CME on the Run! 2021-2022 Psychiatry

Oct 15, 2021 | 13:00–17:00 | Psychiatry  

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Anxiety and Depression in Youth | Impacts of Social Media, Screen Time on Mental Health

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

• Describe the common impacts of social media and screen time on youth mental health and wellbeing
• Outline strategies to engage youth in managing social media and screen time in order to support their wellbeing
• Identify and access community youth mental health resources to assist family physicians

Shimi Kang, MD, FRCPC
Psychiatrist, Clinical Associate Professor UBC

Bipolar Mood Disorders: New Approaches to Management

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

• Identify common presentations of bipolar mood disorders in adults
• Outline strategies to manage bipolar mood disorders in adults
• Identify and access resources to assist family physicians and patients in managing bipolar mood disorders in the community

Neurocognitive Impacts of Long-Term Medications

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

• Describe the impacts of common long-term medications on neurocognition
• Outline strategies to recognize and reduce the neurocognitive impacts of long term medications

Peter Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM, CFPA
Clinical Professor, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, UBC

Pearls on Managing Adult ADHD

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

• Identify common presentations of ADHD in adults
• Outline strategies (non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic) to manage ADHD in adults
• Identify and access community resources to assist family physicians and patients in managing ADHD

Gurdeep Parhar, MD, CCFP, CCBOM, CIME

20-MIN BREAK

Insomnia Diagnosis and Management

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

• Describe the workup of insomnia, with a focus on distinguishing primary and secondary causes
• Outline strategies to manage primary insomnia
• Identify and access community resources to assist family physicians in managing insomnia

Eating Disorders in Adolescents

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

• Describe the common office presentations of eating disorders in adolescents
• Outline practical strategies to approach eating disorders in adolescents
• Identify and access community resources to assist family physicians in managing eating disorders in adolescent

Physician wellness: Surviving Through the Pandemic Supporting Resilience in Ourselves and Our Colleagues

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

• Explore the meaning of resilience
• Describe (and apply) some tools on increasing resilience, both as an individual and as a community

Psychiatric Aspects of Chronic Pain

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

• Describe the common psychiatric presentations associated with chronic pain
• Outline strategies, non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic to manage the mental health impacts of chronic pain
• Identify and access community resources to assist family physicians in managing the psychiatric aspects of chronic pain