On-Demand: Anxiety: Advanced Techniques for Psychiatry and Primary Care

This medical conference provides advanced guidance on how to treat and manage patients who have anxiety disorders. In mental health and primary care practices, patients with anxiety disorders are not only common, but they also they often need more of your time and resources to manage their conditions. There are many evidence-based pharmacologic and behavioral treatment options, yet practice measures show that patient outcomes often do not meet expected or desired levels of improvement.

During this event, our faculty focus on advanced concepts that go far beyond the basics. Their guidance is 100% practical and ready for use in any primary care and mental health setting.

Re-energize your practice and apply new skills to:

• Enhance how you use cognitive interventions

• Address many specific comorbidities, such as sleep, cardiac and GI disorders

• Use advanced psychopharmacology for all anxiety disorders and related conditions

• Navigate medical conditions affected by anxiety, and vice versa

• Improve outcomes for patients who have anxiety

This is an ideal event for all clinicians in primary care practices that treat patients who have anxiety. It is also ideal for psychiatrists, psychologists, nursing professionals, and others on their practice teams.

Pricing

All participants: $595

Target Audience

This program is intended for:

Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Primary Care and General Practice Physicians
Registered Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Social Workers and Allied Health Professionals

Learning Objectives

Identify rational, evidence-based pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies for patients with anxiety disorders.
Demonstrate the ability to discuss second- and third-line treatments following an unsuccessful first SSRI trial.
Discuss the developmental trajectories of anxiety.
Compare the assessment, psychopharmacology, and evidence-based psychotherapies for panic disorder, PTSD, OCD and related disorders, and somatoform disorders.
Review the course of medical conditions as they are affected by anxiety.
Recognize advanced CBT strategies and when to apply them.
Describe the neural circuits involved in producing anxiety.
Discuss the genetic and environmental contributions to anxiety
Provide additional pharmacological options for anxiety when initial plans fail.
Identify conversion disorder and describe its genesis, progression, and treatment
Demonstrate the ability to engage patients in mindfulness and relaxation procedures

Course summary

Available credit:

14.00 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 14.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
14.00 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 14.00 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.
14.00 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 14.00 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
14.00 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.
14.00 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 14.00 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

Registration opens:

03/08/2021

Course closes:

05/25/2025

Cost:

$595.00

Rating:

Anxiety: Advanced Techniques for Psychiatry and Primary Care

DAY ONE: ADVANCED PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICS AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Introduction and Welcome

David H. Rubin, MD

Module 1: A Very Brief Review of the Basic Science of Anxiety

Anxiety Across the Lifespan

David H. Rubin, MD

The Neuroscience of Anxiety

Robert R. Althoff, MD, Ph

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Anxiety

Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD

Module 2: Mastering the Core of CBT: Advanced Practice with Exposure and Cognitive Techniques

Assessment and Phenomenology

Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD

Effective Use of Exposure: Novel use of an old tool

Aude Henin, PhD

Novel Advanced Cognitive Techniques: Third Wave and Beyond

Susan Sprich, PhD

Recorded Panel

Moderator: David H. Rubin, MD

Panelists: Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD, Aude Henin, PhD, Susan Sprich, PhD

Module 3: Medical Comorbidity

Management of Anxiety in Cardiac Care

Theodore A. Stern, MD

CBT for Invasive Medical Interventions

Aude Henin, PhD

Respiratory Illness and Anxiety

Theodore A. Stern, MD

CBT for Management of Chronic Medical Conditions

Susan Sprich, PhD

The Intersection of GI disorders and Anxiety – A Way Forward

Theodore A. Stern, MD

Recorded Panel

Moderator: Aude Henin, PhD

Panelists: Theodore A. Stern, MD, Susan Sprich, PhD

Module 4: Advanced Psychopharmacology

Benzodiazepine: Are they all the same, are they all bad?

Jefferson B. Prince, MD

Antidepressants: Advancing Past the Single SSRI Trial

David H. Rubin, MD

Plans C, D, and E: Moving down the treatment algorithm for refractory anxiety

Jefferson B. Prince, MD

Recorded Panel

Moderator: Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD

Panelists: Jefferson B. Prince, MD, David H. Rubin, MD

DAY 2: ENCHANCING TREATMENT FOR SPECIFIC ANXIETY CLUSTERS

Introduction and Welcome

David H. Rubin, MD

Module 5: PTSD

Psychopharmacology of PTSD

Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD

CBT for PTSD

Aude Henin, PhD

Recorded Panel

Moderator: David H. Rubin, MD

Panelists: Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD, Aude Henin, PhD

Module 6: Panic Disorder

Psychopharmacology of Panic Disorder

Jefferson B. Prince, MD

CBT for Panic Disorder

Aude Henin, PhD

Recorded Panel

Moderator: David H. Rubin, MD

Panelists: Jefferson B. Prince, MD, Aude Henin, PhD

Module 7: OCD and Related Disorders

Psychopharmacology of OCD

Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD

Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD

CBT for OCD and Related Disorders

Susan Sprich, PhD

Trichotillomania, Skin Picking, Hoarding

Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD

Recorded Panel

Moderator: Robert R. Althoff, MD, PhD

Panelists: Lisa M. Zakhary, MD, PhD, Susan Sprich, PhD

Module 8: Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Somatic Symptom Disorder & Illness Anxiety Disorder

Theodore A. Stern, MD

Assessment and Management of Sleep Disorders in the Context of Anxiety

Jefferson B. Prince, MD

Conversion Disorder

Theodore A. Stern, MD

CBT for Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Susan Sprich, PhD

3:00-3:30 PM Recorded Panel

Moderator: Jefferson B. Prince, MD

Panelists: Theodore A. Stern, MD, Jefferson B. Prince, MD, Susan Sprich, PhD

Module 9: Enhancing Treatment Outcomes: Augmenting CBT

Motivational Interviewing to Engage the Anxious Patient

Aude Henin, PhD

Mindfulness and Relaxation

Susan Sprich, PhD

Recorded Panel

Moderator: David H. Rubin, MD

Panelists: Aude Henin, PhD, Susan Sprich, PhD

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