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On Demand OCD & Anxiety Lecture Series: Medication Protocols for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, New Research, and Differential Diagnosis
This presentation was originally reviewed on March 23, 2021, and broadcast live online on March 26, 2021, from 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM ET.
Education regarding Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders is lacking in most psychiatric residencies in the United States, and the amount of training is correspondingly low as well compared to other major psychiatric disorders. Research has shown that this lack of education leads to poor treatment outcomes for patients with OC Related Disorders. This lecture aims to teach the basic protocols for OCD pharmacotherapy as well as discuss complex cases and presentations and how this effects the choice of medical treatment and treatment planning for physicians and mental health providers.
Target Audience
This activity is intended for physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and other mental health professionals.
Learning Objectives
After this lecture, registrants will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) treatment algorithm.
2. Describe how to manage treatment resistant OCD.
3. List the criteria for neurosurgery in OCD and be able to explain why most patients referred for surgery are not eligible.
There is no commercial support for this activity.
About the speaker
Robert Hudak, MD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is currently the medical director of the Center for Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive and Anxiety Disorders at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. He has been full-time faculty at the University of Pittsburgh since August 1999. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters on OCD, and has edited an OCD textbook. He lectures on OCD in numerous university and community settings across the United States.
Disclosure Statements:
Sheppard Pratt holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest. In accord with Sheppard Pratt's Disclosure Policy, as well as standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Medical Association (AMA), all planners, reviewers, speakers and persons in control of content have been asked to disclose any relationship he /she has with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months. All planners, reviewers and speakers have also been asked to disclose any payments accepted for this lecture from any entity besides Sheppard Pratt, and if there will be discussion of any products, services or off-label uses of product(s) during this presentation.
Robert Hudak, MD, reports having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months. He will discuss medications used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, all of which are off-label uses, in this presentation.
Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 12 months: Jon Hershfield, MFT, Todd Peters, MD, Deepak Prabhakar, MD, Briana Riemer, MD, Louis Marino, MD, Ehsan Syed, MD, Faith Dickerson, Ph.D., Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Laura Webb, RN-BC, MSN, Bruce Boxer, PhD, MBA, MA, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, MCHES, CPHQ, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Heather Billings, RN, and Jennifer Tornabene.
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Available Credit
- 1.50 ACEP NBCC clock hours
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 1.50 Category II credits for Social Workers
- 1.50 Psychologists
- 1.50 MNA Contact Hours for Nurses
- 1.50 Participation
ON DEMAND WEBINAR: FOR BEST RESULTS WATCH USING GOOGLE CHROME
On Demand OCD & Anxiety Lecture Series: Medication Protocols for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, New Research, and Differential Diagnosis
Robert Hudak, MD
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Department of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Originally reviewed March 23, 2021
Originally broadcast live March 26, 2021
Enduring Activity Credit Expiration Date: April 15, 2024
Activity Time: One hour recorded webinar lecture with a 15-minute evaluation process. Total Time: 1:45
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