6th Annual Precision Mental Health Symposium: From Circuits to Mindsets: Precision Mental Health in the Real World

This 6th Annual Precision Mental Health Symposium will take a deep dive into the convergence of psychiatry, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence to advance precision mental health. The program will highlight how neuroscience-informed insights about the human brain can be translated into real-world clinical care, enabling more targeted, effective interventions that improve individual outcomes.

Sessions will span four strategic research themes:

• From Circuits to Mindsets: How the Brain Shapes Belief, Expectancy, and Change

• Biomarkers and Precision Therapeutics: Transformational Strategies in Mental Health

• Rapid-acting interventions: Psychedelics, Neuromodulation, and the Biology of Psychological Flexibility

• Making Precision Mental Health Real: Lived Experience, Engagement, and Scale.

Registration for all practitioners - free

To register for this activity, please click HERE.

1. Describe in depth one way neural circuit mechanisms influence belief formation, expectancy, and adaptive change, and apply these insights to inform clinical approaches to behavior and treatment response.
2. Identify one emerging biomarker used in mental health and assess how it can guide the selection and optimization of precision therapeutics in clinical practice.
3. Compare the mechanisms, clinical evidence, and safety considerations of rapid-acting interventions, including psychedelics and neuromodulation, and determine one way it plays a role in enhancing psychological flexibility and treatment outcomes.
4. Discuss in depth one strategy for integrating lived experience and patient engagement into precision mental health care and identify one approach to effectively scale these models in real-world settings.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine 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. 
 
Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 4.75 ANCC contact hours.  

American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) - Live 
Stanford Medicine has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This live activity is designated for 4.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.  

American Psychological Association (APA) 
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. 

Cancellation Policy
Stanford University School of Medicine reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs, such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 Stanford University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require visual, auditory, cognitive, or mobility accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the CME office.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency
The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Medicine adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

There are no relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies for anyone who was in control of the content of this activity, except those listed in the table below. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Leanne Williams, PhD

Course Director, Reviewer

Anissa Abi-Dargham, MD
Department Chair
State University of New York At Stony Brook Medicine

Faculty

Other: Advisory Board-MapLight|Other: Advisory Board-Neurocrine|Other: Advisory Board-AbbVie

Raag Dar Airan, MD
Stanford University

Faculty

Advisor-Cordance Medical

Uma Chatterjee, MPH

Faculty

Alia Crum, PhD
Stanford University

Faculty

Jonathan Downar, BS

Faculty

Neir Eshel, MD
Stanford Health Care (SHC)

Faculty

John Krystal, MD
Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Professor of Translational Research; Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine

Faculty

Consulting Fee-AbbVie, Inc|Consulting Fee-Beckley Psytech|Consulting Fee-BioXcel Therapeutics|Consulting Fee-Boehringer Ingelheim International|Consulting Fee-Clearmind Medicine, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Cybin IRL|Consulting Fee-GH Research Ireland, LTD|Consulting Fee-Janssen Pharmaceutical|Consulting Fee-Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc|Consulting Fee-Novartis Pharmaceuticals|Consulting Fee-Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Phrenix Therapeutics|Consulting Fee-Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Response Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Reunion Neuroscience|Consulting Fee-Sanofi|Consulting Fee-Spruce Biosciences|Consulting Fee-Terran Biosciences, Inc|Consulting Fee-Tetricus, Inc.|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Aria,Autism Scientific Advisory Board|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Biohaven Pharmaceuticals|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc.,Clinical Advisory Board|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Freedom Biosciences, Inc.|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Mindset Admin, LLC,DBA Being Health|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. |Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Response Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-ReST Therapeutics|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Spring Health AI Advisory Board|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Takeda Industries|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Tetricus, Inc.|Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Alkermes, Inc,Scientific Advisory Board|Consulting Fee-Alpha Wave Global|Consulting Fee-Rapport Therapeutics|Other: Editorial Board, Editor-Biological Psychiatry |Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-Freedom Biosciences, Inc|Grant or research support-AstraZeneca |Grant or research support-Novartis|Grant or research support-Cerevel|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Biohaven Pharmaceuticals |Ownership-Spring Care, Inc.|Stock options in a privately held company-Ananda Scientific|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Biohaven Pharmaceuticals Medical Sciences|Stock options in a privately held company-Clearmind Medicine, Inc. |Stock options in a privately held company-Delix Therapeutics, Inc.|Stock options in a privately held company-Draig Therapeutics|Stock options in a privately held company-EpiVario, Inc.|Stock options in a privately held company-Neumora Therapeutics, Inc. |Stock options in a privately held company-Psylo PTY LTD.|Stock options in a privately held company-Rapport Therapeutics|Stock options in a privately held company-ReST Therapeutics|Stock options in a privately held company-Spring Care|Stock options in a privately held company-Tempero Bio, Inc.|Stock options in a privately held company-Terran Biosciences, Inc.|Stock options in a privately held company-Tetricus, Inc.

Carlos Larrauri, MSN

Faculty

Jon Nelson, BS
Cofounder
Otherside

Faculty

Other: Consultant-Motif Neurotech|Other: Advisory Board Member-One Mind|Other: ownership-Otherside

Mark Rasenick, PhD

Faculty

Carolyn Rodriguez, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health and Population Sciences)
Stanford University

Faculty

Manish Saggar, PhD
Stanford University

Faculty

Jordan Smoller , MD

Faculty

Other: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board and options-Sensorium Therapeutics|Consulting Fee-Tempus, Inc (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Biogen, Inc (Relationship has ended)

Brandon Staglin, MS

Faculty

Jason Tucciarone, MD
Stanford University

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Headlamp Health

Alix Widge, MD, PhD

Faculty

Leanne Williams, PhD
Vincent V.C. Woo Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director of the Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health
Stanford University

Faculty

Teddy Akiki, MD
Clinical Assitant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University

Faculty, Planner

Lara Foland-Ross, PhD

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Rachel Hilton, PhD-C, PMHNP-BC
Precision Psychiatry Research Nurse Practitioner
Stanford University School of Medicine

Planner

Nothing to disclose

Erica Ma, PA-C
Stanford University/ LifeLong Medical Care

Planner

Xue Zhang, PhD
Stanford University

Planner

Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-COMPASS Pathways plc

Friday, September 25, 2026