CBT and Medication Treatment for Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Body focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), including trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) and excoriation (skin-picking) disorder, are chronic psychiatric conditions with significant prevalence rates, comorbidity and associated distress and functional impairment. These disorders have historically been challenging to treat. This course will provide an overview of BFRBS and discuss the most up-to-date assessment instruments and treatment interventions (both CBT and medication). Issues related to treatment selection and sequencing will be reviewed. Challenges to treatment including comorbidity and high relapse rates will also be addressed. Role plays will be used to demonstrate CBT strategies, especially those from DBT and ACT.

Registrants will have access to course materials from the date of their registration through the course expiration date.

Pricing

All care Providers: $199

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Cancellation Policy

Refunds will be issued for requests received within 10 business days of purchase, but an administrative fee of $35 will be deducted from your refund. No refunds will be made thereafter. Additionally, no refunds will be made for individuals who claim CME or credit, regardless of when they request a refund.

Target Audience

This program is intended for:

  • Physicians
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Social Workers
  • Licensed Mental Health Counselors
  • Nurses

Learning Objectives

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

  • Describe how to diagnose and assess BFRBs;
  • Demonstrate ability to develop BFRB treatment plans tailored to the individual;
  • Plan how to manage relapse to optimize maintenance of treatment gains
  • Describe pharmacotherapy options that show potential benefit in treating BFRBs
  • Utilize mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance and ACT strategies to treat BFRBs
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 5.50 Nursing Contact Hours

    Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

    This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 5.50 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

  • 5.50 Social Workers

    The Collaborative of NASW, Boston College, and Simmons College Schools of Social Work authorizes social work continuing education credits for courses, workshops, and educational programs that meet the criteria outlined in 258 CMR of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers

    This program has been approved for 5.50 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work Authorization Number D80336

  • 5.50 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 5.50 Psychologists CE Credit

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    This offering meets the criteria for 5.50 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

Registration opens: 
12/03/2018
Course closes: 
01/21/2027
Cost:
$199.00
Rating: 
5

Participants must complete each week sequentially and all components of each week to receive credit, including:

  • Activity Overview
  • Video Lecture
  • Reading and Resources (required and optional)
  • Discussion Board
  • Case Assessment

Session 1

Overview of BFRBs and CBT for BFRBs

Key Points:

  • Administer a comprehensive multi-modal assessment
  • Select single or dual modality treatment
  • Identify appropriate habit reversal and stimulus control strategies

Session 2

Pharmacological Treatment and medical considerations related to BFRBs

Key Points:

  • Identify which pharmacotherapy options show potential benefit in treating BFRBs
  • Identify common co-occurring conditions in HPD and SPD
  • Identify when would be most appropriate to use N-acetyl cysteine, SSRIs and/or other psychotropic agents to treat BFRBs and comorbid conditions
  • Describe the psychiatric and medical differential for HPD and SPD, and identify possible medical sequelae from BFRBs

Session 3

Advanced Psychosocial Treatment of BFRBs

Key Points:

  • Provide the rationale for augmentation strategies in BFRB treatment;
  • Utilize mindfulness, emotion regulations and distress tolerance strategies for BFRBs;
  • Utilize ACT techniques in treating BFRBs
Course Director(s)

Erica Greenberg, MD

has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with MGH Psychiatry Academy, Psychiatry Education Forum;.
has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with Tourette Association of America ;.

Nancy Keuthen, PhD

has a financial relationship (Grant Or Contract) with TLC Foundation;.
has a financial relationship (Stock Options) with Johnson & Johnson; Merck & Co; Pfizer Inc; Proctor and Gamble Co; Organon & Co; Viatris Inc;.
has a financial relationship (Grant Or Contract) with Promentis Inc;.
Planner(s)

Erica Greenberg, MD

has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with Tourette Association of America ;.
has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with MGH Psychiatry Academy, Psychiatry Education Forum;.

Nancy Keuthen, PhD

has a financial relationship (Grant Or Contract) with Promentis Inc;.
has a financial relationship (Grant Or Contract) with TLC Foundation;.
has a financial relationship (Stock Options) with Johnson & Johnson; Merck & Co; Pfizer Inc; Proctor and Gamble Co; Organon & Co; Viatris Inc;.

Jane Pimental, MPH

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

David Rubin, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Susan Sprich, Ph.D.

has a financial relationship (Other) with Oxford University Press;.
has a financial relationship (Other) with Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT);.
has a financial relationship (Other) with Springer;.
Speaker(s)

Erica Greenberg, MD

has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with MGH Psychiatry Academy, Psychiatry Education Forum;.
has a financial relationship (Professional Services) with Tourette Association of America ;.

Nancy Keuthen, PhD

has a financial relationship (Grant Or Contract) with Promentis Inc;.
has a financial relationship (Grant Or Contract) with TLC Foundation;.
has a financial relationship (Stock Options) with Johnson & Johnson; Merck & Co; Pfizer Inc; Proctor and Gamble Co; Organon & Co; Viatris Inc;.

Available Credit

  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    McLean Hospital designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 5.50 Nursing Contact Hours

    Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

    This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 5.50 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

  • 5.50 Social Workers

    The Collaborative of NASW, Boston College, and Simmons College Schools of Social Work authorizes social work continuing education credits for courses, workshops, and educational programs that meet the criteria outlined in 258 CMR of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Social Workers

    This program has been approved for 5.50 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. Collaborative of NASW and the Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work Authorization Number D80336

  • 5.50 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 5.50 Psychologists CE Credit

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    This offering meets the criteria for 5.50 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

 
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Release Date: December 3, 2018
Expiration Date: January 21, 2027
Review Date:  December 31, 2021 by Robert Althoff, MD, PhD

Course Director

Erica Greenberg, MD
Nancy Keuthen, PhD

Planners

David H. Rubin, MD, reviewer
Jane Pimental, MPH
Susan E. Sprich, PhD, psychologist reviewer
Erica Greenberg, MD
Nancy Keuthen, PhD

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Relevant financial relationships 

ACCME focuses on financial relationships with commercial interests in the 12-month period preceding the time that the individual is being asked to assume a role controlling content of the CME activity. ACCME has not set a minimal dollar amount for relationships to be significant.  Inherent in any amount is the incentive to maintain or increase the value of the relationship. The ACCME defines “’relevant’ financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest.

Conflict of Interest

Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of a commercial interest with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The following planners, speakers, and content reviewers, on behalf of themselves and their spouse or partner, have reported financial relationships with an entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services (relevant to the content of this activity) consumed by, or used on, patients:

Susan Sprich, PhD
Royalties (Co-Author): Oxford University Press
Royalties (Co-Edited Book): Springer
Honoraria (Associate Editors): Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT)

Erica Greenberg, MD
Honorarium (Speaker):  MGH Psychiatry Academy, Psychiatry Education Forum
Advisory Board (Speaker): Tourette Association of America 

All other individuals including course directors, planners, reviewers, faculty, staff, etc., who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity have, on behalf of themselves and their spouse or partner, reported no financial relationships related to the content of this activity.

Disclosure Information 

In accord with the disclosure policy of McLean Hospital as well as guidelines set forth by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education, all people in control of educational content, including speakers, course directors, planners, and reviewers, have been asked to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies for the past 24 months, as defined below:                        

Ineligible Companies 

The ACCME defines an “Ineligible company” as “those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.”  For more information, visit

accme.org/standards

Financial Relationships

Financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. 

Mitigation of Financial Relationships

All financial relationships are reviewed to determine which ones are relevant, and then measures are taken to mitigate all relevant financial relationships and ensure that they do not insert commercial bias into the content of the education.   

The following planners, speakers, content reviewers, and others in control of educational content have reported financial relationships with ineligible companies over the past 24 months. Measures have been taken to mitigate the impact of these financial relationships on the educational content and ensure that they do not insert commercial bias into the content of this education.        

Nancy J. Keuthen, PhD
Stock Ownership: Johnson & Johnson; Merck & Co; Pfizer Inc; Proctor and Gamble Co; Organon & Co; Viatris Inc
PI/Research Grant: TLC Foundation
CO-I/Research Grant: Promentis Inc

All other individuals in a position to control the content of this educational activity have reported no financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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