Even though binge eating disorder (BED) was not formally recognized as a psychiatric disorder until 2013, it is the most common eating disorder worldwide. BED is associated with numerous psychiatric and medical comorbidities, including severe obesity and obesity-related complications. BED remains underdiagnoses and undertreated in both mental health and primary care settings. Join Weronika Gondek, MD, FAPA, as she discusses binge eating disorder and its treatment as well as differentiation with other eating disorders in the DSM-5-TR.

This presentation will be an ONLINE VIRTUAL LIVE broadcast on May 18, 2022, from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET. While this activity is LIVE and can only be viewed during the time specified, the evaluation will be available online until June 15, 2022. Go to the Register tab above to learn how to participate for continuing education credit, watch the broadcast and download the slides.

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder with onset in the early developmental period. Although the incidence continues to rise with an incidence of 1 in 44 per the latest CDC data, barriers to diagnosis remain. Join The Center for Autism at Sheppard Pratt’s team as they discuss symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder and how they present in different ages and patient groups as well as its management.

This presentation was originally reviewed on December 2, 2021, and was live in person on June 26, 2019 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET. 

This presentation was originally reviewed on February 22, 2022, broadcast live online on March 9, 2022, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET.

In the US, 60% of adolescents and young adults with major depressive disorders reported receiving no treatment in the previous year. The same for 45% of adults with serious mental disorders in Canada, the US, Chile, Germany and the Netherlands. Mental health care systems do not have the capacity to address public mental health treatment needs. The first line of treatment for many or most patients with ADHD, anxiety or depression is pharmacotherapy provided by primary care physicians, yet the efficacy of these treatments has been shown to be limited in multiple meta-analyses. The former Director of the NIMH stated “There are very few new molecular entities, very few novel ideas, and almost nothing that gives any hope for a transformation in the treatment of mental illness.” Of candidate new CNS drugs, each developed at cost of >$500M, 93% fail clinical trials. Digital Neurotherapies (DNT), technology-enabled neuroscience, offer a highly promising new approach to these problems. Our brains support cognition, emotion and behavior through the action of dynamically reconfiguring functional systems that integrate action of millions of neurons anatomically distributed across many brain regions. Psychiatric symptoms and illness result when these systems are disrupted. DNT repairs neurosystem function using the same sensory input and neuroplastic process responsible for the original post-natal shaping of the systems by environmental input. It produces targeted activity-dependent enhancement of system function with few of no side-effects. Studies have shown it to be highly effective as a supplement or alternative to medications.

What happens to children when their world is turned upside down? They can feel both overwhelmed and trapped. While many countries are beginning to focus more on mental health and allocating resources for care – far too many children and adolescents still face obstacles when seeking care from a child mental health professional. This presentation will identify the global challenges we face in children’s mental health and consider how to face cultural and political challenges. We will also share successful psycho-social programs that have been developed, as well as ways to provide educational tools to those in the field. Join Paramjit T. Joshi, MD, to learn more about how children and adolescents respond to trauma and to hear a discussion of important extenuating factors and mediating variables to consider.

This presentation was originally reviewed on February 22, 2022, and broadcast live online on February 23, 2022, from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET. 

This presentation was originally reviewed on February 8, 2022, and broadcast live online on February 9, 2022, from 12:00 PM- 1:00 PM ET.