Topics in Addiction, Women's Mental Health, and Sexual Medicine

Topics in Addiction, Women's Mental Health, and Sexual Medicine is organized by Continuing Education, Inc. and will be held from May 14 - 21, 2023 at Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas, Port Canaveral, Florida, United States of America.

Program Purpose:
The lectures presented during this activity offer the attendees a comprehensive update on mental health in women and people with substance abuse disorders and addictions and the latest developments in clinical research in this area. By the end of this activity, participants will have gained new skills and strategies that they can use to diagnose and treat these conditions in a team-based manner.

• Eating Disorders
         • Diagnose eating disorders and understand how to treat them from a biological, psychological, and social perspective
         • Identify critical eating disorders and how primary care providers can initiate treatment for these conditions leading to comprehensive treatment.
• Suicide & Risk Assessment
         • Adequate knowledge of suicide and related risks
         • Conduct a clinical assessment of suicide risk and initiate appropriate management to mitigate clinical risk concerns appropriately due to the clinical evaluation.
• Violence & Risk Assessment
         • Adequate knowledge about violence and its related risks
         • Implement appropriate clinical risk management to mitigate clinical risk concerns following a clinical assessment of violence risk.
• Initial Screening & Intervention for Substance Use Disorders (SUDs)
         • Adopt an evidence-based approach to the treatment of substance abuse disorders
         • Implement a systematic approach that is integrated into the process to assess & intervene with regard to SUDs in primary care settings
• The Opioid Crisis: Practicing with a Risk Management Mindset
         • Understand the significance of understanding the factors that increase the risk of opioid overdose in patients & medication-related factors.
         • Explain the causes that have contributed to the opioid crisis and be familiar with the approaches to safe prescribing of opioids, emphasising the appropriate risk management concerns.
• A Primer on Addiction Psychopharmacology for Primary Care
         • Appreciate current formulations regarding the nature of addiction & available medical interventions
         • Utilize evidence-based medication interventions for the management of SUDs & addiction
• Managing Chronic Pain & Addiction
         • Identify Risk factors for chronic pain & psychiatric co-morbidity
         • Identify collaborative approaches for comprehensive pain evaluation & management in the context of substance addiction including effective non-opioid treatment options for long-term pain management
• Novel & Emerging Substances of Abuse
         • Appreciate the dangers of novel & newer substances of abuse
         • Define & recognize the spectrum of newer, synthetic substances of abuse & cite the clinical features of intoxication & withdrawal with novel drugs
• Reproductive Psychiatry: 2023 Update and Overview
         • Describe key parameters of the field of Reproductive Psychiatry in 2023 and why it is relevant today
         • Define the role of Neuroactive Steroids (NAS) in both the etiology and the treatment of psychiatric conditions in the female patient
• Depression Across the Female Reproductive Cycle 1: Focus on PMDD, PME, and Menopause
         • Identify the hormonal effect on depression in the nonpregnant female
         • Describe diagnostic criteria for PMDD and hormonal and non-hormonal interventions
• Depression Across the Female Reproductive Cycle 2: Focus on Perinatal Depression
         • Recognize unique features to consider in the diagnosis and treatment of perinatal depression
         • Identify and become comfortable using at least three screening tools for PMADs
         • List several biopsychosocial risk factors for PMADs
• Beyond Postpartum Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment of Perinatal Anxiety Disorders
         • Identify which anxiety disorders most commonly present in the perinatal period
         • Describe the role of estrogen, progesterone, and oxytocin in the etiology of these disorders
• Bipolar Disorder in Women: Meeting the Challenge 1: Managing Bipolar Disorder in the non-pregnant female patient
         • Describe evidence-based management of bipolar disorder in women
         • Identify how hormonal treatment may impact the course of the disorder as well as treatment options
• Bipolar Disorder in Women 2: Meeting the Challenge 2: Managing Bipolar Disorder during Pregnancy and Postpartum
         • Describe options for treatment of bipolar disorder during pregnancy and postpartum to optimize the safety of the mother and infant
         • Discuss with your patient the risk/benefit ratio of the use of psychotropics during the perinatal period
• Diagnose sexual dysfunction in females (FSD) using DSM-5 terminology
         • Identify common barriers to the identification of FSD in clinical settings
         • Develop a treatment plan for women with FSD
• Evidence-Based Approaches to Female Patients with Low Libido
         • Describe 3 behavioral interventions for the female patient with low libido
         • Describe both hormonal and non-hormonal treatments for low libido in females