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Management of Challenging Psychiatric Patients in the Primary Care Setting Continuing Medical Education Conference

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Sponsored by:	The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa (OUCM-T) Department of Psychiatry

Date:	Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Location:	Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital 6655 S Yale Avenue Tulsa, OK 74136

Subject Matter This program is designed to provide primary care physicians, psychiatrists, clinic nurses, nurse practitioners, LPCs, LMFTs and other healthcare professionals with updated information to facilitate the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of or referral for psychiatric disorders routinely encountered by primary care physicians. Topics/ lectures in this program include: ADHD, mood disorders in women, insomnia, substance abuse disorders, stress headaches and geriatrics: Alzheimer’s dementia.

Program Objective Our goal is to provide current information concerning the recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of or referral for psychiatric disorders routinely encountered by primary care physicians.

Educational Objectives By the conclusion of this workshop, the attendees will have developed the following knowledge components and skills objectives: ADHD Describe the diagnostic features, prevalence, and impact of ADHD Review comorbid conditions seen with ADHD Identify and discuss therapeutic interventions for ADHD Mood Disorder in Women – Unique Issues Identify the symptoms of depression more commonly seen in women Discuss treatment options for women with major depression during the late luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, post partum and perimenopause Describe common medical co-morbidities which may mask major depression in women Insomnia Describe the diagnostic features, prevalence, and impact of insomnia Conceptualize the precipitating and maintaining factors of insomnia Identify effective behavioral, cognitive, and pharmacologic treatment strategies for insomnia Substance Use Disorders Describe a Pharmacologic treatment plan for discontinuing benzodiazepine therapy List the pharmacologic treatment options for adjunctive therapy in alcohol dependence Describe the indications for buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) for narcotic dependence Stress Headaches Discuss how the presence of stress may obscure the correct diagnosis in a patient with headaches Identify the relationship between neck pain and migraines Discuss the common triggers of migraines Geriatric Psychiatry Discuss the diagnostic process used to identify Alzheimer’s Dementia Identify psychiatric illnesses that may mimic Alzheimer’s Dementia List therapeutic interventions for the patient with Alzheimer’s Dementia

Method of Teaching: The teaching methods will include: lectures, slides, videoclips, or powerpoint presentations, handouts and a question and answer session. Target Audience: Physicians: Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Neurology, Endocrinology, OB/Gyn; Clinic Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, LPCs, LMFTs, and other healthcare professionals. Description and use of evaluations: The evaluations will be designed in a Likert-scale format which provides information regarding each of the presentations and for the edification and improvement of subsequent educational programs. Accreditation CME: 6.0 CME hours, Cat. I AAFP, LPC, LMFT


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Schedule of Events:

Lunch	11:30 - 12:00

Speakers	12:00 - 1:00	Complicated ADHD in Children Christopher Puls, MD Assistant Professor Psychiatry OU College of Medicine, Tulsa Tulsa, OK
	1:00 - 2:00	Mood Disorders in Women: Unique Issues Julie Warnock, MD, PhD Professor and Director of Clinical Research OU College of Medicine, Tulsa Tulsa, OK
	2:00 - 3:00	Management of Complicated Insomnia Kim Coon, EdD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Director of Psychotherapy Education OU College of Medicine, Tulsa Tulsa, OK
	3:00 - 3:15	Break with snacks
	3:15 - 4:15	Diagnosis and Management of Substance Use Disorders William R. Yates, MD Professor of Research in Psychiatry OU College of Medicine, Tulsa Tulsa, OK
	4:15 - 5:15	Recognizing Stress Headaches Harvey Blumenthal, MD Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry OU College of Medicine, Tulsa Tulsa, OK
	5:15 - 6:15	Geriatric Psychiatry: Appropriate Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer's Dementia Jimmie McAdams, DO Director of Geriatric Psychiatry Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital Tulsa, OK

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