Overview

This one-day symposium presented by the Department of Psychiatry  is designed for pediatricians, family physicians and other healthcare providers. This one-day symposium will showcase the latest approach, updates and research related to several common behavioral and mental  issues confronted by primary care providers. These longer sessions will attempt to address some of the more complex issues as well as those concerns that may be more simplistic but yet challenging in nature. Sprinkled with longer Q/A sessions throughout the one-day lecture will provide attendees with ample opportunity to ask thoughtful questions.  Our speakers will address concerns and questions around behavioral issues, depression and anxiety as well as suicide and medication-hesistant guardians in those conditions clearly identified in the practice. There will also be a session on the complexities of our gender-diverse youth, medication management and behavioral issues in children with diagnosed behavioral disorders. This COURSE IS LIVE IN-PERSON CREDIT ONLY. It will not be streamed or recorded for on-demand viewing. If this course needs to be moved to a virtual format due to state mandates regarding Covid-19, we will notify you ASAP and proper credit will be discussed. 

Thursday, May 4, 2023; 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Doubletree Hotel    1909 Spring Road    Oak Brook, IL 60523

Objectives

• Discuss the importance of primary care providers in closing the substantial mental health assessment and treatment gap
• Discuss specific activities in which pediatricians can engage that are consistent with a busy office practice
• Discuss the various types of unhappiness that children and adolescents experience
• Discuss the fundamental diagnostic differences among normal human sadness, demoralization and clinical depression
• Discuss the evidence base for the treatment of clinical depression in teens
• Review the prevalence of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
• Review, in brief, DSM anxiety diagnoses that commonly present in pediatric primary care settings.
• Review pediatric evidence base for combination treatment for anxiety disorders- therapy and medication management.
• Discuss first-line medication management for pediatric anxiety disorders.
• Review management strategies for common adverse effects.
• Identify the factors that contribute to behavioral dysregulation and aggression in pediatric patients with DD/ASD
• Recognize the psychopharmacological options for treating symptoms that underlie behavioral dysregulation and aggression in patients with DD/ASD
• Make appropriate psychopharmacological treatment plans to target symptoms that underlie behavioral dysregulation and aggression in patients with DD/ASD
• Participants will be able to describe the developmental processes of gender identity development among transgender and gender non-conforming youth.
• Participants will become familiar with current research findings on autism, depression, anxiety, ADHD and gender diversity. 
• Participants will describe the importance of family acceptance in shaping mental health outcomes for youth. 
• Discuss the stages of family engagement in care for child mental health conditions
• Explain how these apply to real patient circumstances
• Demonstrate ways to work with parents who are reluctant to consider medication management when indicated
• Describe characteristics of childhood onset tic disorders and understand how to counsel families about natural history and treatment options
• Identify features of tic disorders which are suggestive of functional tics
• Recognize functional neurologic disorder and become comfortable with counseling families with this diagnosis
• Identify risk profiles associated suicide attempts
• Review options for effective screening and identification procedures in primary care
• Demonstrate skills needed for suicide assessment and safety planning 

AGENDA

Credit & Accreditation Statements

Accreditation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosures

Lurie Children's CME Leadership & Staff:
John Walkup, MD, Course Director; Claudia Cooper,CME Manager

FSM's CME Leadership & Staff:
Clara J. Schroedl, CME Medical Director; Sheryl Corey, CME Manager;  Senior Program Coordinator, Allison McCollum; Administrative Assistant, Rhea Alexis Banks have nothing to disclose.

Speakers / Course Directors:

John Walkupl, MD, course director,discloses he receives royalties from Oxford Press and Wolters Kluwer

All other faculty members/speakers and committeee members have nothing to disclosue including:

Joanna Blackburn, MD

Jeanne Greenblatt, MD

Aron Janssen, MD

Courtney Romba, MD

John Parkhurst, PhD

Andrea Spencer, PhD