Presentations & Publications

Dr. Sonya Lazarevic has presented at national psychiatric conferences, academic grand rounds, and clinical training programs on addiction psychiatry, integrative medicine, mindfulness-based treatment, telepsychiatry, and pain management. Her work spans more than a decade of contribution to the field across the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and academic medical centers including Weill Cornell, Columbia University, NYU/Bellevue, and Rutgers.

Publications

Essentials of Addiction Medicine — Chapter 71: Spirituality in the Recovery Process Sonya Lazarevic, MD, MS; Marc Galanter, MD · [year]

Pocket Guide to Addiction Assessment and Treatment — Chapter 23: Diet and Exercise Ed: Levounis P, Zerbo E, Aggarwal R · Lazarevic S, Zaphris A · [year]

Speaking Engagements

2024 Presenter. Cultivating Change: Case Studies Illustrating the Use of Multiple Lenses in Engaging Substance-Using Clients. Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, New York, NY.

2019 Presenter. Alcoholism and Recovery: Three Approaches to Psychotherapy — AEDP, IFS, and Mindfulness. American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) Annual Meeting, CA.

2017–2019 Presenter. Ongoing clinical workshop series on mindfulness practices, stress reduction, and tools drawn from evidence-based contemplative traditions, including Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Evolution Medicine, New York, NY.

2017 Presenter. Becoming Mindful: Integrating Mindfulness into Your Addiction Practice. AAAP Annual Meeting, CA.

Presenter. Core Concepts in Addiction Psychiatry. Center for Optimal Living, Integrated Harm Reduction Psychotherapy Certificate Program, New York, NY.

2016 Presenter. Core Concepts in Addiction Psychiatry. Center for Optimal Living, Integrated Harm Reduction Psychotherapy Certificate Program, New York, NY.

2014 Presenter. Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention: An Integrative Treatment for Addictions. Rutgers University, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Newark, NJ.

2013 Presenter. A Non-Pharmacologic Approach to Treating Insomnia in Substance Abusers. NYU Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital, Addiction Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New York, NY.

Presenter. Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention: An Integrative Treatment for Addictions. Weill Cornell Medical College, Center for Integrative Medicine Noon Conference, New York, NY.

Presenter. An Integrative Approach to Insomnia. Bellevue Hospital, NYU Medical Center, New York, NY.

Didactic Faculty. Interviewing Skills in Addiction Psychiatry. Columbia University Medical Students, Addiction Institute, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.

2012 Symposium Chair and Presenter. Recent Advances in Telepsychiatry: Success Stories in Medical Setting Consultation, Clinical Trials Research, and Military Applications. 165th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Philadelphia, PA.

Workshop Chair and Presenter. Healing Pain with Integrative Medicine. Institute for Psychiatric Services, New York, NY.

Presenter. Healing Pain with Integrative Medicine. 7th Annual Conference of the Addiction Institute of New York on Pain and Addiction, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY.

Presenter. Using Integrative Medicine to Reduce Opiate Use Among Patients with Acute or Chronic Pain. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, New York, NY.

Faculty Presenter. A Review of Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines. American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Annual Board Review Course, Nashville, TN.

2011 Workshop Chair and Presenter. Nuts and Bolts of Telepsychiatry: Charting the Next Frontier in Psychiatry. 164th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Honolulu, HI.

Presenter. Research on Emergency Psychiatry Telemedicine: Applications, Barriers, and Benefits. American Association for Technology in Psychiatry (AATAP) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

Workshop Presenter. Two Women — Addiction in Film: The Year of Co-Morbid Psychiatric Diagnoses. AAAP Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.

2011–2013 Didactic Faculty. Psychopharmacology and addiction psychiatry. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program, New York, NY.