OVERVIEW

Psychiatry Seminar is organized by American Seminar Institute (ASI).

Course Expires for Credit: 08/06/25

Description:
Series 73 (PSY73):Health and Legal Risks Associated with Stimulant Use; Autism-Related Behavioral Issues; Virtual Care as Triage for Dementia Patients; and more!

Highlights include social cognition in patients with stroke; medication therapy to treat PTSD; pharmacologic agents to manage BPSD; and more.

Course Topics:
• ADHD and Substance Abuse in Adults and Adolescents
Identify common psychiatric comorbidities in patients with ADHD; Summarize the long-term outcomes of early treatment for ADHD; Develop strategies for management of concurrent ADHD and substance use disorder in children and young adults; Counsel patients about the health and legal risks associated with stimulant misuse; Select pharmacologic therapy for ADHD to optimize response and minimize risk for misuse.

• Advance Care Planning in Mental Health Settings
Identify the documentation integral to ACP; Understand the utility of the advance directive; Conduct ACP on an appropriate timeline; Facilitate completion of documentation relevant to physician orders for life-sustaining treatment; Discuss assignment of code status.

• Update on Pediatric Psychiatry
Identify the risk and resilience factors for suicide in children and adolescents; Implement interventions to prevent youth suicide; Devise an approach to address youth suicide using measurement-based care; Elaborate on the current understanding of behavioral issues in children with autism; Select appropriate treatment methods in children with autism-related behavioral issues.

• Novel Antipsychotics/Conversion Disorders
Compare the efficacy and safety profiles of novel antipsychotics; Summarize the relationship between mechanisms of action and clinical effects of novel antipsychotics; Develop strategies for dosing novel antipsychotics to reduce the severity of side effects; Identify core principles of motor retraining in FND; Develop multidisciplinary strategies that incorporate rehabilitation and sychotherapeutic approaches for management of FND.

• Gut-brain Axis/Remote Dementia Care
Identify the relationship between the gut microbiome and neurologic disease; Cite changes in gut function that have been observed in individuals with autism; Use virtual care as a triage tool for patients with dementia; Perform virtual assessments of dementia using modified techniques and scoring systems; Develop strategies to improve the physician-patient alliance in a virtual setting for patients with dementia.

• The Physiology of Morality and Social Cognition, Part 1
Explain the neuroscience, neurology, and neuroanatomy of emotion and social cognition; Identify the components of social cognition; Summarize the social brain hypothesis and the nature of human interactions; Predict the effects of lesions on social cognition based on their location in the brain; Outline the role of white matter tracts in the organization of social cognition.

• Physiology of Social Cognition, Part 2/Addressing Burnout
Explain the role of white matter in the brain and its role in social cognition; Assess social cognition in patients with stroke; Use theory of mind measures to assess social cognition in patients with multiple sclerosis; Cite evidence of impaired mentalizing in patients with glioma; Recommend various evidence-based strategies for individuals facing burnout.

• Management of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Related Disorders
Describe the physiologic impacts of symptoms of PTSD; Select an appropriate therapeutic approach based on the origin of the traumatic incident; Categorize symptoms of PTSD into the dominant symptom clusters; Identify comorbid medical and psychiatric conditions associated with PTSD; Initiate medication therapy to treat symptoms associated with PTSD.

• Risks and Benefits of Benzodiazepines
Identify appropriate candidates for BZD use; Use an optimal dosing strategy for patients initiating BZD use; Recognize signs of substance misuse and abuse; Interpret results of urine drug screens in patients being treated for substance misuse or abuse; Manage tapering of BZD use.

• Assessing and Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Recognize common behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD); Analyze the various models that explain development of BPSD; Assess patients for BPSD; Identify effective and ineffective nonpharmacologic methods for improvement of BPSD; Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic agents to manage BPSD.