tools.
3. Create a strategy to discuss diagnostic clarification with your patient including setting limits and boundaries when a patient may be insistent on a specific diagnosis.

Faculty disclosure: Dr. Warden does not have financial relationship with any ineligible companies.

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REMINDER:  **SCHEDULES can also be found online: Upcoming Events - Upstate Calendars<https://calendar.upstate.edu/events/category/psychiatry/list/ >
*follow link to add this event to your calendar

Pamela Le

Educational Coordinator

Grand Rounds & REACH Project Manager

Upstate Medical Psychiatry

600 E. Genesee St. Suite 108

Syracuse, NY 13202

Phone (315)464-7185

Fax (315) 464-5220
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