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On Demand OCD & Anxiety Lecture Series: Managing Peripartum OCD
This presentation was originally reviewed on December 5, 2022, and broadcast live online on December 2, 2022, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET.
The views and opinions expressed by this presenter in this lecture are their own, and do not represent the views of Sheppard Pratt.
Perinatal OCD affects 1 in every 50 during pregnancy and every 3 in 100 women in the year after giving birth. When women are at the perinatal period, they are at an increased risk for onset or exacerbation of OCD. Their obsessions and/or compulsions may be perinatal-specific, This workshop will discuss this very important time and ways clinicians can support women.
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:
- Recognize common OCD symptom presentations during pregnancy/postpartum
- Outline factors to be considered in treating individuals with peripartum OCD
- Discuss the risks and benefits of pharmacological treatment options for peripartum OCD
There is no commercial support for this activity.
About the speaker
Dr. Peggy Richter is the inaugural head and co-lead of the Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and heads the sole residential treatment program for severe OCD in Canada. She is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Richter is internationally known for her work in OCD, focusing on exploration of the genetic and biological basis of this illness, novel treatments and improving outcome. She is the author of numerous publications and sits on the boards of multiple advocacy groups, including the International OCD Foundation. She was co-chair in development of Ontario Quality Standards for management of OCD and Anxiety Disorders. She is an internationally acclaimed speaker on anxiety, presenting extensively to both health care professionals and lay audiences.
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 24 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.
Peggy M.A. Richter, MD, FRCPC reports that she is a researcher and receives grants for Innovation Fund and Academic Health Sciences Centre of Ontario. She will discuss the off-label use of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapies in this presentation. This presentation and all the content materials were reviewed to mitigate any identified conflicts of interest.
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 24 months: Jon Hershfield, MFT, Todd Peters, MD, Deepak Prabhakar, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc., Louis Marino, MD, Ehsan Syed, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PsyD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Laura Webb, RN-BC, MSN, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Octavia Coit, MN, Heather Billings, RN, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.
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Social Worker Statement: Sheppard Pratt is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners of Maryland to offer continuing education for Social Workers. Sheppard Pratt takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this continuing education activity. This activity is approved for 1.5 contact hours in Category II credits for Social Workers.
Counselor Statement: Sheppard Pratt has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5098. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Sheppard Pratt is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This activity is available for 1.5 NBCC clock hours.
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
OCD & Anxiety Lecture Series: Managing Peripartum OCD
Peggy M.A. Richter, MD, FRCPC
Head and Co-Lead
Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Ontario, Canada
Originally reviewed December 5, 2022.
Originally broadcast live December 2, 2022, from 1:00 PM – 2:30 pm ET.
Enduring Activity Credit Expiration Date: February 3, 2025.
Activity Time: Ninety-minute recorded webinar lecture with a 15-minute evaluation process. Total Time: 1:45
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