Title: Family Medicine- Psychiatry: Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care; Practical Approach to the Outpatient with Dementia; Identification and Treatment of Traumatized Patients.

Course ID: FMps

Faculty:

Kevin S. Ferentz, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Lead Physician, GBMC Primary Care, Owings Mills, MD

Lisa R. Ferentz, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.-C., DAPA

Founder and President, The Ferentz Institute; Clinical Social Worker, Private Practice and Clinical Social Work Consultant, Baltimore, MD

David A. Horowitz, M.D. 

Professor of Clinical Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Associate Chief Medical Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Philadelphia, PA

Original Release Date: July 1, 2021 Expiration Date: July 1, 2024

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR EACH TOPIC:

TOPIC 1: Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care.

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{COMP, GL}

1. Explain the incidence and prevalence of anxiety and depression.
2. Evaluate patients with signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression so as to make an accurate diagnosis as per the APA and DSM-5 Criteria.
3. Prescribe appropriate medications and/or behavior modification to treat the various degrees of anxiety and depression as well as bipolar disorder from initiation to continuation and maintenance, when needed
4. Identify the suicidal patient and take appropriate actions for their safety as well as the public.

TOPIC 2: Practical Approach to the Outpatient with Dementia.

Upon completion of this session, while applying recommendations from the AAN and the USPSTF, the participant should be able to: ^{GL, COMP}

1. Formulate a practical approach to screening for dementia.
2. Discuss medication management to include polypharmacy, drug-drug interactions, as well as new drugs and their potential efficacy and side effects.
3. Develop a long-term follow-up and referral process that considers cost-effective and resource management.

TOPIC 3: Identification and Treatment of Traumatized Patients.

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{COMP ^}

1. Describe the characteristics associated with traumatic events.
2. Interpret the “red flags” or symptomatic manifestations of trauma in patients.
3. Demonstrate how to obtain a trauma history from a patient during the H and P.
4. Identify and propose interventions designed to treat symptoms of trauma and increase comfort during physical exam.