COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Anxiety and depression are common disorders in primary care settings. The typical presentation of the anxious depressed patient is with a variety of physical symptoms. In fact, the more unexplained physical symptom a patient has, the greater likelihood the patient may have anxiety and or depression. Anxiety and depression may also exacerbate a number of co-morbid medical conditions including dyslipedias, diabetes, cancer, stroke and coronary artery disease. In this lecture, the relationship between anxiety, depression and co-morbid medical conditions is examined.
PRESENTER BIO
Charles DeBattista, Ph.D.
Charles DeBattista, M.D., D.M.H., is the Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has been honored multiple times as the “Teacher of the Year” in the Department of Psychiatry. In addition to teaching, Dr. DeBattista is actively engaged in clinical practice, servicing as the Director of the Depression Research Clinic and Director of the outpatient Depression and Psychopharmacology Clinics. Dr. DeBattista’s research interests include the pharmacotherapy of severe and resistant depression. He is the winner of multiple research awards and is the assistant editor of the Journal of Psychiatric Research. Among his numerous publications are the Medical Management of Depression in 2002 (3rd edition), and the 2005 Black Book of Psychotropic Dosing and Monitoring (with Alan Schatzberg).
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- Learn about common physical presentations of anxiety and depression
- Learn how the biology of depression and anxiety may contribute to the pathophysiology of a number of medical disorders.
- Learn how co-morbid depression and anxiety may negatively affect the course and outcome of coronary artery disease, cancer, diabetes and other disorders.
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OUTLINE AND SCHEDULE:
- Introduction (3 minutes)
- Course Objectives (2 minutes)
- Prevalence of comorbid anxiety and depression (3 minutes)
- Common physical presentations of mood disorders (5 minutes)
- Management and treatment issues (17 minutes)
- Medical comorbidity complicated by anxiety and depression (20 minutes)
- Coronary artery disease
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Parkinson’s and Fibromyalgia
- Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care: Implications (5 minutes)
- Summary (5 minutes)
- Questions and Answers (15 minutes)
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