Essentials of Primary Care Psychiatry Conference 2017 

Community Health Network of Connecticut, Inc. is pleased to announce a free integrated behavioral health educational program for Connecticut Medical Assistance Program (CMAP) enrolled primary care providers on October 13 & 14, 2017.

Dr. Robert McCarron and associate faculty members will provide didactic and interactive provider training in the following areas:

• Psychiatric assessments in primary care
• Mood disorders
• Psychotic disorders
• Anxiety disorders
• Personality disorders
• Substance misuse assessment and treatment
• Pain psychiatry
• Pain management and suicide risk assessment 

This program is approved for 16 hours of category 1 CME credits by Medical Education Resources. This program meets Connecticut state requirements of two hours of CME in behavioral health.

Continental breakfast and lunch provided each day.

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Daily Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able to:

• Effectively screen for depression in a primary care setting
• Implement evidence-based treatment for depression
• Identify when it is appropriate to seek mental health consultation/referral
• Identify medically ill patients at high-risk for depression
• Describe the common symptoms or signs that overlap between medical and psychiatric illness
• Use appropriate history-taking and diagnostic studies to differentiate medical from psychiatric illness
• Provide evidence-based treatment for common co-morbid psychiatric illness within a medically ill patient

Faculty List

 

Robert McCarron, DO, DFAPA

Vice Chair, Education and Integrated Care

Co-Chair,Train New Trainers Primary Care Psychiatry Fellowship

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

Past President, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry

President-elect, California Psychiatric Association

 

Jeff Rado, M.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Northwestern University, Chicago IL

President, Association of Medicine and Psychiatry

 

Matt Reed, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Pain Medicine

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

 

Agenda

 

Friday, October 13, 2017

7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Practical Approaches to Doing a Primary Care Psychiatric Assessment - Robert McCarron, D.O. 

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Substance Misuse: Update on Assessment and Treatment - Matt Reed, M.D. (1 CME)

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Mood Disorders: Depression, Diagnosis and Treatment Considerations - Jeff Rado, M.D. 

11:15 - 12:15 p.m. Mood Disorders: Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment Considerations - Jeff Rado, M.D. 

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

 

Small Group Case Discussions:

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Session 1: Depression and the Psychiatric Assessment - Robert McCarron, D.O. 

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Session 2: Substance Misuse Disorders and the Psychiatric Assessment - Matt Reed, M.D. 

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Session 3: Bipolar Disorders and the Psychiatric Assessment - Jeff Rado, M.D.

4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Session 4: Primary Care Psychiatry...Ask the Experts During Q & A

 

Saturday, October 14, 2017

7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Psychiatry and Chronic Pain Management - Robert McCarron, D.O. 

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Personality Disorders in Primary Care Just What You Need to Know - Matt Reed, M.D.

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Psychotic Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment Considerations - Jeff Rado, M.D.

11:15 - 12:15 p.m. Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment Considerations - Matt Reed, M.D.

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

 

Small Group Case Discussions:

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Session 1: Anixety Disorders and PTSD - Jeff Rado, M.D. 

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Session 2: Personality Disorders - Matt Reed, M.D.

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Session 3: Pain Management and Suicide Risk Assessment - Robert McCarron, D.O.

4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Session 4: Primary Care Psychiatry...Ask the Experts During Q & A

 

If you have any questions about the conference, call Provider Engagement Services – 1.800.440.5071

11 Fairfield Boulevard • Wallingford, CT 06492

 

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