Essentials of Primary Care Psychiatry Conference 2016

Essentials of Primary Care Psychiatry Conference is organized by California Psychiatric Association and would be held during Aug 19 - 20, 2016 at Renaissance Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, California, United States Of America.

The target audience for this medical event basically for Primary care physicians and allied health professionals interested in mental health. This CME Conference has been approved with a Maximum of 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Learning Objectives are :
• 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.